Nowsthetime

Hola all!

Lots of stress at work but the good thing is that I am going to get an amazing raise that is going to make a huge difference for me. I have been dealing with an employee that has caused me a lot of extra work and problems and I'm trying my best to keep a good relationship. It has been very difficult but I'm going to do it.

Support is the same. Just you guys.

I'm posting because I keep hearing my AV and part of my plan is coming here and having you guys hold a mirror to my face .

It's Friday...

I appreciate it very much.

Nows

Darwinia

Congratulations on the work achievement. For the rest, one day at a time etc. I am also fighting the voice.

Algorithm

Pay no heed to that disembodied voice in your head. Don't even waste your time or energy debating with it. It doesn't really care what you think, anyway. It only wants one thing, and therefore everything that it says about any drinking, now or in the future, is automatically dead wrong.

It will see your hard-earned raise simply as a means to buy more alcohol, then destroy your hard-earned raise, then ask for more. Until such time as there is nothing left to take.

Volshen

Stay strong, all alcohol will do is create more stress. That little bit of time it makes us feel good isn't worth the price.

Dee74

hows it going Nows?

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Outonthetiles

Alcohol sucks. Play the tape forward. It's not worth feeling like a bird took a dump on your tongue tomorrow.

tufty13

Well I'm cured now.

D122y

Drinking is a learned behavior. A bad habit that turned into an addiction.

Unlearn it.

Friday is one of my major crave days. I used to get hammeredfor sure.

I was craving driving to work at 4 am. Insane.

The craves pass. They fade away, like a random thought. They are horrid at first though.

When they pass I feal rewarded.

I try to remember how damaged I was mentally and physically when I crave. HOW much I suffered in the end.

I tell myself....never, ever, ever drinking again. Booze is a cooked up toxin that weakens us.

Thanks.

waywardson8260

Posting here is a great way to distract that AV until it goes away!!!

August252015

How are you this Sat morning? Plans for today?

madgirl

The best part of getting through a craving night is the next morning when you wake up feeling rested and realize you made it through with flying colors!!

CaptainHaddock

Hang in there Nowthetime. Thanks also Outonthetiles. Tufty13, your reply made me laugh out loud!

Nowsthetime

Sorry for posting and running.

Went to farm for weekend.

Do t have much time but wanted to check in.

I'm feeling better, AV went a bit away but I'm vigilant. I'm reading here constantly .

I have lots of stress at work but I can handle it and I'm not going to drink. Thanks guys for the feedback. It really helps me.

freshstart57

I still hear mine from time to time, but when I do, I give it my full attention. I stare at it, like at a painting in a gallery. Huh! Wouldja just look at that! Isn't that something now. That's rich, I tell you. Imagine that!

Then I get on with doing something. Now where was I? Ah yes. I was living free. Onward!

Congratulations on your triumph at work, Nowsthetime - it sounds like it is well deserved. There is more in store for you, I bet!