Wow I like this… I wonder if I every get there and find my cravings to handle easily 
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Ah Geoff. How u feeling about it this morning ? Look how far and strong you was to identify these feelings and know you cannot drink … I think sometimes things happen to test us and u past the test my friend x thankyou for your honesty I hope u feel better for sharing this x
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Sounds like you were caught off guard, can you have a chat with them? Ask for forwarding next time?? You did great though stopping the addicts voice in it tracks, great work sir. 
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How u feeling about it this morning ? I’m ok Nat thanks.
Adrienne, It’s just confirmed for me that we can never be too complacent about this. If I think about it I was very very close to asking twice if I could have one. Hard to articulate properly how it felt. I think if I hadn’t been so resolute I may well have. I don’t know. I shot it down instantly. But it was there.
@anon35096624, Julia, you will get there, it does get so much easier. All you have to do is convince that addict brain of yours that you will win everytime.
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Definitely was Fran. That’s the term I’ve been looking for “caught off guard”
No, I’m not going to make an issue out of it. I’m good. I may say something in passing but I don’t want them to be conscious of it. You know, I don’t want them feeling that they can’t do something just because of me.
I’ll be ok.
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And now you know that’s they might so that at band practice it wont be a surprise so you go armed and ready to be a sober warrior
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Morning Sunshine crew. @anon12657779 thanks for sharing your experience with us. Like others have said it helps. I think being caught of guard with no idea that alcohol may be coming would be the hardest to resist. Well done! Not sure I would I’ve been as strong.
I’m struggling this morning because I’m so tired. Another bad night of sleep. I’m thinking I need to exercise more maybe. I’m just tired of being tired. But it’s better than being hungover. That’s what I keep telling myself.
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Argh guys, so went to accupunture so ready for something to help ease the stress and tension that building up inside me for the last few days. And I wait in the waiting room, but hes in with someone else and it obvious that there session has just started, so maybe I got the times mixed up or he did. But now I’m really upset and mad and feel very close to telling him to get lost, which won’t help anything at all only deprive myself of one of the things that really helps me. And I’m craving some strong painkillers so bad cus my heads pounding from a stressful morning with the boy. Feel a bit too close to the edge today. 
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Don’t panic! Don’t panic!
Fran! You know you ain’t gonna do nothing but sit there like a good little girl.
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One of my thoughts was, once I’d got over the initial shock, was " I wish I had a ginger beer" my go-to drink now! 
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Oh @Frantasticooo not having my appointment at the right time or the doctor running late gets me all worked up too! I hate that!! Take some deep breaths if you can and be mindful of your muscles. Try to relax them?? So hard to do when you’re in pain I know. So sorry friend. Sending you hugs.
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Note to self: bring ginger beer to band practice! Keep emergency ginger beer in a cooler in your car?? 
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Thanks @Conor689908, @crystalclear.
Tings are cool today.
Cristel, try not to get too upset about the lack of sleep. I know it can be a really crap feeling. And it’s obviously difficult to recover. Also doesn’t help if you have a slow job. Can you take some time off while it’s quite?
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Yeah. I am going to now. Just in case.
Ooh Fran, totally normal slightly hormonal response I’d say. Nothing wrong with being a bit peed off, totally ok, you’re looking forward to it so why wouldn’t you be, thing is though you’ve acknowledge how you feel whoever’s mistake it was and you can let it pass and get on with your session when it’s your turn.
As for the painkillers if you have a genuine need for something can you take two ibruprofen and two paracetamol at the same time? I don’t know how that sits with you? But it’s very effective and no chance of any high or wanting a repeat of the feeling because there isn’t one, just relief for your headache, it’s my go to for a bad head these days
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Thanks @anon12657779. Actually, things have picked up at work this week. Its just about end of the month so I have October reports to do. Unfortunately I don’t have much time off since I’m new there. I’m saving it for Christmas time. I’m more tired than frustrated. I just know in the past when I exercise regularly and eat the way I should, I sleep better. So I have some things I can change. Just a matter of shifting my mindset back to that. So much mental energy is going into sobriety everything else seems to be neglected.
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It’s like that at first.
I’ve heard it likened to a full time job!
It will get better. That all you have to remember.
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Currently I have a prescription medication that helps me fall asleep and it works fairly well. I just keep waking up around 4-4:30. I have a follow up appointment with him in Dec and if it’s still a problem I’ll discuss it. I really think I need to work on diet and exercise in the meantime.
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This is something I’ve thought about a lot Geoff, as you know it happened to me on holiday and it knocked me for a little bit. I think what got me was that people say a relapse is a long process starting well before the first drink is taken but this is not that. It’s easy to cope with that because we can recognise the changes in behaviour and rely on our friends here to pull us back in and get us back on track but what when there’s been no prior change in behaviour and wham it just suddenly hits you, what then? What if in that moment I made the wrong snap decision?
I came to the conclusion that no matter how long we have we will never have encountered every situation where alcohol could trip us up, it will continue to happen however it’s no different than a friend walking in with a tray of lemonade and me saying oo I’ll have one, oh hang on no I won’t I’m on a diet, it’s the same with alcohol we see it think oo I’ll have one and quickly remember oh no I won’t I dont do that duh!
When it comes to making the wrong decision in the moment I decided that the only version of me who would be careless enough to make that decision is drunk me and since I’ll never be drunk that’s just not going to happen.
Way to go telling the monkey to do one 
and yeah ginger beer on hand in the car from now on 
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