Considering drinking
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That would mean starting on say 1 again. Bad idea.
Go for a run, go to gym, read a book, take up origami (find some to do on Internet), make a smoothie out of fruit (don't use kiwi fruit as I find when you use kiwi in smoothies it's like drinking pins and needles for some strange reason). Fix a leaky tap, vacuum the car etc.etc.
Don't drink though. That's not good.
Go for a run, go to gym, read a book, take up origami (find some to do on Internet), make a smoothie out of fruit (don't use kiwi fruit as I find when you use kiwi in smoothies it's like drinking pins and needles for some strange reason). Fix a leaky tap, vacuum the car etc.etc.
Don't drink though. That's not good.
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Originally Posted by Drillbit 
I just feel like escaping.
The crap week is over. You've already escaped it.
So, you just want to drink. I get it. But no one drinks and comes back to SR and tells us what a wonderful time they have had. They're miserable.
So find something sober to do to take your mind of the crap week you've had. Escape to a movie.
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If you drink, the satisfaction will last for just the brief seconds of that first sip. The misery you’ll feel afterward will last days.
Swallowing a substance won’t make the week better. It actually will make it worse. It increases your anxiety and depression.
Instead.. what I’d do: drink a huge sparkling glass of something tart and fizzy, like juice with seltzer with lime. Eat a piece of chocolate, and go out and sit in the sun. Cherish your surroundings. Take a deep breath. Imagine the cells in your body regenerating now that you’re not poisoning them. Feel your body getting stronger.
All you have to do is get past that very brief craving. It will pass, and you’ll come out stronger every time you do it.
Swallowing a substance won’t make the week better. It actually will make it worse. It increases your anxiety and depression.
Instead.. what I’d do: drink a huge sparkling glass of something tart and fizzy, like juice with seltzer with lime. Eat a piece of chocolate, and go out and sit in the sun. Cherish your surroundings. Take a deep breath. Imagine the cells in your body regenerating now that you’re not poisoning them. Feel your body getting stronger.
All you have to do is get past that very brief craving. It will pass, and you’ll come out stronger every time you do it.
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Originally Posted by Drillbit
I've had a crap week at work
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Also, if you’d had a great week, the AV would be trying to talk you into drinking to celebrate.
Whenever I heard myself saying “but I deserve it”, ie poisoning myself with alcohol, whether for celebration or solace, I’d counter that with “I actually deserve better.”
You deserve better, whether ithe week has been good or bad,
Whenever I heard myself saying “but I deserve it”, ie poisoning myself with alcohol, whether for celebration or solace, I’d counter that with “I actually deserve better.”
You deserve better, whether ithe week has been good or bad,
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Hi Drillbit. I'm sorry for your bad work week, but...
Drinking gives us no real relief - just a temporary numb feeling that leads nowhere. Nothing gets resolved - & we end up frustrated & disappointed in ourselves. You don't need that.
Drinking gives us no real relief - just a temporary numb feeling that leads nowhere. Nothing gets resolved - & we end up frustrated & disappointed in ourselves. You don't need that.
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Thanks for everyone that replied it really helped get me through.
I cleaned my room, had some food and then went for a long walk . The urge to drink has gone, another small victory which I'm sure I'll be thankful for tomorrow!
I cleaned my room, had some food and then went for a long walk . The urge to drink has gone, another small victory which I'm sure I'll be thankful for tomorrow!
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Life is life even when we are sober, there will be ups and downs. On a side note, when I was attempting to get sober, if I "thought about drinking", little did I know the decision was already made, and I would end up drinking. I hope you can avoid that. 18 days is great.
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Originally Posted by Drillbit
Thanks for everyone that replied it really helped get me through.
I cleaned my room, had some food and then went for a long walk . The urge to drink has gone, another small victory which I'm sure I'll be thankful for tomorrow!
I cleaned my room, had some food and then went for a long walk . The urge to drink has gone, another small victory which I'm sure I'll be thankful for tomorrow!
Great username btw
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Originally Posted by Drillbit
Thanks for everyone that replied it really helped get me through.
I cleaned my room, had some food and then went for a long walk . The urge to drink has gone, another small victory which I'm sure I'll be thankful for tomorrow!
I cleaned my room, had some food and then went for a long walk . The urge to drink has gone, another small victory which I'm sure I'll be thankful for tomorrow!
I think I read here that urges last around 10 minutes on average. When the next urge comes, do what you did this time. Change the channel and the urge will pass!
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I spent 18 hours of labor working on a truck only to add coolant today and it was leaking out in a spot I have to remove everything again to get to it. Needless to say a ****** day. Not going to drink though. Not drinking on a bad day will make you feel better about it. Plus you’ve almost got a month. No need to be starting over now
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