Hi Brooke,
Today my drinking plan was to not drink. I have been having difficulty really determining if I am experiencing an urge or just looking for it. I feel something but I can’t pinpoint it. Then I realized, “Oh, I am eating through my urge and therefore I am dulling the emotion!”

C- no drinking in the plan today
T- I am not sure I am experiencing a true allowed urge causing an unclear emotion
F- confused
A-tune into body but can’t pinpoint if I’m actually having an urge to drink and what emotion is coming up for me, eat, and eat some more
R- unsure of my emotion and unsure if it is even if this emotion is being caused by an allowed urge

C- No drinking plan today
T- I’m thinking my real emotion is being clouded by buffering with food
F- aware
A- stop eating and experience boredom
R- When I buffer with food when I would normally would be drinking I cannot access my true emotion which was boredom. I decide not to eat during the usual drinking times when drinking is not in my plan for the day.

Thanks for any advise or comments
R