I wasted 68 days of sobriety in May. The

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I wasted 68 days of sobriety in May. The drinking slowly came back and now its back to where it was before my ER visit. Struggling to quit again. Its not the desire, but the mental struggle. Im good in the AM, but when late afternoon hits, my mind starts the battle of wanting to drink.

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#2

I get active because when I get bored all sorts of thoughts start running through my head. I go to the local meeting, I call it with a bunch of guys on the phone, I do service work such as service commitments, now you can hear the second meeting or third meeting if I want to. I try to surround myself with sober people. But in order to do that I have to put myself out there.

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#3

Richard,
You did not waste 68 days of sobriety. You are successful in sobriety for more than 2 months! That’s a great accomplishment worthy of respect.

I’ve experienced the same thing you’re going through. For me there was no one thing I did to get back to living soberly. This is what’s helped me:

AA meetings
No processed or junk foods.
No soft drinks.
Taking a multivitamin
Ashweganda
Magnesium
Saffron tablets

Basically, anything that will assist with being calm and reducing anxiety.

I saw a doctor and she prescribed an antidepressant for anxiety and it has helped greatly.

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#4

You gained 68 days of your life back! Now, what will you do to get back on track? Sounds like you need a plan for your evening cravings and triggers.

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#5

Richard, I went through exactly that for too many years! Finally I got super serious about my sobriety and sanity. Every morning and every night I went to AA meetings for way over a year. Got sponsored, did the 12 steps and helped out at the meetings.
Try 90 different meetings in 90 days. This is how I found the meetings and sober people I actually liked and enjoyed. Then going to meetings became fun and my sober life became way more enjoyable than getting trashed🥴
I’m here if you want to talk or have any questions. KEEP IT SIMPLE !

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#6

Yes, I agree with everything , and also to me personally - I remember when I wasn’t able to quit , I started to take disulfiram - it’s not the replacement of AA of course, but it helped me just to stop drinking and then coming back to routine .

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