Demea wrote:
But this time I mean it.
Any tips from those of you that have successfully kicked the bucket and/or gotten on the wagon?
I'm useless on this topic, since I've quit and started up again more times than I can count at this point. The only tips I can offer are these:
1. It will get to the point where you don't think about it at every waking moment, and dream about it in your sleep, I promise.
2. The desire will never completely go away, though it will begin to present itself at fewer and fewer occasions.
3. No matter how long it has been, no you cannot have just one, under any circumstances. Not just because you're drinking, not just because it was a special occasion meal and this would finish it off nicely, not just because someone died, and not just to "remind yourself how bad it tastes".
4. Find something else to do. Chew gum, do pushups, shuffle cards, whatever works for you. I know one guy that started chewing on toothpicks. 20 years later, he still has a toothpick sticking out of his mouth nearly constantly. Perhaps odd, but as of yet, they haven't said toothpicks cause cancer so I guess it's not so bad.
Nexa