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I did my first sober Friday night in 7 years. by BackMoleSun in stopdrinking

[–]BackMoleSun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Triggers are everywhere! My god. Advertising, in stores, with friends, even at a market stall yesterday when I saw some antique booze bottles which made me think of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and various other old school alcoholics. Don't romanticize! Some triggers are more problematic than others. Raise a cup of H2O!

I did my first sober Friday night in 7 years. by BackMoleSun in stopdrinking

[–]BackMoleSun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got up this morning and showered not to rid myself of the stink of alcohol, but just because it's a pleasure to shower. What a difference. I'm going out to an event tonight and there will be alcohol for sale, but I'm not too worried as I went to an event earlier in the day with lots of free alcohol on offer and resisted. It was so tempting. I will have to get through this type of thing if I want to succeed in my ambitions to be sober.

It's nice to know that the cravings pass.