Small steps right?

[supersunny]

Hi all. Well, I am hoping to get some sober time under my belt here. I am starting today and would like to make it just 10 days. Small steps right? Any tricks would be helpfull. I plan to let my guard down and eat what I want for a couple of days. I usually substitute cranberry juice in my wine glass - any other tricks would be great. - Overall, i am really nervous about the holidays - the parties- and the drinking. Today isn't over yet but I am going to count this as day one, and continue to post every day. Thanks for your support and any feedback.

[on my way]

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SS, this is great place to be... cranberry juice in the wine glass is a fav of mine!! I really just like my wine glass. Good luck on your ten days, drink plenty of water. omw

[akgirl]

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Hi SS,

Good luck on your 10 days, you can do it! Do you have Kudzu or L-glut, they help a bunch with cravings.

And yes...small steps

[Waiting for his way out]

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We are all nervous about the Holidays.. the site will be overloaded with posts.. good luck with the 10 days.. ODAT

[DeeBee]

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SuperSunny, what a great name!

Are you taking any suppliments? I found the L-Glut, Kudzu and 5-HTP really help me, along with a whack of others.

Well done on starting your journey.... you won't regret it!

[gyco]

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you will be fine you have a great start your here with us gyco

[A Work in Progress]

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Welcome, Sunny! First "trick" I'd recommend would be to read the MWO book to get an idea about this program, and also to spend some time here reading posts, asking questions, telling us about yourself and your experience with alcohol, and generally getting to know people... you'll find a lot of help and support.

best wishes,

wip

[Guitarista]

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Hi there Sunny... how are you travellin'? My first day af here today. About to go to bed... was a success. (so far). Congrat's to you for taking af step. Hope you're doing well...Take care, G.

[Heavenly]

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Sometimes its a good idea to try a different activity at the time you would normally pour the first drink, I wasnt able to do that at first, but I have heard it's good to break the correlation between the activities one associates with drinking...

Make sure you have the same amount of juice in the house as you would of the drink you normally imbibe.
ie 75cl of wine (1 bottle) then have a litre of juice in (or more !!) or 2 litres of wine, beer etc then have enough soft drink in the house to measure up,so you feel you have drunk the same amount...

It's these kind of small but simple tricks that help the mind break the drinking habits....

Good luck with this

Heavenly

[retteacher]

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Sunny: We're all worried about the holiday season, & we've all been (& still are) where you are. My most important strategy is to come here to MWO (especially the 30 day abs daily thread) on a daily basis. Good luck, Mary

[july232007]

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Supersunny,

Yes, small steps. Then you can figure out how far you want, need, or will go AF. Many here have started in the exact same place you are now. I know I did, 15 months ago. Good job with day 1 AF.

July

15 Months AF