You just think you do. Hang in there. It will pass.

It has worked for me for 32 years.

one. And I'll want the third drink even more than the second drink. And on and on it will go until stupefication. And then when I wake up, a drink will really help with the hangover, and another, and another, and will help me get back to sleep.... all that because I gave in to having the first drink.

but one is never enough

hang in there iris, you don't want to wake up hung over AND full of guilt too do ya??

pray yer ass off (even if you don't believe) that action always helped me..... along with manic pacing

I thought I was the only one..

Knowing that you cannot mix a drink and buff toenails at the same time. The 'fantasy' of a snowglobe Christmas was really getting to me.

and that sounded like a great action to take.

glad you survived, now on to the best year ever!!

Happy 2015

not hardly!!

Dr. Bob discusses "cravings" on the last page of his story. I think it is the second to last paragraph, but not sure...He says that he still has "cravings" but that they pass and that he did not have a drink during that time. Here is one of the founders of AA, and he honestly admits that he still thinks about drinking, at least 3 years after the founding of the program. So we have cravings..I have all kinds of cravings that I do not give in to....I have stated that I am in Overeaters Anonymous...you cannot believe the food cravings I have, but do not act on. And I pace back and forth sometimes dealing with other kinds. If I can get thru these cravings, one second at a time..then, later on I can go on with my day..maybe ....After all , I got today, and that is it. as has been said many times..
....yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery..