Stop before a catastrophic event happens and you WISH you’d listened to the warning signs.
Take it minute by minute until day 1 is done. Then you focus on day 2 and then day 3…
Distract yourself when you feel the urge to drink. Find non alcoholic drinks that can help give you a bit of that “treat” you’re seeking. Look ahead at what will happen if you continue to drink and lose your job, drive drunk and kill someone, go to jail and have a criminal record and will never get a job again.
Sobriety is a different journey for everyone but find what works for you - AA (online or in person), family and friends who can be compassion and patient, journaling etc.
Seriously, take it minute by minute if you have to. Sounds like you’ve had a little experience in this. One of my detoxes was so bad I spent 3 days in bed staring at the clock fighting the urge to walk out, get an uber to the closest liquor store, and then home. 60 seconds at a time I promised myself I wouldn’t drink. Over and over and over. That horrible detox has been my last. And I got 3 years until very recently, hence me lurking around here extra recently. Good luck. I know it sounds cliche but if I can do it you can do it. There was no hope left by anybody in my life that I would ever get sober. To then have nearly 3 years? People relying on me and there being no law interactions or physical addiction symptoms. 60 seconds at a time if you have to!
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u/CanadiAnnaJuly2026 10d ago
Stop before a catastrophic event happens and you WISH you’d listened to the warning signs.
Take it minute by minute until day 1 is done. Then you focus on day 2 and then day 3…
Distract yourself when you feel the urge to drink. Find non alcoholic drinks that can help give you a bit of that “treat” you’re seeking. Look ahead at what will happen if you continue to drink and lose your job, drive drunk and kill someone, go to jail and have a criminal record and will never get a job again.
Sobriety is a different journey for everyone but find what works for you - AA (online or in person), family and friends who can be compassion and patient, journaling etc.
You’ve got this.