the wanting is stronger

[lifelong3]

hello all well I am now on my 33rd day and I am finding myself wanting a drink more . does it every get any easier I get over it but I find myself thinking more about it at time's :16: my moods are getting better though :29: thank god . not yelling now and thats a good thing. my family seems happier, sorry just venting :neutral: thaks for listening ...

[dalin]

Truly glad you are here.
Hang in there.
Learn to pray for releif whether you believe or not.
A God of your understanding,not anyone elses.

[eve3]

:Din time thrru prayer the desire,is lifted,an youll have the thoughts,which will pass,follow the program it gets greater,later

[Angelina243]

Ahhh...yes, the "roller coaster" of early recovery. Hang on tight--you will be in for a bumpy ride at first--but it does get smoother with time. Don't give up! :97:

[admin]

Hi lifelong3, When you have those thoughts about drinking one suggestion is to make a gratitude list. Also when you have the thought to drink, put it off until tomorrow. Stay in today. Just for today - this 24 hours - I will not drink or use. Sometimes we may have to break that down into minutes and seconds. Get on the phone and call someone in recovery especially your sponsor. You are not alone in this. We have all gone through this and still do at times. As time goes by it does get better.

I heard this one fellow in a meeting share one time that before he would pick up a drink he needed to go ahead and make a list of the things he needed to get rid of first like his family, his job, his home, etc. Because if he drank he would have none of the things that he had gotten sober. For me, I would also need to go ahead and dig my grave if I were to drink again because drinking almost killed me last time and that is where I would wind up if I were to drink again.

Keep hanging in there - taking it one day at a time. Go to your meetings, do service work, work those steps with your sponsor. Get active in recovery. We also have online meetings here http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/chat_mainpage.php . You can check the meeting times here http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/chatmeet.php . We went to any lengths to drink. Now we go to any lengths to stay sober. Keep coming back. We are here for you. :42:

[lifelong3]

good morning all and thanks for all your help , I have made it through yet another night and with all my support another day is looking beautiful. thanks for all your help and suggestions I will try them all. thanks again

[dalin]

kEEP COMING!
Glad you are here

[eTherapySolution]

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have performed therapy specifically for the last 10 years. I have seen over a thousand clients with these specific issues. There are many techniques and tools a therapist could give you to succeed. One tool of many I give my clients is they have to start changing their environment when they are struggling with withdrawals. I have told clients that when they can't get the thoughts out of their mind to get up immediately and run around their house twice. This gives them a moment to distract themselves from the intense thoughts and possibly by the time they finish, they have won a battle. Good luck ---Paul

[dalin]

I try to use spiritual solutions for these problems.
After being around here a few years,I have found the answer to most of these problems
in the fellowships we have listed here.
I am not saying that they have all the answers to all problems,but these are things that everyone that uses 12 step fellowships deals with the first year.

[Montauktammy]

spiritual solutions
when I came in I did not even know what the word spiritual meant
So my sponsor told me to take my shoes and put them all the way under my bed at night and say Thank you for another day clean, then in the morning when I was to get my shoes say please help me stay clean today. I did not use the word God till much later in my recovery my Sponsor and I use Good Orderly Direction I had a pretty bad concept of God

[kaistevens]

It does go away, it really does. But when it would get crazy in the beginning, I would go to a meeting or call someone in recovery right then. Getting around sober people would always help. Attitudes are contageous, and some days still, I just have to get around healthier people to get me through my unhealthy moments.

keep moving forward, cause it just keeps getting better.