mary2788

Hi ya'll

I was working yesterday and was cleaning up when i got a huge wife of vodka… I'm not even really a vodka drinkiner, or wasn't I enjoyed the occasional cesar but thats all..
I got this overwhelming scent and it was like I could fast it I basically just stopped and smelled it until I realized what was going on
I have been obsessively thinking about how n awesome a drink would taste..how maybe I ocud have just one or maybe i could drink and go out with my friends or "driving buddies" really s I haven't heard from the majority f them since I decided to stop drinking

I know that I am an alcoholic…[first time I have ever wrote or said that out loud] so why m I thinking these foolish thought. Getting a smell of vodka wouldn't effect a normal drinker would it??

Anna

You know that you are an alcoholic and this is a typical thing for an alcoholic. You find triggers unexpectedly and obsessive thoughts are common.

Bird615

Yes, it's pretty normal for an alcoholic to be triggered by the smell of alcohol, especially when first getting sober. You'll probably notice other things that set you off like that.

For me, that went away the longer I was able to stay sober. It's helpful to have some ideas of how you'll deal with the cravings you get when something like that happens and those thoughts start up in your head.

aasharon90

Want to drink instead of POISON.

As long as poison of choice is not
available, not reachable, then there
is no way I could or can drink it.

Replacing poison with healthier
options is huge. Milk, water, diet
drinks if ur watching your sugar
intake, protein drinks, tea just to
name a few.

If alcohol is NOT in my home, for
me, and my sobriety is top priority
using a program of recovery I learned,
and was taught to me to incorporate
in all areas of my life, then staying and
remaining sober each and every single
day is always possible.

Just like going to school and learning
a new trade to do a job that pays well
and has good health coverage, so does
learning a program of recovery to live
our life upon, it too will have awesome
pay offs to keep me sober every day.

I had to be taught about my alcoholism
and its affects on my mind, body and
soul, then had to learn it, absorb it, apply
it to my own life as I began to build a
strong solid recovery foundation, step
by step, brick by brick, enforcing the
weak spots so that my life can rely on
it from falling or come crashing down.

24 yrs, of building a solid foundation
has given me something wonderful
to live my life on with happiness, healthy
and honesty and most of all FREEDOM
from destroying my life with poison.

Rome wasnt built in one day as we often
hear, so my recovery life is a journey
building a solid foundation to enjoy
for yrs to come.

And yes, I continue to check all areas
of my foundation for weak spots, maintanence,
so that if a hurricane come my way, I ready
for it.

Soberwolf

Great advice in this thread heres a link on urgesurfing http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...e-surfing.html

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html

PurpleKnight

Addiction is a real thing, the obsession over alcohol, the thoughts, the madness of continuing on when we know it's the wrong decision.

Hang in there!!