I’m on day 18 and hadn’t had many cravings, but today they are intense. I can’t give in, but holy jumpin do I ever feel like having a drink. I have to fight this and try to figure out what is going on.
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What do you usually do, when cravings start?
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Urges to drink are pretty normal in the beginning of your journey towards sober living. You have indicated that you don’t want to drink so don’t. I have urges to do many things, but I don’t do them because I know the end result will be unpleadant
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Seeking distraction and trying to adress why I crave is what helps me. I’m using H.A.L.T for that too:
Cravings are normal. You mind is used to use and misses his high trough your doc (drug of choice). Try to find another way to “feed” it. I used chocolat for that. When I had bad cravings I took chocolat instead of drinking.
Other things I did where walking, working out, cleaning my house, etc. All kinds of active things to get me trough time.
And sometimes I just sat the urge out. Remember a craving is like a wave. It comes and go. We can sit them out. We are not going to die by a craving.
We die by drinking.
Hope you got through the cravings sober Alice, how are you doing today?
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I am doing alright. I didn’t drink, but talked to my sponsor and today is going well. I know I can do this 
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That’s really good news!!
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That’s really great to hear! Yes, you can do this, we all can do this together!