19 days (again)
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It really helped me on the weekends to have a plan. Have recipe's layed out, tv shows recorded, church, veg out on netflix. I could wake up wth absolutely zero intention to drink, but if I was out and about at the store for groceries, I'd spur of the moment not be able to fight a craving and be drinking that night. Now I am sure to go to the store on a non weekend night. I would also make sure I was stocked up on everything so that I did not need to leave for the weekend.
Earlier bedtimes are also helpful. Night time was when I drank, it's nice to wake up feeling rested and refreshed!
Earlier bedtimes are also helpful. Night time was when I drank, it's nice to wake up feeling rested and refreshed!
i'm again with weekend sober plans and family and friends who know will be around me at this time. i need to take it really one day at a time. a previous poster mentioned this but i was out last weekend food shopping when the craving hit, i was in the liquor store 10 minutes later. i think if i had been home, it would have passed. i think i need to stay home for a while. or sober meetings, church. i'll order groceries on line perhaps.....
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My advice. Keep trying. I had many day 19s. I think every day sober helps you. In the end it still boils down to, stay sober today. Don't drink for the next hour. I say this, and I've been sober for almost 15 months. Some days the only priority is to not drink. And you might feel like your life is stalled, but by accomplishing that one thing you're moving forward. You can do this, and you deserve sobriety.
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i'm again with weekend sober plans and family and friends who know will be around me at this time. i need to take it really one day at a time. a previous poster mentioned this but i was out last weekend food shopping when the craving hit, i was in the liquor store 10 minutes later. i think if i had been home, it would have passed. i think i need to stay home for a while. or sober meetings, church. i'll order groceries on line perhaps.....
You can do this. Whatever it takes- you need to want to be sober more than you want to drink- I promise you it is so much better if you stay on this side. Really. I'd trade my worst day now (at 340 days) for my "best" day drinking.
Good luck.
day 4. in aa this time. meeting some good people there and reading awesome stuff here. i don't want to die an alcoholic death. i want to live and i want my brain back. i can't remember anything. i just know to do the basics and don't drink. is this a brain disorder or a disease.
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