not a good day.... :(

[christyacc]

Well, I have to say that my Day 3 is shaping up to be a bitchy one. Wow! I cannot believe it. I just seem to be getting grouchier and grouchier as the day moved on.

I made a nice dinner and one child complained through the whole thing. She almost wore it! OMG! Then after a bit of silence darling hubby asks why I am so cranky, 'Just revelling in life my dear'. That shut him up.

What is wrong with me??? I keep thinking about drinking.....wondering if I am doing the right thing, why do I have to stop? All those kinds of pleasantries.

Please tell me this nastiness will disappear......

Thanks for letting me vent........

[lilmea]

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Christy,

The first 3 or 4 days were difficult for me. But it does get better. Really. Just hang in there!!

[A Work in Progress]

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Try to get out of your head, Christy... the more you think about drinking, and whether you should drink or not, or how much you want to drink... the worse you will feel and the more likely it is that you will go ahead and drink. Distraction is good! Focus somewhere else, on something else, when you find your mind going in that direction... and the more you do that, the easier it will get... It takes some practice. It's worth it!

[BecomingMeAtLast]

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I agree with wippy, Christy, this takes practice. There's something about this damn day 3, I don't know what it is. I started automatically thinking the same this afternoon, like I always do on day 3, right at about 3:30 or 4. I tell myself "stop" in my head. I just make my thoughts stop. I have to do it mechanically. Then I get busy. I went to my shop, picked up supplies, got busy. I'm still doing stuff and my mind got off it at about 5:30 or so. I'm just beginning to relax and unwind from it. With the help of some tea. I knew it would and it's a pain in the drain but it does go away. We need to develop a "Day 3 Magic Pill"!

[aliciabutterfly]

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if you can, go to sleep! waking up always changes stuff for the positive for me...

[dill]

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I think I can safely say, we all know what you are feeling. Been there, done that! Hang in. It is rough, but it gets better!

Check this thread out. It might help:
https://www.mywayout.org/community/f1...p-4-31458.html

[upnorthgirl]

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Butter

I know you are craving. So am I. Big time. I keep thinking about the book and the section that said why do we crave alcohol? Do we spend our days craving a stick of butter, fantasixing about it, craving it?

Put AL in the place of a stick of butter..

Okay, for me this may be difficult--I love butter. But you get it--who has OCD about butter? NOT US and NOT alcohol. We rock with determination.

[tlrgs]

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it will stop. just when. is all up to you .. believe me it does get better .. stay strong and think positive

[Pan]

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The nastiness will disappear. In fact you will find yourself wondering what all the fuss was about. I know I began coping much better with any minor little upset once I was AF for a week. After that it just got better and better.

[aprilmoon]

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I agree with all the above. This isn't an easy thing to do, but if you really want to be AF you can do it. I wish you the best. Maybe you could talk to your husband and let him know that this is very hard for you and you could use a little support. :l

I hope today is better for you.