Day 10
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Day 10
Hi everyone. I'm new to these forums, new to sobriety. Today is my 10th day without alcohol and my first Christmas Eve sober, with the exception of being pregnant with my daughter, since I was in college.
I am not having physical cravings, but the memories/emotional pull of drinking on Christmas are weighing heavy on me right now.
I am not having physical cravings, but the memories/emotional pull of drinking on Christmas are weighing heavy on me right now.
You'll find lots of support and wisdom here. 
Congrats on ten days sober, that's a great start. 
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Hi Rayjay today is my 10th too. Having a hard time as well. Just left one family's house and I came to realize I only enjoyed being there because I could drink. Very depressing. Merry Christmas to you though, keep your chin up- I'am trying
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Glad you're here RJ. Keep reading and posting.
Our AV (addictive voice ) tends to be working against us a lot in early sobriety, and it's likely that along with all the Christmas advertisements, it will be trying to sell you some **** n bull story about how alcohol helps you to relax, or that Christmas isn't Christmas without a drink, that it's Tradition to have a drink, you OWE yourself a drink, that you're not gonna make it anyway so why not drink now, that the new year would be better for getting sober, that your family actually prefer you when you've had a drink, that you could just have a couple, that you could just have one . Oh yes. Cunning. Baffling. And a complete liar. That's the AV.
So. Just for the record, in case you're starting to fall for any of its lies....
It would not be one. Or a couple. If you could do that, you wouldn't be on here.
One or two is no good to us anyway!
Anyone who loves us wants us to get well so that we can feel better ALL the time, not just when we're drunk. There are better traditions. Like being emotionally available for our families and other loved ones.
The 'Tradition' of alcohol at Christmas was invented by advertisers and people who like to be drunk anyway.
You can make it through Christmas and beyond - much as your AV finds that notion terrifying.
We owe ourselves a new life. Not a drink.
Christmas is one day. 24 hours. And only as much of that awake as you feel up to. You can do this.
Give yourself the gift of sobriety this Christmas, and water the seed that is your new life, just waiting to take root, grow and blossom , with Recovery.
What a difference a short time can make. Stay sober, wait, and see.
BB
Our AV (addictive voice ) tends to be working against us a lot in early sobriety, and it's likely that along with all the Christmas advertisements, it will be trying to sell you some **** n bull story about how alcohol helps you to relax, or that Christmas isn't Christmas without a drink, that it's Tradition to have a drink, you OWE yourself a drink, that you're not gonna make it anyway so why not drink now, that the new year would be better for getting sober, that your family actually prefer you when you've had a drink, that you could just have a couple, that you could just have one . Oh yes. Cunning. Baffling. And a complete liar. That's the AV.
So. Just for the record, in case you're starting to fall for any of its lies....
It would not be one. Or a couple. If you could do that, you wouldn't be on here.
One or two is no good to us anyway!
Anyone who loves us wants us to get well so that we can feel better ALL the time, not just when we're drunk. There are better traditions. Like being emotionally available for our families and other loved ones.
The 'Tradition' of alcohol at Christmas was invented by advertisers and people who like to be drunk anyway.
You can make it through Christmas and beyond - much as your AV finds that notion terrifying.
We owe ourselves a new life. Not a drink.
Christmas is one day. 24 hours. And only as much of that awake as you feel up to. You can do this.
Give yourself the gift of sobriety this Christmas, and water the seed that is your new life, just waiting to take root, grow and blossom , with Recovery.
What a difference a short time can make. Stay sober, wait, and see.
BB
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