Had my last drink

Good job on 9 days im on day 1

Cute....


A suggestion for you: Start now, thinking about how you're going to handle the want to drink, especially if you've had a bad day.

Have a pat reaction plan for yourself, something that takes you away from/keeps your mind off drinking....working out, taking up a craft that keeps your hands and mind busy....or even just journaling about your walk away from booze....because it will remind you of why you stopped in the first place, and you'll appreciate your sobriety even more when you read it years later.

Actually, doing all three of those items would be great....but ya gotta stay busy, and stay the course when you get overwhelmed.

It's most likely you'll get triggered or overwhelmed one day and perhaps you'll tell yourself just one drink will relax you, and then one turns into two and three and four....so be prepared for it, have a plan.

Smoking doesn't make me feel like shit.

Day 2
Starting to notice what my triggers are,
Man i have a lot. Is my life this hard, or fucked up.
This is going to be the hardest thing ive ever done.
And I haven’t even tried to stop smoking yet.

But on positive side ive notice prayer helps.

last drink 3 years ago. dont miss it, clarity is nice. sleeping easy is nice, working out is nice.

One piece of advice if I may...

If you have two addictions, your chancing of defeating either go down if you attempt to stop taking/using them both at the same time.

Personally I would take them one at a time; focus wholly on your drinking and then focus wholly on your smoking. Don't try to quit both at the same time.

i quit smoking and drinking both at the same time, 3 years ago.

replace your bad habits with a good one and get into it.

Great job, everybody who has gained sobriety for how ever long. I'm pulling for you.

A couple of open ended questions, please.

How old were you when you started drinking?
Did you start drinking to "escape" or for the taste of the liquor?
Do you feel you can just put it down and walk away or it is always gnawing at you?
After decades of sobriety, would you say the urge is still with you?
Do you feel alcoholism is from genetics or certain situations?

Thanks for you insight. I've pondered these questions from the other side of the coin. I personally do not have the urge to drink nor do I like the taste of the booze. Just wondering about your side of the coin.

sounds gay

Do you want a drinking coach? Now is not the time to be giving up good habits.

I have the drink and the smoke devils..I kicked cigs 6 weeks ago, because it was way due. I feel soo much better.

Then 2 weeks ago, I lost the need to drink. I guess I got tired of it? I wasn't a drink every day person, Im more of the binge alcoholic. So that was easier.

Here's what reallly helped. I have a nintendo switch I never used in 3 years, I kept it around for family, kids etc..well, I picked it up around the same time I quit smoking, and that passed the time so well that it had a big effect on how easy it was to quit. I think I traded one addiction for another, but at least Breath of the Wild doesn't make me cough, or feel hungover.

Im happy for anyone who can do this! Congrats to one and all.

if keept in control, moderate no need to punish yourself,i love few cold beers a couple of days /week or weekends

Your AV pic reminds me of a dream I had, once and then again the same night.

It was creepy, I'd start out walking down a hall that had all these faces poking out of it, just like your AV pic.

day 10, I sure am eating the fuck out of a lot

If you drank a lot, then you're body is taking in all the nutrients it can, to heal.

Please try to eat healthy, especially now while you and your body are recovering, okay?

You are just the nicest lady.
xoxo

I've been an addiction's counselor. That's my training coming through there....along with my sense of caring.

Addiction is a hard thing to come back from, and I will support anyone who is trying to kick it in the butt, as long as they're really trying. Some just put on a show that they're trying.

Alcohol and opiates are beast's to leave behind....and as I've found, so are cigarettes.

I'm doing my best to leave them behind, but it's going to take time. I tried cold turkey twice last year, and I thought I was going to lose my mind on the fifth day both times.

My brother, a recovering alcoholic and pill popper, told me that's called the "Addict's phenomenon"....I hadn't heard of it before (surprisingly), but it's some kind of phenomenon I don't like being in...I really thought my brain was just going to explode. It felt like it was.