..I want to quit drinking beers so bad. Had several attempts to quit and always back to day zero.. during October I almost got to two full weeks clean, I know I can do better, but here I am, after few minutes done with the last drink. I hope this time it’s gonna be better
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Welcome. Read around here. There’s a ton of great advice from people who are on that path. There’s a terrific thread about what are you doing today to stay sober that I find really helpful.
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Thanks, I can feel this is gonna help me. I just had a bad craving before, but resisted the temptatation of going to the shop and came here to read and reply to some threads. I’m gonna finish day one today, no excuses 
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Warm welcome! Happy to see you here 
You might want to use this thread to stay in contact and focus with all of us who are on this journey together: Checking in daily to maintain focus #81
Warm hugs!
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@DanielaJ thanks once again for the support and for the suggestion!! 
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I’m early in my sobriety, too, and over here cheering you on! Decide not to drink for the next hour or even the next 5 minutes. You can absolutely do it!
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Welcome here! Another great tool of this app are the entries. In other words, make an entry when you wake up because really, your difference between waking up hangover or not is like the difference between hell and heaven
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Almost went for a full week without alchool: set back at day 6. I realized I let my stress from work take over and pilot the old habit.. starting again from day 1, more and more convinced that I can learn to pay better attention to stress going up and stepping in before “automatic mode” kicks in and leads to drinking..
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I found success after I started building my sobriety, changing my thinking and behavior, along with fighting hard to stay dry. They are two different things, I found. I used Antabuse (disulfiram) to help me stay dry, and counseling and AA to grow my sobriety.
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Here I am, after yet another “reset” to the counter.. slowly realized why I drink in first place, it terrifies me, but at least now I know what face the beast I’m fighting has.. I’m not gonna lose, I need to take back full responsibility for my life and stop blaming others when things don’t go the way that is easy for me.
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There is no good ‘reason’ to drink… you have to find a different way of dealing with stress in your life…its all too easy to hit the drink for any reason that comes up, thats what you have to change, there is no autopilot either…its your choice to pick up each and every time. Im not judging because I used to do exactly the same thing, hell id drink for any reason…oh its tuesday im not keen on tuesday so think il drink it away …. But then life handed me a rock bottom and things had to change…you have to recognise when your addiction inevitably says “drink itl make it better” (because youve wired it that way) you tell that voice to do one and find another way to deal with things be it meetings, talking here, seeing a therapist, doing a hobby….find another way or this will never end, there is nothing that drink cannot make worse not better
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Here I am, yesterday evening I won one of the biggest battle of this last days: my wife asked for a pizza at home, that means for me going to the pizza place which leads me to drink a beer there and buy a couple more to take home. I had several thoughts of having a drink on the way to the pizza place, but I resisted and didn’t give up. Very proud of me being able to go this far
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I’m trying my best
It can be humbling to hear, but it was necessary for me. My best thinking got me to stand in front of a judge, again, and it got me a seat in Alcholics Anonymous. I cannot stay sober on my own willpower and with my own ideas. I need the input of sober people. I need real life accountability. I need a plan to bring about the change to my thoughts, emotions, and actions, that will bring about recovery from alcoholism. And that plan continues day by day. It is simple, not always easy, but simple to understand and simple to follow if I am willing. Willing to cast out my own ideas in favor of those ideas from people who know how to stay sober. Willing to grow my sober personality, rather than simply add some sort of avoidance rituals to my current personality.
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This was so well said. I needed to hear it this morning.
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So proud of you, friend! Congratulations!!!
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I thought I’d share an update of my journey: 47 days without alcohol. In those days I slowly realized what I was using alcohol for: to avoid some responsibility and hope that things will get fixed with time alone. I know now it’s not the case, no intention of going back to hide using alcohol. I’ll deal with my shit right away, even if it’s unpleasant. Today im proud of 3 things:
- 47 days without alcohol (never been this long since I started drinking as a teenager)
- More then a week of training, feeling energy coming back
- Took care of the garden (still tons of stuff to do - but that’s nature - it will be never over)
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Update on my journey: day 55 without alchool, started training regularly a couple of weeks ago, trying to avoid junk food to get back in shape (still can do better, but improved without alchool, somehow the two things seems to bit quite related for me).
Having head clear from alchool, I came to realize that now it’s time to face the real monster, which is porn addiction. Starting from today I will keep tracking of the days, just looking forward to day 2, to start breaking this disgusting habit..
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I’ve just read your story and journey so far, and I’m so proud of you for persisting. It’s lovely to see a person blossoming from active addiction to sobriety like that. From painful dependence, to seeing someone regain control of their life and their health.
I’m sure it wont be easy, but I’m looking forward to reading your progress with porn addiction too. Well done you, you should be proud of yourself 
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Well done friend. I am so happy for you. Look how far you have come.
Maybe you find it helpful to work with the three circles: https://share.google/Ip3H41gdoaeccZlGw
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Update
Day 57 alchool free: rarely getting cravings for alcohol and when i do, i use non alchoolic beer as a way out. Just trying to resist the temptation to think that I’m over my addiction and that I can control the drinking now
Day 2 without porn: this is the real fight now. I’m already happy i managed to put two days in a row, Trying to get to day 3 now..
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