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CW1. I don't agree. We are here to help whoever has a problem and are looking for a solution in whatever stage of their recovery. At least that is how I see it. Drop your AA exclusivity mentality at the door please.
Call another sober person
Meditate/pray
Exercise
Go to a meeting
Don't drink!
Totally disagree with CW1. Support doesn’t have rules.
Sounds like you’re trying to stop. In my experience, that daily jones is very hard to break out of, but breaking the habit is how it started for me. I used to count the minutes every afternoon. We had beer taps in the office and I would sneak some earlier and earlier. It got bad.
One thing that saved me was sparkling water and frozen yogurt. My body was craving the sugar in alcohol so for the first few weeks I’d get fro-yo or Starbucks frappucino every afternoon. Sometimes twice an evening. Ice cream. Candy. It was all less bad than drinking. I’d go to meetings at lunch or in the evening, or work out after work. That all helped, too. For me it was breaking the physical addiction and habits, replacing the nightly routine with a new one. Now I have 6 months and I’m able to understand my emotional cues and personality defects that made me so susceptible to alcohol. We have a physical addiction and an emotional affliction. Gotta deal with both otherwise treating the physical is just temporary, as you’ve experienced with your period of abstinence followed by progressively heavier drinking. AA really helped me understand myself so I didn’t need to run from my feeling and hide under a blanket of alcohol, which made everything worse.
Folks, let’s remember the Responsibility Declaration - I am responsible, when anyone anywhere reaches out for help I want the hand of AA to be there, and for that I am responsible.
Wait OP are you saying you are going to drink when you get home? Or, you are sober now but your body is still conditioned to wanting to go home and drink? If it’s the former, you haven’t stopped drinking yet. If it’s the latter, your body will adjust and eventually you will feel better than ever. Your body just can’t imagine that right now, because it’s fighting the addiction. I like to think of withdrawals as like having a fever; unpleasant as they are, it means your body is fighting the infection. Stay strong.
I'm not sober. Tried for a bit. Did well. Started drinking again and it was okay - not like an addict. I felt great and in control but then I lost control recently I'm trying to stop but it's hard to focus.
Google Naltrexone and the Sinclair Method. Watch the video One Little Pill (you can find it on Amazon Video). It really works.
You’re always welcome to post here about anything related to sobriety/recovery. It’s hard AF so we help one another out. Ignore what CW 1 said.
I tried naltrexone for a while, it definitely helped a bit. Worth a shot, although, for me, it was a band aid on a bullet wound. I’ve found that most people that are sober (and stay sober) are in the program in some capacity.
In any case, we’ve all been where you’re at. It sucks and is overwhelming and bewildering. Try checking out an AA meeting, generally a good/easy/actionable first step. You’re not committing to anything and, at the very least, you’ll have a chance to unload what’s going on somewhere besides Fishbowl ;)
Sapient1 (and other posters), I don’t disagree with you. If this person was reaching out for help, I was wrong in my initial comment. I read it as an active drinker talking about drinking in a space for sober people, not a person who is in recovery. In other words, I heard it as, “Hey sober people, I heard you guys had some good tips for curbing my cravings till i can get home to my wet bar!” And that is not support I feel like giving. Sorry if I misunderstood.
sleep and lots of it, will cure most of it. But you’ll probably need to shift from vampirism to bring a day walker.....it’s better for you in almost every way. #goodluck
Obviously it's a bigger issue then fishbowl but people are supportive here so I figured I'd post
If you aren’t sober, curious why you’re posting in Sober in Advertising? Correct me if I’m wrong but you are not asking for support in not drinking, you are asking for support in figuring out how to make it through the day until you can drink. Huge difference. Reality check: people in recovery are not here for you to bounce around thoughts about your drinking lifestyle. We have our own problems that stem from a choice/necessity not to drink. Please post about your drinking somewhere else. Better yet, examine why you drink and if your life would be better if you stopped. I sincerely hope we see you back here as a person who is “sober in advertising.”
I didn’t interpret this as posting about recovery. I read this as an active user looking for ways to cope with not being able to drink during the day. Until you make the decision to stop drinking, you are not in recovery. Am I wrong?
Find a meeting nearby.
When i’m out partying i drink too much, my tolerance gets lower with age. But I do not feel the need to drink and often go months without drinking if I’m dieting. So is binge drinking alcoholism and would I feel weird going to an AA meeting?