This is my first time in here so I’m still getting used to how this site works. Been a long hard year and a half. That’s when my drinking started to get out of control. It’s escalated pretty steadily over that time. I know I have a problem, and I am alcoholic. I’ve been trying to stay sober for about a month now. 4 days is as long as I’ve lasted. I’ve probably quit and started 6 times over that period. I’m doing addiction therapy and I start trauma counseling next week. I really don’t want to drink today, so I’m coming here instead. I’ve been reading all the encouraging comments here and am able to identify with a lot of them. I managed to stay sober for 10 years, but when I was 40 I started drinking again. It was pretty harmless until about a year and half ago. Right now I can’t get through the day with out the thought of drinking occupying my mind almost constantly. I can feel my whole world slipping away. I grew up with an alcoholic father so I am pretty experienced with whole thing. I’m hoping that being on here will give me the courage to start going to meetings. Today I am going to let and let God. Have a great day everyone.
Welcome @HFJurndy you found sobriety before you can do it again. The first week is painful but it gets easier the more distance you get between you and your last drink. What helped you get sober before? What supports do you need now to get thru the cravings? I remember the constant cravings and i would distract myself with paint by numbers, walking, gym classes, aa meetings, calling other alcoholics. Nows the time to build up your sober toolbox! Keep at it. The incessant thoughts wont last forever if you fight to get thru to the other side
Welcome to Talking Sober. When you don’t want to drink, this is a good safe place to be.
I stopped drinking last time when I met my now wife. It was not really much of an issue at the time. I find the the more I stay busy the less I think about drinking. But that just brings up more challenges being that I don’t have a whole lot of motivation right now. If I find something interesting enough to do it helps though. One of the tougher situations is needing to walk my dogs. That’s always been a time to stop and picking something up to drink when we got done. The problem is I still need to walk the dogs, and I’m not sure what to do to make sure I don’t stop and get something. My only real support right now is my wife. She grew up with an alcoholic father also. So she understands what I’m going through to a certain degree. She gets pretty pissed if I try and hide it from her though. (Understandable). She deserves better, and I need to be that better. I’m open to any and all advice on making through each day. Thanks for commenting
Glad you’re here Greg!
Sorry to hear about your struggles, but I’m glad you open to sharing with therapists, as well as this community! This is a good place to share, you’ll find alot of support and resources!
Reach out if you need support, plenty of people here who can provide resources and listen if you need! 
Walk the dog in the opposite direction. Change your route!
Like @Cjp already mentioned I would suggest to change your route with the dogs. Also keep your wallet at home and even your phone so you can’t pay. Ore let your wife walk the dogs and you cook ore do something else in return for that for her.