I am on my first 12 hours and need any type of advice you can give to help me get through it !
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Alcohol and Opioids
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Hey man, my advice is to take it one day at a time. Don’t worry about anything other than today.
Rest well, hydrate well and eat well. Park your self on the sofa with a blanket and treat yourself as if you were sick.
You’re gonna feel weird for a bit, that’s normal. Just ride it out and it will slowly melt away.
Welcome to day 1!
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Sugar and long walks have been great for helping me
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Lots of water/ gatorade, sleep and sugar for early alcohol days is my best advise. Only worry about today.
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Thank you so much, yes i’ve been hunkered down binge watching a new show trying to not think about it that’s some awesome advice to treat it as if i’m sick that makes so much more sense
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I was thinking of starting to get to some hike trails around me to stay busy and calm
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seems sugar is a big one I never eat sweets so I guess i’ll have to hit the store for some
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Drinking at the least 2 bottles of wine a day or 12/16 beers a day and then taking opioids atleast once a day most of the time 2/3 though
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that is all really great things to do I am not sure how to PM or really much about the sight I just joined I just was hitting reply if you can inform me how to do so that would be awesome! and if the reply’s count as posts I definitely am happy you told me about that
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Whatchya watching? I usually get about 1 to 2 hours of TV time a night, so I blow through shows like it’s nothing.
Hiking and walks are great! If you’ve got a dog, they’re even better. If you’re rained or snowed in, planning trips and hikes for other weekends is fun too. Keeps your mind occupied
This is what helped me getting sober:
- No alcohol in my house for the first 3 months of my recovery
- No alcohol related events for the first 3 months of my recovery (so no: pub, festival, restaurant, concert, etc)
- Inform my family and close friends about my sober plan so they can support me and don’t offer me drinks.
- Avoid the wine/beer section in the supermarket
- Fill my refrigerator with healthy foods and alcohol free drinks.
- Buy enough chocolate and sweets to eat for when I have cravings.
- Look for activaties and hobbies to fill in time. Like walking in nature, run, reading, watch Netflix, listen to recovery podcast (recovery elevator is a good one
), work out, gardening, studying something new, etc. - Reduce social media to protect myself
- Getting a day counter on my phone and smart watch to focus on my amount on sober days.
- Getting myself a sober peer group to support me in my recovery like TS ore AA.
- Getting myself a meditation app filled with breathing exercizes and meditation. (Insight timer for example)
- If I have cravings I try to find out where they come from using H.A.L.T
If that won’t work I come to TS and talk about it. But sometimes just reading all your stories help 
- I used a vitamin B complex supplement to get more energy during the day. Also I used a melatonin supplement to help me with my sleeping problems in the first few months.
- Celebrated every milestone! I gave myself a small gift like cake ore a nice t shirt ore whatever to celebrate my effort. At least in my first year I needed that! And gave myself a big gift when I reached my one year: a big back piece tattoo!!
- And last but not least: make it as small as possible. Focus on today. Today is douable! If you do that day after day you will get that long sober stretch.
Maybe you see something you can try yourself.
Read a lot here on TS! There is loads of info to find. Sobriaty is hard work: but what you put in pays out eventually!!
See you around 
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Exercise ,walking ect ; maybe try a meeting meet new friends you can socialise with wish you well
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