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Originally Posted by RufusACanal  Emotional Upheaval
Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. So now I have a more understandable reason for this infrequent and most unruly emotional turmoil. Much like the dreaded Herpes Simplex virus, certain stressors, changes in the Moon’s phases and God knows what else, triggers this insane roller coaster of chaos commonly known as PAWS. Listed below are some of the more pronounced symptoms of PAWS.
1. Inability to think clearly
2. Memory problems
3. Emotional overreactions or numbness
4. Sleep disturbances
Looking back over the years is a miracle of grace for one such as I, yet in the looking, I can see where I failed to grasp the significance of these mental and physical symptoms and invariably paid the price for this ignorance through repeated binges and sprees; always it seemed that I needed to get sober and healthy long enough to drink once more. I want to write more on this, but have a meeting to attend.
Time for the Early Bird meeting! |
Hell, I dunno. Seems I'm suffering from some of these symptoms right now, never had a real problem. When things are going smoothly, however......It isn't like I ever really needed an excuse to drink/use, any would do. Like it says in the big book, the first major challenge for recovering AA's was the outbreak of WWII, lo and behold, the recovering AA's had no more problems dealing with the extreme stress of combat than the general population.