Nicole
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Alcohol Recovery Group 7 years, 2 months agoToday is day seven for me. The hardest times are the weekends when I have a lot of free time. The associations of certain times of day or activities with drinking bring on the urge to go out and buy booze. Fortunately this weekend I was very busy, which kept me from doing that. So now it’s Monday. The weekdays are easier, because I don’t…[Read more]
many of use our hobbies, new or old, to keep our hands and minds busy when our disease is particularly active in our heads
Thank you, Charlie. I try to do that too. Or go for a walk, or meditate. I've also noticed that after having a light meal with something non-alcoholic to drink the craving goes away, as if my mind had been twisting my need for nourishment into a craving for alcohol.