Why do I still long for a drink

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When I haven’t drinking since September?

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A drink of alcohol you mean?

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Yes a beer

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It’s addictive, that’s why.

I haven’t had alcohol since 2014 but I still long for a drink from time to time. I’m an alcoholic so I can’t actually touch the stuff though.

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I think about wanting one every day all the time but it’s all psychological. Will it ever stop?

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Remember guys, keep alcohol discussions recovery based. If you’re looking for help to fight cravings, thats fine.

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That’s a bit worrying. I don’t know what to say. I don’t want to label you as a problem drinker, but maybe you have a problem with drink?

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I don’t have a problem quitting it’s easy to stop but I can’t stop longing for it and I want the longing to go away. Do you think the longer I wait the less I will long for it?

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Yes I do. That normally happens.

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Ok thanks for the info

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I think the all day long cravings will subside over time. Then it might be once a day, then once a week, and so on until it’s only once in a great while.

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I occasionally want a rum paralyzer and I haven’t drank anything since 1992. It’s just how it goes.

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i dont even like drinking and never had an addiction to it, but when i actually felt good from it and would drink occasionally instead of avoiding it completely because i stopped liking the way it felt, it was mainly novelty. idk if its true for all of us but daily life can be pretty boring if you think about it too much, and things that change the way you feel can be like a little variety to life or excitement. i get that some people cant control use of it but its not universal. there are other activities that can bring the same excitement tho without putting a drug in body,

tldr; boredom, novelty, wanting to spice up life or break the monotony

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too much of it can pickle your liver

basically alcohol is poison

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You May Long for the relaxing feeling of alcohol. I haven’t been drunk for 22 years because my meds prevent me from getting a buzz of alcohol and I’ve lost the memory of how it feels to be drunk.

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I havent drank any in over ten years. Never was addicted to it. Just drank excessively whenever i did, usually out of boredom. Never have cravings for it like I do weed.

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Why do you think?

You are separating and isolating a want into one tangible thing.

In this case, you identified the urge for a drink, but it could just as well be, cannabis, speed, shopping, heroin. religion,Name your poison…

So what is triggering the urge?

The urge to escape one’s life, is the reason.

Are you feeling bad lately? Depressed, anxious, upset, sad, lonely etc.

A trigger may be an advert, or a scenario where people drink or a scenario where people do that, but that is basic and shallow point of view. An excuse to drink.

Really though, as it is for everyone who imbibes, injects, smokes and sniffs.

People just want to escape reality.

You need to make a reality where you don’t need to escape yourself,

And if you can’t, then you will always feel the urge to escape (drink)

Good luck!

When i am in despair, I long for a drug… Most of the time though I am alright.

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