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Date Posted: 09:45:41 12/10/06 Sun
Author: Nanette
Subject: Re: Still No Cravings!
In reply to: Nanette 's message, "Still No Cravings!" on 09:38:53 11/15/06 Wed

Still no cravings! It's been about 3 mos. since I left the SSH program 10 day stay and I still don't have any cravings. As I write, when I look at that amount of time, it seems like no time at all. But, it feels like that time was so long ago. I think it's because the drinking days are starting to seem more like a distant bad dream. I go through many days in a row now without even thinking about drinking. And when I do it's not because I'm having a craving. The aversion treatments plus the rehab interviews are a very powerful combination. First, one doesn't want to use, and then the good feelings from all the positive stuff that has been programmed into ones head kicks in and helps to reinforce that aversion. The result- no cravings! The way I explained it to my family was that the elephant in my living room finally got skinny enough to escape right out the front door. There is no more elephant. It's just not there. Before, while I was trying to stop drinking on my own, the elephant was still fat. I kept it fat by feeding it my mental energy, even though I wasn't drinking, because I was still craving a drink. I was craving a drink both mentally and physically. I was still having cravings when twice as much time had passed from stopping drinking without the help of SSH. Because of that powerful combo I recieved in treatment at SSH I mentioned before, I have neither of those.
What I've noticed happening is the ease in which positive things seem to be flowing into my life from the enormous space that has been created in my "living room". Negative stuff still tries to get in. Negative stuff just is and will happen. I know that. But, because I am clear,... and I mean not just the absence of alcohol, but that I am able to be clear because of not having cravings,... I can decide how those negative things affect me, and keep them outside my living room instead of letting them in. And there's no elephant hangin' out outside my door. Much smaller creatures maybe, but no elephant. And smaller creatures are more intimidated by the size of my front door, and stay at bay instead of letting themselves scurry inside to my living room. (Or, maybe they just realize how much more formidable a creature I am.) In any case, without having to deal with those cravings I'm good to go. I can see my goals, dreams, and aspirations, and the paths I need to take to reach those. And those paths become more illuminated every day. It's great! The drinking days become more distant, and the things I want to live for are here, or getting closer.

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