How do you stay Fearful of alcohol?
Sheri, the long term part of what you say here is resonating for me too, although I did have a "trigger" event, my DUI (my first, last, and only of my life, striking when I was nearly 40 - ugh) hitting when I was actually starting to moderate my drinking and was already connected with MWO and doing some parts of the program.
So although I had a 'turning point' event, the rest of what you say is the long term reason I will never be anything other than a non-drinker.
Hockeymom, as for how I personally did it, I cannot recommend the full My Way Out program enough, doing 30 days of AF, giving yourself all the tools of the hypnotherapy CD's, the herbal supplements, and in my case also Topamax to stop the physical cravings in their tracks. All of that and of course finding support on here. For my first 30 days I was glued to this site, several times a day, and I was on a 30-day group who was all doing their first 30 day AF stint together, that helped me a lot when I wanted to crumble and give in during those first few weeks.
Sheri;687184 wrote:
I can't really say that there was just one "AHA" moment that made me quit this time around, but if I had to choose, I think I had just finally reached the point where the fear of what the alcohol was doing to me physically, emotionally, and spiritually outweighed the fear of how I would ever be able to live without it.
I can't really say that there was just one "AHA" moment that made me quit this time around, but if I had to choose, I think I had just finally reached the point where the fear of what the alcohol was doing to me physically, emotionally, and spiritually outweighed the fear of how I would ever be able to live without it.
So although I had a 'turning point' event, the rest of what you say is the long term reason I will never be anything other than a non-drinker.
Hockeymom, as for how I personally did it, I cannot recommend the full My Way Out program enough, doing 30 days of AF, giving yourself all the tools of the hypnotherapy CD's, the herbal supplements, and in my case also Topamax to stop the physical cravings in their tracks. All of that and of course finding support on here. For my first 30 days I was glued to this site, several times a day, and I was on a 30-day group who was all doing their first 30 day AF stint together, that helped me a lot when I wanted to crumble and give in during those first few weeks.
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