It’s a sunday evening and I’m home alone with all the family out. This is time i would spend getting drunk alone so no one could see me.
I really want a glass of wine but i know that I can’t just have one glass. Just struggling at the moment.
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I’m 548 day, keep going,you can get through tough days
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Hello, I drank last night and now I’m paying for it. And feel so much regret. I convinced myself that it was ok… and it’s not. I feel absolutely horrible. This is my first time using this app. You got this! Learn from me. I hope this helps. 
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I hear you, the point is yes knowone would know but you would know and its you that you are doing this for, this is just your addict brain trying to take you back to your old way of coping, tell that voice to pipe down and find something to occupy yourself with, cravings always pass
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I am glad you reached out!! If you have wine there, pour it out. Can you (most likely bundle up) and go for a walk? How about a warm bath? Bake something? Write it out in a journal? Finding other ways to soothe ourselves can help us thru. Reading lots of threads here can help too. You can do this. 
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Don‘t listen to the lies your addiction is trying to sell you. You already reached out. Well done!
Those cravings will pass. Either distract yourself or breathe into them, knowing that you are far more tenacious than any thought can be, that they will leave and you will still be here.
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don’t borrow from tomorrow!
take a shower, have a snack, grab a book & go to bed. now. 
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That "one " glass of poison will not do anything for you. Thus you will drink many more in order to become fully poisoned!
Please don’t do it, you are to important to this community.
-Solar
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Wine is my go too… it’s never just a last time or one glass … I am day 4 and my official last time landed me In the ER with a head injury where I can’t recall how or where I fell… I’m focusing on the day and determined to break the deadly cycle… We got this 
… the journaling is helping me and the incredible stories on here are so powerful.
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Yeah it’s not just one glass is it, it’s a death sentence
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I like this alot, so very true 
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I’m still sober - my partner came over which took my mind off it for a couple hours. Just sat down with my jigsaw and Elementary for a bit then off to bed. Thank you all for your support❤️
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Great well done, this is what you should do whenever your struggling…come here before you pick up so we can support you through it, each time you resist the cravings it strengthens your resolve, never crave alone, its hard in these early days…im really proud of you 
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Great to hear. For me, those “missed bullet” times really helped solidify that I really didn’t want to lose my sobriety.
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Well done @Ofmiceandroach!!! My biggest trigger was also when I was alone…which is practically all the time especially that I work remote. I just learned it’s not worth it to go down that same path and routine over and over and over again. It’s literally exhausting.
I keep myself busy, pre-occupied, on here, doing anything but….
And I read this here a while ago that has also kept me honest:
“If you give yourself permission to have ONE drink…you give yourself permission to get DRUNK”
Sending strength and support 
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This will help prove that triggers don’t need to turn into relapses. Push through, you got this new life at and in the palm of your hands!
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That was a great choice in distractions! Nicely done!
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Struggling again today. Had such a bad day at work. I’m just sat in my car outside my local petrol station on the fence about going in and getting a bottle of wine.
I hit the 3 week mark tomorrow but I’m so tired of feeling like shit emotionally.
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