How to stop alcohol cravings in their tracks - a tactic that really works

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  @kerrycollins9306 · 5 years ago · pinned

  I’m on day day 7! Feeling uncomfortable 🙄

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  @chewymarshmallow1740 · 3 years ago

  9 hours sober. Good luck everyone. We can do this. ❤️🤛

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  @manyprisms · 3 years ago

  I am 35 days sober,and today is my birthday. I had a horrible incident yesterday where I went to my usual shop for groceries and at the last minute with out thinking, got a monster beer. I paid for my items, went outside and sat down, like I used to do when drinking alcohol. Then my husband walks up. Now this is a man that stopped drinking on his own. He doesn't touch alcohol, he's seen me destroy cars, fall and get concussion, break my tailbone, watch my own son dying from alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, watch his best friend died of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, nothing deterred me from drinking. He show's up there, but doesn't take the beer from me, instead he demands we walk home. I started crying and screaming that I need the beer, I can't stand it! I'll die with out it. As we walked home, I realized I cannot have this beer, the consequences are to profound. We get home, I hear him crack it open and pour it out. By now I'm crying and screaming. Time goes by.... that craving I felt, it was as if I would die if I didn't have that beer, well it went away. Now my husband won't be able to be with me every second of the day, I am greatful to know that I have a CHOICE! I don't have to drink. It is about literally rewiring my brain to take another train, or not get on that train at all. Alcohol cravings have got to be the worst feeling in the world, it's going to take time and training my brain to make different choices now. God bless each of us on this journey

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  @girlinagale · 2 years ago

  OK, yesterday I decided I wanted to wake up today without having a bottle of wine last night. I did it. First time in years, like 2 decades.<br>This sobriety is addictive!

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  @violetinruins · 3 years ago

  I left work, got in my car, drove to the store and grabbed a drink. but then I put it back and walked out of the store!

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  @amberbrown7554 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m on day 2. ❤ good luck everyone.

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  @Myreply59 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I have had no alcohol since 1993 and I had cravings and desires both from a mental standpoint and also from an emotional standpoint like everyone does before I finally stopped. But the victory came one day when I made the decision to just stop. I know it sounds strange because you feel you are powerless to the urge, but believe me, it is when you decide and stick to that decision that you stop for good.<br><br>The problem with alcoholism is that things work in reverse where you feel you are depriving yourself from something you need to have, or you feel guilty as if you are doing something wrong for not having it. You can ignore all that. As a human you have a will and you can decide what it is you want to do. When the trigger happens say no and change your thought to something you like to do that is harmless. I call it the &apos;attraction of distraction&apos;. Believe me, you will soon find that that urge has passed.<br><br>Alcoholism works the same way as someone having a panic attack or anxiety attack where they feel the world is closing in on them, when in reality everything is just fine around them. They treat this condition by having you talk to your subconscious mind to tell it that there is no danger and everything is alright. You need to speak to yourself that you are fine and that you do not need alcohol today right now this minute. Then change the thought and drive down a different road.<br><br>You can win this thing that you think owns you. It doesn&apos;t. You have the power of decision. You have a choice. Oh, you think you&apos;ll be sad or depressed, or life will seem boring and uninviting. Those are just feelings and they cannot hurt you. Ride them out. Let those feelings come and pass through and leave you. The next day may be the happy day. You might meet someone new, or find a new thing to do. But you can win this. I wish you well.

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  @TheDivineStarseed555 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Starting my journey tomorrow. I’m drinking a case of wine every 3-4 days, dark wine 🍷 and everyday for about 6 years now. I’m at the point of excitement with quitting because it has destroyed my health. Thank you so much Simon and everybody sharing ❤<br><br>I’m now at 78 days sober as of 3/19/25 🙏🏼Thank you all for your encouragement and supportive words! ❤️<br><br>7/2/25:: I’m at 187 days now. I don’t even miss alcohol! I’m so grateful 🥹 Praying for all of you!!!!! 🙏🏼 ❤

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  @francisfischer7620 · 2 years ago

  Four days. So grateful you&apos;re all here.

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  @Beans360 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I like to picture the cravings as a animal/beast that wants to be fed with alcohol. If you deprive it the growls will get louder. And a dying beast makes the loudest growls. If you feed it then it you only temporarily silence the beast until it&apos;s hungry again but if you decide to put up with the growls then the beast will start to die and the growls will slowly fade away until the beast is dead. Just take comfort that the most intense cravings is a sign the addiction is dying. Like i said a dying animal/beast makes the loudest sounds and scratch the loudest.

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  @666vivivi · 1 year ago

  626 days sober here! <br>i just found this channel trying to help a friend through the early days of soberity and I love this thought process. <br>trust me, life alcohol free is so worth the struggle in the early days! the hardest moments dont last forever and the good stuff far outweighs the bad a million times over!<br>you&apos;ve got this!

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  @bonniejeaneckler17 · 6 years ago

  I started drinking when I was 13. I didnt stop drinking untill I was almost 40 years old and had gone through three rehabs. &nbsp;I decided &nbsp;to put down the excuses and stay sober. I also looked at &quot;cravings &quot; as excuses. &nbsp;When I finally had no excuses .The cravings become just a passing thought as time went on. &nbsp;<br>Ialso had a very good sponsor that told me to stop referring to myself as being in recovery. She told that once you accept that mindset of always being in recovery then thats all I was going to be in constant recoverring mode.<br>She said you are not in recovery ,you are recovered! <br>She explained to me that its a choice. Was I going to be in recovery for the rest of my life,struggling with recovery ? Or will I choose to be recovered from alcohol in the long term? &nbsp;It was sp stupidly simple that it was brilliant. I had never had it explained to me like that before. &nbsp;She was right. Because the moment you put the drink down and walk away. You are recovered from alcohol. Because you have the power of choice. &nbsp;If you dont pick the drink up .You have the power. &nbsp;The moment I pick up a drink. I no longer have the power of choice. <br>I will have 11 years sober on August 24,2020. I choose to be recovered from alcohol . I now have that power because being recovered means for me that Im not willing to give up that power.

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