Looking for a loophole
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Looking for a loophole
My AV is really amping it up today. It's day 4 and I feel ok, anxious and a little agitated but much better than a few days ago.
I'm thinking about how I am able to stop after one beer. I do this weekly. If I can stop when I'm having dinner with others, why can't I do it when I'm alone? My AV is telling me the binges when alone are just a learned behaviour and that I can unlearn it. Or that it's fine to continue having my weekly single drink with others because no harm comes from it.
Help!
I'm thinking about how I am able to stop after one beer. I do this weekly. If I can stop when I'm having dinner with others, why can't I do it when I'm alone? My AV is telling me the binges when alone are just a learned behaviour and that I can unlearn it. Or that it's fine to continue having my weekly single drink with others because no harm comes from it.
Help!
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I too could drink socially. At home though I could not control it. My AV is actually chiming in a little bit today as well. But I think for me it's the alcohol still in my system. I feel fine, but it's only been 48 hours. One thing that helps me is to have a PLAN every night. Tonight I am tinkering around here and online. May watch a little netflix and then to bed early. It also helps if I am at home at a decent time. If I'm out and about say 7ish by myself I'll be way more tempted to buy a bottle.
I tried that loophole, too. I knew it wouldn't work, but I tried. Day 4 is often a tough one because you are starting to feel better and get a little distance from the alcohol. Your AV is seriously worried that you are going to win the battle, so it's upping the game. Stay strong and move onto Day 5.
I thought of it this way noneever - I was finally living right - doing the right thing by others and by myself.
I'd finally gotten out of a toxic relationship that very nearly killed me.
There should be no loopholes in that scenario
D
I'd finally gotten out of a toxic relationship that very nearly killed me.
There should be no loopholes in that scenario
D
Maybe the answer is to make a recovery plan in place for not only the good days but for the hard ones. Creating a circle of friends and family members that you can call and/or meet up with can be really important when we first get sober. Have you picked a recovery program you want to follow? There are a bunch AA, Rational Recovery, Smart, Life Ring and a million more. Just winging it with no plan is dangerous. The more structure and work I put into my recovery the stronger and stronger it became.
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