So I made it successfully through my first weekend with no alcohol. I’m on day 9, tomorrow will be day 10.
When I get past a few days I usually get to the mindset of, “well I went a few days without it just fine, I can have one drink now” which trickles into a couple, then a bottle (or bottles sadly).
I’m feeling that nagging, hankering today. I’m actually in a significantly better mood - at this point I think it’s just the habit itself creeping back up on me.
As I said in the title I am feeling a MAJOR itch today but I won’t scratch.
What I’ve been doing recently is replacing it with my favorite sparkling water, soda pop, or a special drink (like a Boba tea, coffee, milkshake). That has helped a lot as I feel like I’m giving myself a “treat”. Haha.
Definitely will keep the fridge stocked with non alcoholic carbonated drinks!! One thing for sure is it’ll definitely save me money, too!
Posting here helps me feel like I’m not alone in my journey.
Hi girl… I know this “treat” thing and your described relapsing cycle soo good (just relapsed yesterday). You just inspired me that it’s nice to have non alcoholic drinks at home
Yes the “treat” thing used to be alcohol, so substituting it has really helped me a lot.
Cherry Coke Zero Sugar has been my go to! A lot of people also like La Croix. Wild wonder and Olipop are sparkling prebiotic drinks that I LOVE! The wildwonder is more a lighter version. The Olipops are packed with flavor. All are low calorie options too (if that matters to you!) and I’ll sometimes even treat myself to a Starbucks or Boba tea when I need to get out of the house. Enough of my ramblings though! Haha.
You got this!! One day at a time. best wishes on your journey.
Day 9 here going on ten tomorrow for me too. I totally get the itch feeling. I’ve been fine all week, but this afternoon had a fair few permission thoughts about nipping to the shop after work for “just the one”. I didn’t, and Im sipping on my Pellegrino and waiting for my dinner to cook. Cheers (the non-alcoholic kind) to our day 10!
Honestly the sugary drinks / soda help so much I personally find. My brain always get tickled with the idea of drinking but I feel like when your day has more meaning and something to keep you more so distracted it’s easier to not even think about drinking sometimes.
I notice when I have nothing to do or feel “bored” that’s when my biggest cravings hit me haha.
The only thing that helped me was 90 meetings 90 days, worked the steps and surrendered. Understood nobody was at fault for my addiction and poor decesions. Once you learn to look inward vs the outside world then freedom comes. I listend to a shit load of NA & AA speakers on youtube also, still do. I got back into meetings also lately since i felt myself getting too careless with my sobriety and thats when my disease talks to me the most.
@Wolfprincess that’s whatsup. I bought some steaks and soda for today , gonna treat myself to a nice steak and soda after I spend the day with my niece and nephew.
Ready for Friday night @Wolfprincess? Hubs is going out out to a punk gig in London so I’m having a Twilight, hot chocolate and knitting marathon. And that’s about as rock and roll as I am going to get!
Oh that sounds amazing! Funnily enough, twilight is my comfort movie. my fiancé always teases me for it, but for some reason if I’m in a bad mood I just want to get some snacks and a yummy (non alcoholic!) drink and watch twilight. Hope you had a great Friday!
