I have passed the three day threshold, the worst of my withdrawals seem to have passed. I can’t remember the last time I ever went this long without a drink! I know it’s been years! I’m still pretty weak and my body has told me to move slowly, it’s exhausted from what I’ve been through in my addiction. I am looking forward to when my strength returns. I have a heavy workload ahead of me today. I tried to prepare myself as much as possible since my work has been a huge contributor towards triggering my desire to drink. My brain is still foggy but I am actively working on handling my triggers and creating solutions without alcohol and that’s a great thing!
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Huge congrats on getting through those tough first 3 days. Stay vigilant and allow yourself breaks at work if you are feeling cravings. Work thru cravings is possible. Get your sober tools ready.
A couple sober tools ideas:
Breaks to focus on just breathing
Meditation
Short walk
Talk to someone
Come here for support
A meeting
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3 days are amazing.
3 days is an incredible achievement. The best advice I can offer is to get yourself to meetings. I have tried sober so many times without meetings and have never managed to stay the course. This time round I thought I have nothing left to lose so 90 meetings in 90 days to start me off and then I will see where I go from there.
I am 41 days today and I know without any doubt at all that all I have to do to stay sober today is make it to a meeting. The sense of belonging, connection to some of the people, hearing the shares and stories helps me know I am not alone, not useless and I am capable of achieving sobriety for life one day at a time. I mentioned casually that it was time for me to start talking about finding a sponsor and a lady from one of the meetings phoned me randomly yesterday to invite me over for coffee because she had heard I was ready to start thinking and talking about a sponsor.
I am surrounded by people who want to help and want me to succeed. What a blessing!
I wish you well on your journey and hope you too can find the connection that works for you.
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Congratulations!
This is huge. Well done. How are you now? Still counting?