Goin4More wrote:
It's great that SpringRider was able to stretch the envelope and consciously abstain for longer periods of time - but remember, he was a binge drinker who consciously abstained for regular periods of time prior to TSM. Not me. My habit is that as soon as I feel I want a drink, I have a drink. In fact, the very thought of it lights me up! Isn't that nuts, when I wake every morning dreading the thought of having another one of those insane, uncontrollable urges to drink? But by mid-afternoon all the regret and self-recrimination has faded completely away, and I'm ready for the first drink. My brain just totally blanks out any other thought than that of how good it will feel to have that first glass of wine. To think I could change that by consciously changing my habits just isn't reasonable, since the drinking is totally unconscious in the first place!
I think most all of us experience the same sort of thing with our drinking -- you wake up after a night of heavy drinking and feel horrible about even the thought of drinking. For me, this usually takes about a day to subside to the point that I'm really craving again.
I believe SR gained results much quicker than the norm -- he's an outlier on the bell curve. Bottom line is his results are what we can expect long term.
In time, the feeling of excitement one gets when thinking of drinking will fade as extinction takes out more of those brain connections that make us have that urge. There will be a time where your cravings will be down to the point where you will be able to control your drinking at will.
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