Thinking about urges: so many times I've wanted to take a week (or, let me be honest: just 2 or 3 days) off from drinking and so I make plans and vows and sign contracts and etc...(all of those things on hangover days) then the next day I'm doing ok...then wham I've got my wallet and keys and I'm at the store and then back home and before I even know what's going on I'm drinking. I've put up reminders and sticky notes and whiteboard marker affirmations on windows and mirrors and everything in between, but there's that certain time of day, about 2pm or so, when I just grab the wallet and can't not buy the stuff. I don't know how to pull in the reins on that urge and get past it. It wouldn't bother me if I didn't want to stop, but I really do want to stop. And I just want to say I'm so happy this group exists, and people like Ashley saying such awesome, kind, and intelligent stuff...means a lot.
