BIG BIG triggers coming this weekend:
1. It is a three day weekend for me. I am only a weekend drinker so this would give me an excuse to drink Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights! I would be excited!
2. My 47 birthday is Tuesday. Need I say more? Birthdays are always a good excuse. Nice dinner, nice wine.
3. It is supposed to be a nice weekend here. The sun shining in the afternoon always brings thoughts of relaxing in the sun with nice cold beer.
My nasty little voice is calling me but I will stay strong.
You can do it! I turn 45 on Monday. Capricorns unite!
ReplyDeleteHi - I don't know if you have tried to log back on to my blog (I have made some adjustments to the settings and I think you should be able to log on w/o an invite now) Anyway I posted something yesterday titled "Trigger Happy Day" and I think it might encourage you as you enter your weekend. Please stay strong and imagine yourself next week looking back and being really, really proud that you didn't give in! Happy Birthday! Mama Sue
ReplyDeleteOk, so you are also globallysober, correct? I see that this link is a blogger link. Go into your settings and change it to public. I think it might be on private which makes you ask for permission.
DeleteMaybe ask sobermomwrites She had a wordpress that I was able to join.
DeleteThere will always be excuses to drink and stay sick, but better reasons to be sober and happy.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...first birthday without...nothing else to say but...it sucks.
ReplyDeleteI found distraction worked really well for me. Sun was a big trigger for me too. When I was feeling it I would walk...and walk...and walk (lol). Also, I would just sit in the sun and kind of meditate. Just be present in the moment and really feel what I was feeling. Then I could focus on my clear head, the cold water in my glass, the deep and cleansing breaths. Then I would project into the evening. I could see myself in my comfy bed, all snuggled down and sleeping the sleep of the sober. THEN, the best part...waking up with no hangover.
If that didn't work then I'd go one better...I sit there and imagine PAST that first sip (which is always the best). Past that point of ahhh to the point of ugh! When I'd end up slurping instead of sipping and stumbling into bed instead of snuggling. AND all the way to waking up with a horrendous hangover, shame and WTF did I do thoughts.
Then I'd take another deep cleansing breath. That usually did the trick.
Good luck this weekend...you've got this.
Sherry
OMG! That is amazing advice. I am going to copy and paste it to my posts so that I don't loose it.
DeleteIts me again - I'm not stalking you - really! I just changed my blog site to globallysober.wordpress.com please try that and see if you can now view it. Thanks! Mama Sue
ReplyDeleteHi sue,
ReplyDeleteI got on your website but I can join anywhere. I tried to leave a comment but it was asking me to enter my email and password, which it then wasn't recognizing. I don't know anything about wordpress. I know that with blogger (the one use) there is a setting where you make your blog public or private.