Congratulations Sparky.

Thats a big and scary decision to make. But in the long run it's a really healthy choice and self medicating with alcohol is never a solution and just leads to more problems in the long run.

When I was first quitting I always found the first 4 or 5 days the hardest. Remember if you get an urge to drink, it's just an urge / habit whatever, you don't have to give into it. It might be helpful to have some candy / snacks around too. Alcohol has a really high sugar content to it, so if you're drinking a lot you're body is going to be missing the sugar. When I first stopped drinking I was sucking peppermint sticks like crazy. Now's not the time to worry about diet - concentrate on the not drinking for the first little bit and if that means eating kind of unhealthy in the short term, you can always deal with that later.

I'd also suggest having lots of yummy things on hand to drink that are non-alcoholic. If you're at all like me, you're probably just used to drinking, so having something tasty to substitute helps.

You might want to check us out, over at the substance abuse forum too. It's not the most active forum but the people are all really nice and supportive.

Good luck again.

---splitimage