Well to be honest it isn't even white knuckling - my prison guard (hubby) is home sick so instead of being able to sneak off to get a few RTDs while he is at work I am stuck in my home office sober.
I had a little cry before hoping he'd relent "but I'm so stressed due to the busy week ahead and how many emails I have to do, a couple of drinks would make it better". "No they won't". And he is right - the urge eventually passed and now I am fine.
Damn, I am annoyed at myself though - I would have been back to Day 1 tomorrow if he wasn't home.
It is a habit system I have to break as well as the whole idea that a few RTDs is a reward, a treat, a way of destressing etc. I've read in a few blogs that we should treat ourselves in other ways for the first few weeks so I'm going to go buy a couple of books online this evening as a treat (another addiction of mine).
Luckily tomorrow (Day 4) I won't be working from home and have a meeting at work with my boss until 4pm so my awful habit of working from home and having a few RTDs during the afternoon is foiled.
Hey you - you can do this. Time to find yourself a new treat drink by the sounds of it? :). I am not far ahead of you so I can only tell you what helps me, and I am no expert - but here you go: I blog every bloody day, like its an AA meeting or something. Then I always read and comment on someone else's blog, at least one - and that seems to help too. Somehow it makes me feel like I am part of a community. Also, I have promised myself, absolutely promised myself, that if I think I am going to drink again I will go to an AA meeting. And that's about it really -its that simple. Not easy, but simple. Hang in there, you really can get through this. And now have written this big comment - I know what I am going to go and blog about xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Colourful for your suggestions, I will absolutely use these ideas!
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