I’m at day 144 free of alcohol and mostly doing fine with it. Tonight, for some reason, im thinking obsessively about beer. I find myself thinking, I could go back to drinking, just a bit, drink very moderately, I can control it, it’s fine. Struggling to fight those thoughts. I know that in the past, I always ended up drinking at least a bit more than I meant to, not on every occasion but over the course of a month. But… I cant stop thinking about beer. Mind keeps coming up with justifications.
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I get that craving as well. I have found that drinking seltzer helps with my craving and that I haven’t been craving as often now because I’m ALWAYS drinking seltzer.
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I drink a lot of these now. Tonight is hard. I guess old habits are not dead, still lurking.
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Lol…nice. I haven’t tried the grapefruit yet. I’m all about the coconut and the peach-pear.
I also find a really zingy spicy ginger beer helps with cravings!
Stay strong and diligent!! You got this! Congrats on your 144 days!!
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I hear you. I had a bad craving earlier, but I stayed strong. I’m very proud of myself! STAY STRONG @Blueroom!!!
Thank you!! I really appreciate you guys.
Hold strong @Blueroom!!
I was feeling exactly as you are last week, for almost the entire week. It was like the alcohol brain woke up and was screaming louder than ever, romanticising the notion of a beer of course. It was messing with my brain really badly, making me wonder if my drinking had even been all that bad. ‘Surely one day off from sobriety would be ok right?’ (Answer: NO)
I fought the feelings hard and I’m so glad I did!!
I’m back to the mindset I should be in - "No good ever came from alcohol consumption - what goes up must come down!"
I’m still on track and have no desire to touch the poison and am so glad I didn’t have to endure any hangovers to get back to this mindset!
And anyway, we are so close to reaching the 150 milestone - I really hope to see you cross that line with me!!!
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It’s a hard habit to fight off. 
i drink the like la Croix and you cam even put um over ice witha bit of lime juice n salt. It seems to never go away tho…and especially with all the commercials on tv now… Like wtf??? Lol maybe its just me… Lol but stay strong. I believe in you 
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Thank you all!
I drank most days for over 20 years, so i guess i shouldnt be surprised that the desire is still there. So much internal and external messaging says, it’s fine, just have a drink, you love drinking, just a couple wont hurt. I know I’d be back to drinking every day in no time. I can think clearly about it at 9am, but around happy hour time, wine o clock, it is TOUGH. But I am sticking to lacroix. Today I will not drink, even just one. Thank you all for amazing strength and help.
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So shall we hold hands and dance as we cross that 150 line? 
YES!!! We got this! Then on to 200!!
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Can I wear my bright pink tutu as we do?.. or would that be too much?
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Ha ha! You can wear whatever you want! Its our party!
Yay!! Sparkly top and tutu getting dropped off at the dry cleaners tomorrow!
I trust you’ll be coming in some form of fancy dress @Blueroom ?? 
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Have you tried O’Douls non alcoholic?
@KyleRob81 I highly do not recommend near beer for recovering alcoholics… maybe for someone who is going for moderation or cutting back but in my honest opinion, near beers are just a big tease. If you have had success with them then that’s awesome but iv seen lots of people relapse within a few weeks after trying near beers. I think they switch on whatever it is in our brains so we start craving the real stuff even more.
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Makes sense I’m only 35 days in pretty new to sobriety
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I am starting to crave Kombucha now, like actual cravings of I need to go home and have one. And coffee. 
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