Does anyone know any ideas or tips how to stay sober from alcohol, when you feel like you need to drink?

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Congratulations on the 7 months clean and sober Nastya.

Ya that HALT is a good one.
@JazzyS

There’s another great HALT thread as Brian showed us exactly how he put it into action.

H.ungry A.ngry L.onely T.ired

For those who don’t know halt is an acronymn for Hungry Angry Lonely Tired. The idea is to use this acronym as a tool to recognize what is troubling you and likely causing you to relapse or putting yourself at risk of one. If you have one or many of these symptoms left untreated for too long you likely won’t be feeling very happy or healthy. For myself this was a tool I used heavily earlier in my recovery and worked quite hard at ridding myself of the anger part. Lately as I close in on 700 day…

Stay on here as long as you can.
We’re here for ya.