I am on day 8 and struggling. I have reset at least 20 times over the last year. The longest I have gone is for weeks but that was back in March. Since then it’s been no more than a week.
It is also the weekend and that makes it even harder. I am trying my best to keep focused and busy but I could use some help getting through today.
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Hey Rachel, Welcome to the forum! This is great first step. You are definitely smack dab in the middle of some of the hardest days.
Are you working a program, either self-made or formal? I have been plugging in everywhere I can, Recovery Dharma, SMART, The Luckiest Club, Facebook Groups, etc.
There are online meetings available 24/7 that you can log into camera and mic off. Sometimes just hearing someone else sharing their struggle is enough to keep you going.
I am rooting for you.
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Other than this app I’ve been going it alone but that is really good advice I might look for some of those groups thank you
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Maybe try ameeting might help rather than try alone wish you well
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personally I never found weekends a problem, that’s the up side of being a 24 / 7 alcoholic drug addict. If nothing else I was consistent.
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I am on day 5 and can totally relate — heading into the weekend is scary and could come with temptations. Try making a list of all the reasons why you are quitting and look at it every time you feel tempted 
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Hang in there! Grab a snack or go outside. Or do something really interesting like pull all the couch cushions off and see what’s hiding in there. 
Just get busy doing something and hopefully the urge will pass. You’ve got this!
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Thank you I’m definitely trying to do that. It’s always something to do around the house and I started reading a book on sobriety as well as taking my daughter swimming tonight so I’m absolutely doing my best. Thank you for the advice. My couch could use a good cleaning LOL 
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The list is a really good idea I will definitely do that. Weekends and the week I don’t have my daughter has always been hardest for me. Probably because my evenings are less busy in the temptation or the feeling that I deserve to have a treat is hard. But she is one of the biggest reasons I’m quitting.
And congratulations on 5 days. I hope you have a good weekend
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I find that it is’ easier’ to drink less on the weeks I have my daughter. But the weekends in the week she’s with her dad is a whole other story.
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I’m not quite ready to sit in a room with a bunch of people however a virtual room might be easier. Someone mentioned online meetings so I think I’m going to look into that. Thank you
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Yes i use this meeting too. Its there anytime day or night.
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Hi Rachel, you Do It right. Pleased, never, never give up. Try it again and again, i did it Like you. A Few days sober or a week, than i relapsed. I struggled many years. And now i am sober for 98 days. Someday you will BE sober and you’ll Feeling great. Belive in your higher power
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Congratulations and that is very encouraging. Today has been very hard but here I am at the end of the day sitting with a cup of tea and a smile on my face knowing that I made it through day 8. And very much looking forward to day 9, 10 and eventually 100 and so on. I was very reluctant at first to start being involved in the communities but now I’m so glad I did and I feel stronger already 
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Hope you made it through your Friday night ok and have planned lots to stay busy this weekend! I’m about to roll up my sleeves and deep clean my apartment 
anyway wanted to share this article I found with tons of great virtual resources. I’ll probably start another thread with this too
15 Online Recovery Meetings & Groups You’ll Want to Check Out
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Friday was good but Saturday was not. I found myself drinking really bad bottle of wine then switched to the more palatable bottle of wine and then several shooters. I can’t even tell you why I did it. I can tell you I didn’t enjoy it but it was like I I couldn’t stop forcing myself to do something I didn’t want to do. Needless to say I am starting over… Again… 
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Hope you start feel better, and do start again your worth it.
Next time you feel like that please come and post here first, tell people you on the verge of having a drink, im sure that will give you enough care and support to get you though that hour then the next and next to help you through that day.
At least reach out here or AA before your reach for that drink🤗
Im glad your still here your not alone. You dont have to do this alone.
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Thank you. I’ve been using this app for several months but it was only last week I started to use the forum. So in a way I’m still learning and in a way I think I’ve just started my journey. I think finally reaching out and telling someone I have a problem is what I needed. The only person I ever told was my doctor. I will definitely be reaching out more thank you
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