Question about after the drinking stops

[nytepassion]

How long after one stops drinking does it take for the body and mind to recover and repair itself?

Passion
Recovering addict/alcoholic

[GlassPrisoner]

It depends. On how long, and how *ahem* "messed" up you are.

I have 9 months. I was a daily 24 x 7 drinker and had to maintain a constant BAL of about 2 something to avoid withdraw.

The fog lifted about 60-90 days in, and my mental capicity continues to improve. My body is still pretty beat up. I fatigue easily, and I just realized I have arthritus (which the alcohol must have numbed). But, everything is like 1000% better than it was.

[NOMOMERLOTMAMMA]

A friend from here told me the other night that it takes UP TO A YEAR for the effects of alcoholism to be completely removed from your spinal cord. When I quit, the next two to three weeks were CRAZY KAREN time. :-) Now, its been five months (today yea for me)and I have insomnia, but that could be cause I'm not working..

I think it depends like Glass says.

[GlassPrisoner]

I have insomnia, but that could be cause I'm not working..

Actually, that's quite common. I still suffer from insomnia from time to time. I remember it was still pretty bad up to about 6 months.

[NOMOMERLOTMAMMA]

Thanks Glass..I'm learning a new appreciation for late night tv :-)

[fraankie]

interesting question
obviously you are looking for an answer from recoverying alcoholics
but
i saw a documentary
"the human body" or something like that
a tlc thing
you are in a constant state of regenrating, albeit aging
not to get sloopy
different parts of you regenerate at different rates
but
to keep it simple
every 13 years, cell for cell,
you are a new person
albeit, again, older
so
that is physically, not spiritually or mentally
either way,
once you put down the drink,
even if you are in perfect health
you are in for quite a journey

now
who?
In Memory Of
William Scott Simmons
Oct 22, 1957 - Oct 16, 2004




best
fraankie

[SaTiT]

There's thing you can do to help the body and mind along.
It like a life style change thou.
Alcoholics never eat right, sleep, excersize right..mmm excersize to beging with.
It's do able if you just do it. We do have constency, just have to apply it to
other healthy habits in stead of drinking.
Most alcoholics go into a depression when trying to stop or in early stages
of recovery. i lost alot when i hit bottom. i stopped doing those healty things
as i got heavily into my drinking carreer.

I started doing those activities again. Bascailly got my body into shape again.
It didn't happened overnite and i took baby steps. i just started walking miles
everyday, then started jogging, then run, then lift wieghts.
Eating was more of a struggle for me. i had to work on that a lot harder.

while these activites didn't eliminate all of my problem nor eliminated my
depression. i notice i was making improvments then those that didn't.
I didn't jump into it with both feet and it was a bit rough to get rolling
becuase 30 days seems like a life time when you first get sober.

I bascially just applied the principles of the 90 in 90 becuase i couldn't
imagine doing them when i was in a rut. After i got into a routine of
doing these activities, i didn't think too much it, becuase my mind and
body was getting clearer as i was doing it. After I finish the 90 days,
i just make another commitment of another 90 days. My recovery
is base on that. Just strings of 90 meetings in 90 days for years and years.lol