Don't try to do it on your own. Just having someone else that is holding you accountable, even someone anonymous, can be a miraculous boost to the process. It's very hard to remember why you want to stop when the cravings start to kick in, and it's good to have someone on the outside who can ground you.
I have heard good things about the AA program, and there is usually a chapter or two within driving distance of most people who aren't extremely rural. The only people who tend to get turned off are people who get weirded out by spirituality, but I suspect that isn't a problem around here.
It's a long process that involves ups and downs. The most vulnerable days for relapse are when you've been successfully clean for a couple of weeks and are feeling good about things. Negative emotions can trigger it. Positive emotions can trigger it. Physical pain can trigger it.
Seriously, whether you go the formal route or not, it's extraordinarily hard to beat with a decision alone. Finding someone who can anchor you to your own motivation and remind you of why you want to stop is going to be the fastest, quickest, and most surefire boost to quitting I could recommend.
Yes when i stop for a good 4 to 5 days i start feeling good and forget about the horrible hangovers. The day starts out good then i think "hmm maybe just tonight i'll drink" my mind will make up excuses. It's like a devil inside me.
thanks for your post. Maybe ill try AA. I'm pretty shy though. I don't know if I could speak up in the meeting.
"Every minute I am sober and not drinking, is another minute added to a better habit."
It's a habit. I have to suffer the pain of not continuing the habit of drinking. I have to expect it will suck the first few weeks of not drinking. I've been sober before and hitting the gym and i always loved it. I JUST NEED TO SUFFER THE PAIN OF CHANGING THE HABIT.
Kombucha is good, also coconut water. I have a rule that when I feel the urge to cush a brew I have to have a coconut water first and by the time I finish it I'm usually too full for the brew. I still want it but the craving is gone and I feel like a brew would make me feel gross. Works great as long as there's coconut water or equivalent substitute in the fridge!
Don't try to do it on your own. Just having someone else that is holding you accountable, even someone anonymous, can be a miraculous boost to the process. It's very hard to remember why you want to stop when the cravings start to kick in, and it's good to have someone on the outside who can ground you.
I have heard good things about the AA program, and there is usually a chapter or two within driving distance of most people who aren't extremely rural. The only people who tend to get turned off are people who get weirded out by spirituality, but I suspect that isn't a problem around here.
It's a long process that involves ups and downs. The most vulnerable days for relapse are when you've been successfully clean for a couple of weeks and are feeling good about things. Negative emotions can trigger it. Positive emotions can trigger it. Physical pain can trigger it.
Seriously, whether you go the formal route or not, it's extraordinarily hard to beat with a decision alone. Finding someone who can anchor you to your own motivation and remind you of why you want to stop is going to be the fastest, quickest, and most surefire boost to quitting I could recommend.
Best of luck, truly.
Yes when i stop for a good 4 to 5 days i start feeling good and forget about the horrible hangovers. The day starts out good then i think "hmm maybe just tonight i'll drink" my mind will make up excuses. It's like a devil inside me.
thanks for your post. Maybe ill try AA. I'm pretty shy though. I don't know if I could speak up in the meeting.
I think this is what I needed to hear.
"Every minute I am sober and not drinking, is another minute added to a better habit."
It's a habit. I have to suffer the pain of not continuing the habit of drinking. I have to expect it will suck the first few weeks of not drinking. I've been sober before and hitting the gym and i always loved it. I JUST NEED TO SUFFER THE PAIN OF CHANGING THE HABIT.
Kombucha is good, also coconut water. I have a rule that when I feel the urge to cush a brew I have to have a coconut water first and by the time I finish it I'm usually too full for the brew. I still want it but the craving is gone and I feel like a brew would make me feel gross. Works great as long as there's coconut water or equivalent substitute in the fridge!