Getting Through the Cravings...

[SlvrMag]

It has been a good two weeks since I had any cravings but today, outta nowhere, WHOA---I wanted to get high.
DAMMIT! I hate that! I was just getting out of the pool. Last time I went swimming I was still using. The song on the radio was the same song we were listening to last time too. First thing I did was tell my best friend, I'm at her house now and have been spending a lot of time here. She understands. She has been clean for about 8 years. She has a 7 month old baby so she asked if I wanted to feed her and before I knew it the craving was gone!
I'm finding out how important it is to divert your thinking when the Monster hits you. DO SOMETHING ELSE - OCCUPY YOUR MIND and BODY with something that is not a trigger.
That does not mean I can't go swimming anymore, it's 100 degrees and rising so damn straight I'm gonna swim! I am learning every day how to deal with the ugly Monster, and I will continue to learn and get stronger as each day passes. With the help of meetings and you guys and girls here (I call you my E-Friends!) I can do this!!


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[Done-With-It!]

Weren't we just talking about this last night? lol

I hear you, I used to not even be able to drive down
certain streets because those were spots we used to
meet. My heart would start to race, everything just
like when I would when I went to meet him, my brain
and body thought it was getting some, and it was so
hard for me to convince it that it wasn't. I even got
the physical triggers.
Certain songs, that one, I want candy, my friend and I
used to do lines and dance to...
But I can do those things now, every so often it will catch
me off guard and your right then and now, I had to do just
like what you did, something, anything to divert my attention,
or talk myself through it, a cold shower usually works wonders.
The craving, urge or whatever will always pass.

Good for you, :celebration: those urges, cravings, triggers, etc. will keep
getting less and less and less.