Day 5 down
 

Hi all,

New here just finished day 5 and am headed to bed sober, feels weird but I like it, on Tuesday I had my last drink. Woke up wed morning in a fog not remembering much from the night before, wife was mad again so I found this site and I read a few post that mentioned the book Stop drinking now, by Allen Carr so I found it on Amazon and had it overnighted and finished it yesterday, so far no cravings, the book really sets you straight on what I was already thinking, I haven't tried the cd yet but I might do that in time,

Hopefully this works,

We'll night all..

Welcome to SR Iowa70. Sounds like you have a great start.

Welcome aboard Iowa70 :)

I read Carr too and found it useful. You'll find support here too :)

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Nice work! Keep it up.

Good for you, that's great! Love Carr's books, they are great literature to be sure.
If you ever feel wavering in your resolve, post and read here lots, and build a plan and maybe throw in some more literature. The Naked Mind is another good one that is along the same line as Carr.

Welcome to SR :grouphug:

Congratulations!

Welcome to SR!! Two good threads are the 24 hour thread, you can post your commitment daily, also the monthly classes, you should join October, you will find others at the same point in their recovery journey.

congratulations!

Congratulations Iowa nice to meet you

5 days!

great job

Welcome to the Forum Iowa!! Day 5 is fantastic!! :wave:

Thanks I actually bought that book also just haven't started it yet I was afraid they would contradict one another..

Day 6 down
 

Day 6 down, I'm glad I read that book. I had cravings today, just kept reminding myself what the book says.

Welcome, Iowa.
And way to go on six days!

You might enjoy the secular forum farther down the list, and AVRT.
And if books or people contradict each other....so what? In fact, for me that was useful. It led me to look more honestly at how my beliefs and experiences fit or didn't fit with what I was reading, or with each other.

Good job on day 6

Keep it going Iowa :)
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Day 11 bad cravings, grouchy mood
 

Day 11, had bad cravings at the store last night and again today..is this normal.

Trying to stay on track....

Hello... Congrats on day 11! You're doing Great!! It's very normal. You're probably very close to being past the physical withdrawals but you could still be having some. You're mind will try to "play tricks" on you now and tempt you to take a drink or talk you into the idea that you can handle it now. Stay close to SR and keep posting whenever you need support and encouragement. You can get through this! Look how far you've come already! I bet you never thought you could get this far.

The cravings seem to have a will of their own, and come and go as they please. Good job on day 11, hang in there :)

Thanks..

Yeah the little monster is still rearing his ugly head. I'm not going to give in,

A drink = bad stuff and I have been there did that, going for day 12..

Thanks
for your support