Im still here 7 months later. Today the cravings came back with a vengeance. Paddy’s day. Everyone around me going to the pub. Music playing Irish songs from the 90s. It was tough. I am living a new life but I still long for alcohol. I’m too scared to ever drink again. It’s also taken 7 months for my mood and energy to lift. I am struggling to find something to give me a buzz. I enjoy early morning walks but I haven’t found anything to fill the void. I blast on a fire in the evening and sit in front of the TV trying to tire my mind out, it works but I do fell unfulfilled. Yesterday the smell of a BBQ and a touch summer in the air has me dreaming of wine. Life is a million times better but I’m still craving
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St. Patrick’s landed on one week sober for me. I had to laugh about it. I’d normally be knocking them back tonight but I’m probably going to have some tea and play some records.
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Yes usually a full day spent drinking. A drink in every pub in town. And then the day after vomiting. I did this for 28 years. Today for some crazy reason I missed it. Then I was thinking how drunk I used to get and I was never happy I was always aware I was drinking way more than others but hiding it. But I still miss the 1 day in the pub. Maybe the 1st hour of the 1 day…
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1 week sober cravings were definitely worse. I need to remind myself about that. Good luck and you well feel great tomorrow.
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It’s tough to transition from a drinker to a non-drinker and one thing that really helped me was changing my relationship with alcohol.
After going through this process, I didn’t crave or desire alcohol anymore. Maybe it’ll help you as well.
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I’m not Irish, and my sober date is March 16. St Patty’s Day, like NYE, was always an amateur drinking day to me.
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