Since being clean i notice alcohol everywhere and in every form. I go to convient stores and theres tons of wine and beer and mixed drinks. I had a moment not that long ago today where i was about to grab a High Noon which i didnt get. It was a moment where i wasnt even thinking. Thankfuly i was able to intervene to prevent me from buying it. Now im feeling like awful about not grabbing it. Yet im like 10 percent happy i didnt grab it. My gosh i just hope I eventually can go into a store witout evening going in the direction of where the booze is.
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One day at a time, the next right choice.
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For sure
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Yes day by day hour by hour congratulations on not taking any
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Be patient with yourself. One day at a time, even one moment at a time. Our addictions are always doing push-ups in the parking lit, waiting for us to drop our guards. Stay strong, reach out. You're doing great. Stay solution focused and know you're exactly where your supposed to be
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Don't be hard on yourself , take someone else with you when you go to the store ,try to not go in the direction of alcohol in the store
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Maybe it's time for a sponsor 
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I’m newly sober and right now I just keep my blinders on, the vivitrol shot helps too
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In my early stage(s) of sobriety, I make a marked point to avoid even looking at the liquor isles in any store I need to go into. It's simply too hard.
It does eventually get easier. But I applaud you for not picking up and keeping on the right track!!!
Cheers
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One day at a time! Sounds like a huge win to me!
No need to answer me, Just throwing out some hypotheticals and you can always shoot me a message! How long have you been sober? Do you have a sponsor?
Cravings should leave after working a program and even people with long-term sobriety have to stay vigilant and spiritually fit to keep those demons away
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I think back and when I was near the end of my drinking career I was drinking as much as I could of the cheapest booze I could find with the highest alcohol percentage. As a mater of fact I always drank more than I planned to. I don't finish drinking until it was all gone either. Nuts!!! No way I'm taking that first drink. If I did. When I did. I was under the influence and everything changed again. Back to the way I used to think. and it was as if I haven't ever been in recovery.
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Have you noticed how there are no alcohol commercials on tv anymore I can't remember the last time I saw a Budweiser commercial
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I don’t watch cable TV.
I can't remember even when super bowl had a alcohol or tobacco commercial
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Same! I almost never leave my house anymore, and I love it 
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That comes with clean time u will get there
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I went through the sa.e thing as well as energy drinks because one of my other thi things I used is meth so I get a lit jittery around that too so it will get better
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Like OMHP that use to happen to me some 13349 days ago.
Then one day I walked in to the store and walked right on past it like it was nothing.
You have chosen wisely. Don't beat yourself up over it.
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It’s everywhere - you are right - in early sobriety, I avoided being around it like the plague - to ordering groceries online, not going to restaurants where the bar is the center attraction, find new routes so I don’t have to drive past a liquor store, cutting people out of my life who drink etc. - sobriety is just that important! You chose wisely
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Take pride in choosing not to buy what they're selling. You've proven yourself strong and you can do it again, one day at a time.
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