# Going to bed on day 3 sober. Prepping for the 4 or 5 day relapse wall **URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/going-to-bed-on-day-3-sober-prepping-for-the-4-or-5-day-relapse-wall/203903 **Category:** Your Story **Tags:** alcohol **Created:** [January 15, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/going-to-bed-on-day-3-sober-prepping-for-the-4-or-5-day-relapse-wall/203903 "2026-01-15T07:28:01Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/sinceiawoke/32/195742_2.png) [@SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/u/SinceIAwoke) #### Post date: [January 15, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/going-to-bed-on-day-3-sober-prepping-for-the-4-or-5-day-relapse-wall/203903/5 "2026-01-15T11:23:31Z")
Welcome, Jon, to Talking Sober. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right. So think positive! What helped me very much in early days was just focusing on today, and doing what I needed to get a sober head on my pillow at night. After I did the math, figuring in time spent traveling to and from work, and therapy, and an AA meeting every day, it came down to just a couple of hours where I was “unsupervised” per day. It was not the godawful forever long stretch of boring time I thought that sobriety would be - it was just two or so hours, and I could handle that. People are urging you to take action. Actions to connect with other people, particularly other sober people, will combat addiction most effectively. There are so many resources here, I will cite just one to get you started. > [@Advice for the Newcomer and Constant Relapser](https://talkingsober.com/t/topic/11064/1): > > Sobriety and recovery is a process of walking away from the old days of drinking/using that don’t work anymore. It’s embracing uncomfortable change for the better and deciding to not stay where you were. It’s learning to love yourself enough to say “I can’t live like this anymore and I need help”. Please add here the advice that you would like to gives to others. What tips and tricks has worked for your sobriety? What can someone newly sober expect on this journey? --- _[View the full topic](https://talkingsober.com/t/going-to-bed-on-day-3-sober-prepping-for-the-4-or-5-day-relapse-wall/203903)._