6 Big Truths You Must Accept If You Are Going to Stay Sober
Stick them on your fridge, in your car, and on your bathroom mirror.
It’s Friday night, you've had a s**t week and your social media feed is all about weekend drinking. Everyone’s drinking but you. Even though you’ve been sober for 3 weeks and it’s been great, you’re so f**king tempted.
It’s not your fault you think. It's your friends, it’s marketing, it’s Zuckerberg’s fault.
Well sorry, but as much as I love blaming Zuckerberg for everything that is wrong with my life and the world, this is down to you.
You need to wake the f**k up and take responsibility for your drinking. Because if you’re reading this, then I’m going to guess your drinking is a problem.
If you’re teetering in and out of a couple of weeks sober and then drinking again and f**king up, waking up after a blackout in last night's clothes, you need to sort that s**t out.
The Big UGLY Truth: Once you have got through the first week of sobriety any cravings are down to you and only you. The first week will rid your body of any physical dependency, after the first week, cravings are psychological.
Doctors can med you up to cope with the first week of quitting if necessary, however, the…
