15 days...
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 469
15 days...
And trying to take it literally one day at a time. Some days are better than others. I know as time progresses I'll feel less temptation, but this beginning part sucks. I'm trying to keep my mind busy, and stay away from certain situations.
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Lakeside, Arizona
Posts: 1,138
Hang in there, those first days are really really hard. It was all I could do to not drink day by day for a while.
It gets easier and easier as time goes on. I used any reason I could think of to have a drink and resetting that instinct took some time.
It gets easier and easier as time goes on. I used any reason I could think of to have a drink and resetting that instinct took some time.
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 4,174
Secret,
Well done!
I have 2 friends who have been drinking their whole lives.
They can't quit and they are slowly wilting away.
One has started having physical break downs and managed to get diagnosed w PTSD and chronic depression.
He is on benzos and still drinking. He is going mad. It is terrifying.
Both friends are strong willed, leaders in the day. They refuse to listen.
I tried to tell them both that if they could just quit drinking, everything will get better. They can't stop for more than a month. The problem is this...
The problem w quitting is it takes a long long long time to really feel amazing from quitting.
We think we feel good after a week, a month, 6 months etc. But, the real amazing feelings, some real changes, took me over a year.
I almost fully relapsed at 14 months clean. But, I didn't.
I made it this far, this clean, and the world is a whole new place.
I suffer daily. I crave daily. But....
Feeling this clean is amazing.
Thanks.
Well done!
I have 2 friends who have been drinking their whole lives.
They can't quit and they are slowly wilting away.
One has started having physical break downs and managed to get diagnosed w PTSD and chronic depression.
He is on benzos and still drinking. He is going mad. It is terrifying.
Both friends are strong willed, leaders in the day. They refuse to listen.
I tried to tell them both that if they could just quit drinking, everything will get better. They can't stop for more than a month. The problem is this...
The problem w quitting is it takes a long long long time to really feel amazing from quitting.
We think we feel good after a week, a month, 6 months etc. But, the real amazing feelings, some real changes, took me over a year.
I almost fully relapsed at 14 months clean. But, I didn't.
I made it this far, this clean, and the world is a whole new place.
I suffer daily. I crave daily. But....
Feeling this clean is amazing.
Thanks.
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