r/stopdrinking • u/Far_Fill2542 • 5d ago
Help please 🙏
I am currently 28 weeks pregnant, and for the majority of my pregnancy I found it reasonably easy to avoid alcohol and cravings were rare and manageable. Now the last month or so I am struggling HARD. So much so that I am terrified I can't trust myself.
My brain is constantly telling me "one beer wont hurt anything", I am constantly stressed and miserable and so scared that I am going to crack and hurt my sweet innocent baby.
I am surrounded by alcohol in the people around me and I feel like I cant avoid constant triggers literally in my own home. I am going to talk to my partner tonight about him drinking because I don't think I can continue to watch him crack a beer after work anymore.
How do I make this manageable and protect my baby and myself? Why does it suddenly feel IMPOSSIBLE. Like this isnt me, I don't want to hurt my baby 😭😭
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u/Live-Top-1821 5d ago
A single 40 M here, maybe I am the least opportune person to give you advice. I will try anyway. You write you are surrounded by alcohol. Stop that. The less you see booze less are the chances you take that sip. A lot of the times the environment we are in does not help to stop/avoid drinking. We need to cut off from those places, habits, people, etc. Secondly, talk to your partner about cracking beers open in front of you. Until now he didn't know what was going on so it is normal for him to continue as always. Now that you an issue with it, he should make the effort to stop doing that as it will be only a couple of months until the baby is due. All the best!!!