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    #1

    Just Hang UP!!

    I ran across this:

    "Temptation begins by capturing your attention. What gets your attention arouses your emotions. Then your emotions activate your behavior, and you act on what you felt. The more you focus on ?I don?t want to do this,? the stronger it draws you into its web.

    Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting it. Once your mind is on something else, the temptation loses its power. So when temptation calls you on the phone, don?t argue with it, just hang up!"

    (From article: We Move toward Our Focus: by Rick Warren)

    I know this idea has been said many times here - but one more time won't hurt!!
    Sometimes you have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down... Anais Nin
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    #2
    Just Hang UP!!

    Savon --- thanks for posting that --- the more we understand how the temptation of AL works and how best to deal with it, the more successful we will be. We need to train ourselves to recognise what is happening early enough to deal with it rather than give in.:thanks:

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      #3
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      Savon -

      I like that. Rather than focus on fighting it...ignore it woth something else.

      Thanks!
      Happy to be AF Since 9.13.08

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        #4
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        Ignoring the temptation works every time for me. Over the last ten years or so of trying to stop drinking I always used to have a fight with temptation, you know, the voice in your head, the yes I will/ no I won't drink sort of thing and the more I fought it the stronger it got. Now by distracting my mind with all sorts of things it soon fades into nothing.
        A F F L..
        Alcohol Free For Life

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          #5
          Just Hang UP!!

          Cool, I like that idea and will have to keep it in mind. As a mother I've trained myself to ignore whining and tantrums......I'm going to hang up and ignore AL
          :flower: I'm not as good as I'm gonna get, but I'm better than I used to be.

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            #6
            Just Hang UP!!

            very interestin Thread, i hope it works ,niceto meet you gyco

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              #7
              Just Hang UP!!

              savon19;392088 wrote: I ran across

              Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting it. Once your mind is on something else, the temptation loses its power. So when temptation calls you on the phone, don?t argue with it, just hang up!"

              (From article: We Move toward Our Focus: by Rick Warren)
              Savon,
              I love that and it's easy to remember. How is Largo? I lived in St.Petersburg from age 4-11. I love the Gulf Coast of Florida; it is so serene. kriger
              "People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning." Lao-Tzu

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                #8
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                Thanks Savon, that is great advice.
                I use a similar sort of analogy for training my dogs it is "Ignore bad behaviour and reward good" In other words don't get into a fight with them!
                Living now and not just existing since 9th July 2008
                Nicotine Free since 6th February 2009

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                  #9
                  Just Hang UP!!

                  Am I the only one who has trouble "hanging up"? The thought of having a drink came into my head about 11:00 a.m. today. It has been there all day. I have the day off from work, and have been doing many pleasant things. I keep doing things which I really enjoy, but it keeps creeping back in. I am sure I won't drink today, but that thought just keeps hanging out there.
                  My life is better without alcohol, since 9/1/12. My sobriety tool is the list at permalink 236 on the toolbox thread under monthly abstinance.

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                    #10
                    Just Hang UP!!

                    Sunbeam, you're not alone. I've found since trying to have AF days, and finding this site, drinking seems to be on my mind ALL day long! Not craving, but remembering to take the supps, checking in here, wondering how I'll fight the temptation at the dinner hour, etc. etc. The fight is what has taken over me I suppose. Does this sound familiar to anyone else? ... and does it lessen as time goes on? ... I hoping so ... I'm almost obsessing with it.

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