Hey, I too am on 10 days. It SHOULD have been over a month but a slip-up meant that my counter was reset.

And yes, I see alcohol everywhere. My colleagues are currently chatting about having drinks after work, this morning another colleague dropped a pile of paper and jokingly said she had drunk hands, there was an empty can on the pavement on my walk to work, I pass 3 shops with numerous deals in the window and where I used to shop for drink daily on the same walk, I can barely watch the same TV I used to as they always seem to have a drink out, as I'm typing this I received an email reminding me of a colleague's retirement where there will be free wine, reading a book last night there was an alcoholic character, my facebook feed is full of pictures of friends in bars and will only get worse over the weekend and even the BBC website had a giant picture of alcohol on it when I checked the news this morning.

It's everywhere and in some ways I'm glad I'm noticing it's everywhere. On the one hand it's a pretty constant reminder of what I'm struggling with, but on the other hand it's a pretty constant reminder that I'm succeeding despite all these reminders. This morning someone posted a picture on facebook of a bunch of junkfood with the caption "When you feel like you've been dieting forever but it's only been since 9am" and it's the same thing. The constant reminders that make it seem like slow progress are there, but shouldn't belittle your progress at all. The constant reminders should reinforce how well you're doing to beat them.

We are early on in recovery but having done a lot of reading these thoughts are common and do tend to subside.

And yeah, I feel like my brain is against me sometimes too. But at the same time, I spent several years making my brain and body dependent on a substance and now am suddenly taking it away. It has full rights to be a bit mad at me while it readjusts.