When you get those strong cravings to pick up that drink, stop for a moment and think about the consequences of your actions! When I did that, I never picked up that drink.

I stopped blaming other people and other things for my addiction which made me totally responsible but I forgave myself for all the damage I caused myself and others. Without practicing forgiveness, of myself for every little thing I was responsible for, I could not stay sober.

God Bless

Nice work!!!Like I mentioned. Keep a water bottle close. Craving, sip. Think about alcohol, two sips. Can’t deal, go for a walk. And every time you want to sit or lie down, chores, cook, wash your car, take five showers a day. STAY busy. Then you can sleep better. And you may have a cleaner house by the end of the weekend. Another win.

six days is great and yes, the weekends suck in the beginning, but as Bob suggests, think of the way you would feel tomorrow morning if you went out and drank tonight. also think of how great you'll feel waking up knowing you beat this thing! Hang in there and give us an update tomorrow. Wishing you strength and awareness tonight!

Go buy yourself a dozen snickers bars. For whatever reason, they are regarded as a go-to for early sobriety in some AA circles.

Do whatever it is that can make you lose sense of time. Binge watch something, walking is almost never bad as long as bars are avoided, do something sensory and physical with your own 2 hands.

This weekend is a great gift for you to do something new and different that you’ll remember vividly for the rest of your life.

Alcohol IS / WAS all sugar. When the cravings hit drink a Coca Cola. Or ice cream. Or get a milkshake. The real trick is to decide that it’s better without the chain to booze. Life is better.
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Saturday morning now, how did you do last night?

I didn’t make it last month. Didn’t log in here again until today.

But... Beginning day 6 again (a month later) for the 2nd time.
Days 1-3 were just about as brutal- this time in different ways. I told myself I could drink Sat. & Sun then pick up Monday where I left off. I month later....

Thank you all for the encouragement!

Your future is created by what you do today.
That was the message on my Sobriety App, for my 2 month Sobriety Anniversary yesterday.
That cool device helps, but not nearly as much as my AA support system. Find support, and give it your all. I'm trying my hardest to stay sober, and so far, it hasn't been too bad. Hour by Hour, Day by Day...
SeaQ

wishing you more resolve and understanding about yourself this weekend. we come to true sobriety and recovery in our own time through wisdom gained in our failures.. also, sounds like you are trying to do this on your own. I found support groups invaluable in providing me a solid recovery path and forum to share challenges with others.

Until I found a replacement for booze, I was doomed to keep going around the same old merry go round of drink, quit, remorse, anger, drink, quit, swear it off, feel better, drink, quit, drink, quit, then just decide I wasn’t going to try to quit.

See booze worked in making the world better. It was an immediate Ahhhh that’s better... but then it was more and more until I did something I regretted, then it was quit, then drink... see I never found something that replaced the drinking and would be sad and angry when I saw others drinking. This time I found new friends and a way to cope. I learned new tools for dealing with life.

Today I don’t just stick my head in The sand. I face life and deal with it, not hide.

Find a replacement and then you can get back to enjoying life.

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I don’t recall what it was like when I quit. But if I were trying to quit today, I’d start on a Monday and the. Try to get through that first weekend. By the time I hit that’s second Friday, I’d be at 12 days and feel like I had momentum.

I’m fortunate that I had enough of drinking when I finally quit.

Hang in thrrr.