Day 3. Went to the supermarket and saw bottles of wine on the shelf……that little voice “oh you’ll be fine this time” entered my brain. Straight away got annoyed at myself and thought stop being so weak!!! Got the rest of my bits quickly and left.
The real test is yet to come when I have a manic day at work 
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Kudos on #1 walking away, and #2 exposing it to the light. Darkness cannot live where you bring light. One of my best tools has been bringing my dark thoughts, experiences, even dreams to the exposure of light. It loses it’s power over me when I blast it with light right away. I tell everyone around me, tell my support system and will usually make sure I find a meeting that very day and finish it off with repeated exposure. You’re doing it! Congratulations 
!
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Thank you! That’s exactly why I joined this group. So that every time I get that urge I can jump on here and get support from people who understand x
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Great job at the supermarket! It truly does get easier n easier over time. Take it one craving at a time 
u got this!
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I hadn’t even thought about drinking. Met a friend for breakfast then for a forest walk. See a bottle and boom hello craving x
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You really deserve a pat on the back for acknowledging the trigger/craving and reaching out. Well done. It will get easier.
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Hey there! Congrats on turning away from the wine at the store!! 
You mentioned that the real test is when you have a manic day at work… if you’re anything like me…that day will likely come sooner rather than later! If you already know that it is on the horizon, it might help to make an action plan for when it does:
I am going to keep my favorite popcorn and seltzer in the trunk of my car so that The next day that work is crappy I have my favorite snack waiting for me the second I get in my car. I will call so and so on my ride home bc they always let me vent and get into a bubble bath when I get home so I can decompress while I listen to that guided meditation I found on YouTube about letting go of stress. I will read my extensive list of every reason I have to get sober, and everything terrible thing I am leaving behind as I don’t drink anymore.Ill go to a meeting/ read a sobriety book/ read and post on Talking Sober etc. for at least one hour if I am still craving and repeat whichever of these is helpful as much as I need to until the craving passes.
Obviously your version of it can look as different as it needs to. I realized that for me….uncertainty makes me anxious…of course LIFE is uncertain…but it’s ALSO kind of NOT. Life goes up and down…work gets good, work gets shitty…BUT, if I have a plan in place for when it does, I’ve taken All of the questioning and free will out of it.
It’s like a flow chart….
Is work shitty?
Yes.
Ok….now you do THIS
Oh ok cool!
Once I take my need to reason and make plans out of the equation when I am stressed or anxious, I tend to do better
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Hi, I am 40 plus days in and this is still a bit hard for me. I avoid that liquor isle completely. I really don’t need anything on that side of the market so that helps. I don’t have cravings like I use to and I have gone out and been exposed to alcohol but something about the market isle. Maybe because that’s where I would always get my stash. I been to BevMo and I don’t have the same feeling. I have purchased (possible trigger) NA beer and I can walk in and out no problem without it being triggering but the market I can’t. It does get easier but for now I avoid it.
You did amazing walking away that’s to be celebrated.
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Thank you all for your words of encouragement- that’s why I’m so happy I found this site. Had a few moments of wanting to go and get a bottle but I’m going to take the tips I’ve just read and put them to practise
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Stay strong, you can do this
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Bad days at work will happen. Now is the time to plan for. What will you do? Who will you call?
Plan now
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Major stressful day to day … now Stuck on the tarmac for an hour and a two hour flight to go … separated from my wife who upgraded to first class through work: said No to alcohol from extended beverage service
Taking it one 30 seconds at a time right now
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Well done. Try sit back and relax.