Day 3!!

[^Elle^]

I am freaking out - I am on day THREE AF. I even went to my regular bar yesterday and today and ordered club soda and a red bull. I have been doing hypnosis therapy and I am not sure if this is the thing working or what. I hope this is it. I need to stick with it.

Tonight my girlfriends are getting together for a glass of wine and hanging out - I want to go and be strong and simply have water. I need to pass this tet

Please any word of advice?

Elle

[paulywogg]

Hi Elle,I didn't see this post yesterday, how did it go?

[available]

Hi Elle and welcome. When i quit i stayed away from my drinking friends like the plague. I did not want to put myself in temptations way. It was only when i felt stronger in my quit that i went out but with a lot of planning also. I hope you didnt drink.

[treetops]

I agree with Ava. It can be really hard in the he early days. If you were sick you wouldn't think twice about pulling out of an evening at a bar. So why make it harder for yourself. The other problem for many of us is that although we might stick to water at the bar, we let go when we are home alone after the stress of being out with people who are drinking. Be kind to yourself if you want this quit to stick.

[^Elle^]

Hi all! I did ok - that night I had two drinks, but then had two more AF day. So I am ok with it and kind of proud of myself. This will be my third AF day again in a row. My hypnosis tape help me tremendously - I just need to make sure to listen to them every day.

Thank you for checking in!!!

Elle

[aihfl]

I agree with available and treetops. I had a drug problem in addition to drinking and I basically lost all my friends because many of them are still in active addiction. But the good news is I've made new healthy friends in recovery. I have fatty liver disease so my choices are abstinence or cirrhosis and eventual death which is not much of a choice. Have you thought about attending AA or seeing a therapist? Hypnosis tapes and mywayout are great, but it's still something you do by yourself. Actually talking to people is so therapeutic. I live by myself and don't have a wife or girlfriend for the first time in over 20 years, so if I'm not careful, it allows myself to get too much inside my own head which is not a place I should be right now without adult supervision. Give AA a try if you haven't. Not all groups are filled with religious fanatics. My homegroup is actually an agnostic/atheist group, and I am neither, but I made it my homegroup because I appreciate the fact that meetings are not permeated with religious talk. When someone says "I tried AA and it's not for me," I always just reply, "well, have you tried other meetings?" Also, since I fell off the wagon last month, I my friends from AA and NA are keeping much closer tabs on me and I have about 4-5 people I have to check in with on a daily basis and that provides the accountability I so badly need right now.