Does alcohol ever leave your mind? Like does that craving

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#1

Does alcohol ever leave your mind? Like does that craving for it ever go away?!? :disappointed:

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#2

Yes. If you want to surrender and accept that you can no longer drink safely. The obsession can be removed.

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#3

It has for me.

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#4

Yes,
You control your thoughts, your thoughts don’t control you
It takes time & practice but, you can replace those thoughts with new ones

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#5

Yes

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#7

I suggest attending A.A. it really helped me with cravings.

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#8

Yes, I’m 7 months sober and I don’t even think or get urges to drink anymore. I attend a lot of meetings though and frequently reach out to my sponsor.

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#9

For me, no. I just have to remember all the hardship it has brought me.

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#10

Read the DOCTORS OPINION in the BIG BOOK. IT EXPLAINS THE SPIRITUAL MALADY WE HAVE. WHEN WE BALANCE OUT SPIRITUALLY. WE WILL BALANCE OUT PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. IT IS A PROCESS. I GOT HERE AT THE RECOVERY PROCESS AT THE AGE OF 23. 9 MONTHS SOBER. I WAS SUGGESTED TO DO TREATMENT. I DID 40 MONTHS OF OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSED AS A MIDDLE STAGE WETBRAIN ALCOHOLIC WITH A DRUG PROBLEM. . MY MIND WAS TOAST... TODAY I'M IN YEAR 37. I'm still working on my life. I will not graduate from this process . Things do get better

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#11

Yes it varies for different people, but the obsession does lift

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#13

Yes pretty much, very rare now

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#14

Yes pretty much, it's rare now to get a craving

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#15

Yes but it always comes back as something else I replace mine with working out hikes Water nature

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#16

I worked the steps and have been relieved of that obsession. As long as I stay close to AA and my higher power, it has never come back.

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#17

What helps me is first being aware that I’m obsessing over it then once I started realizing that,then I’ve been able to handle cravings better. They don’t happen as often as in the beginning

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