# Day 5 and I’m already struggling
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635
**Category:** Life in Recovery
**Tags:** anxiety, sober, alcohol, sobriety
**Created:** [July 11, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635 "2025-07-11T19:26:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/1 "2025-07-11T19:26:26Z")
I am currently on day 5 with no alcohol, the weekend is here and I’m already struggling especially with this heat, my anxiety is through the roof just thinking I’m going to fall at the first
weekend, normally sun = a few beers in the garden but im trying really hard to not let that happen, any help is appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Mno](https://talkingsober.com/u/Mno)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/2 "2025-07-11T19:38:00Z")
Welcome to TS Tom! Here’s hoping this community can be just as helpful to you as it has been to me. And still is.
Congrats on reaching 5 days, and please know it will get better and easier. You say it yourself, you consider it ‘normal’ to have alcohol when it’s warm. Or when it’s the weekend.
The longer I’m without drinking, the better I know it’s not normal at all. Alcohol dehydrates. I see all the bloated red faces of people drinking in the heat and I’m so glad I’m not one of them.
So the beginning is the hardest, and you made a solid start. Keep going! Find help from your peers. Like you are doing right here and right now. Wishing you all success friend
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### Author:  [@ladybug1974](https://talkingsober.com/u/ladybug1974)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/3 "2025-07-11T19:51:36Z")
Im huge gardener and also struggled with that , I keep lots of non surgery bubbly water on hand and i got into making different things in my blender. having something in my hand helps me ALOT when im in my garden . Congrats on the 5 days
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/5 "2025-07-11T20:16:51Z")
Thank you, I honestly do feel better and I will try to focus on that more than anything thank you
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/6 "2025-07-11T20:18:07Z")
Thank you for the advice I will try that
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/7 "2025-07-11T20:19:09Z")
Mate it’s a killer, especially after work in the sun all day aswell, keep going strong too brother WE got this 💪🏾
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### Author:  [@Cjp](https://talkingsober.com/u/Cjp)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/8 "2025-07-12T18:08:37Z")
How are you doing today? What helped me is waking up and making the declaration that i will make it to bed sober…that took out any rationalizing. Decision made. Craving comes defer to decision made and distract. Reach out here
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### Author:  [@JVKE](https://talkingsober.com/u/JVKE)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/9 "2025-07-12T18:28:16Z")
> [@Tomatron85](#):
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> normally sun = a few beers in the garden
I would suggest doing something _instead_ of drinking. Maybe you could have a nice meal or go for a walk or do something to distract yourself, that way you don’t feel like you’re restricting yourself.
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/10 "2025-07-12T18:57:21Z")
Still sober so going good,did say that this morning and I’m determined thank you for your interest
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/11 "2025-07-14T11:21:46Z")
Hey mate how did your weekend go
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### Author:  [@Tomatron85](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tomatron85)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/day-5-and-i-m-already-struggling/196635/13 "2025-07-14T17:20:38Z")
Made it through mate just about, yeh yesterday was hard we had a party for my missis birthday but managed to stay strong, glad you got through it man stay strong