I can't sleep... - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

optomatic5000 · 11-12-2006, 10:59 PM

It is 12:50 am on Monday and I am wide awake. I can't sleep and I'm feeling sick. It almost feels like a hangover but I haven't been drinking (I've been sober for over a year now). I have a headache and I'm sweating with slight nervous shakes. This is not the first time I have felt this way, this has happened to me many times in the last year or so. Could this be a side effect from being sober for so long? Could such a side effect stay with me for such a long time? Is there anyone else here who has been sober as long (or longer) who has had these problems?

northbelle · 11-17-2006, 09:07 AM

Well I have had many different amounts of TIME with this disease and I would sure say YES it is normal. One thing I always know is that when I get like that it is usually just my untreated alcoholism rearing its ugly head. I have to regroup..get back to basics..I usually am not taking care of myself in some really small ways when I feel like that, I have to go to meetings or that feeling creeps back on me.
Yeah you are pretty normal to feel taht way I would say. I hear oldtimers talk about it all the time too so ...go to a meeting and just listen. I am doing the same myself here in a few hours...
So what do you like to do with your free time in sobriety????????
It is 20 below out there right now and us Alaskans get kinda squirrely in the winter time..
So ou play the guitar?? Thats cool...does that help you wind down??? Help with the anxiety?? Music definitely helps me too.

Nazareth huh?? Great name for a town!!!
love north

eire rose · 11-17-2006, 10:08 AM

Hi there,

I have this sometime too, anxiety, never knew I suffered from it till I got sober....

Try to be gentle with yourself, I mean really take care of yourself, whatever you do to unwind, kick it up a notch, meditiation etc...

Meetings do help with this too, I usually have soemthing going on when my sleeping is disturbed that I am stressed about, sharing about it at a meeting is very helpful.

Love, Rose

11-12-2006, 10:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
optomatic5000 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nazareth, PA Posts: 17	I can't sleep... It is 12:50 am on Monday and I am wide awake. I can't sleep and I'm feeling sick. It almost feels like a hangover but I haven't been drinking (I've been sober for over a year now). I have a headache and I'm sweating with slight nervous shakes. This is not the first time I have felt this way, this has happened to me many times in the last year or so. Could this be a side effect from being sober for so long? Could such a side effect stay with me for such a long time? Is there anyone else here who has been sober as long (or longer) who has had these problems? __________________ Sobriety Date: 08/28/05

11-17-2006, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
eire rose Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: QUEENS, NY Posts: 200	Hi there, I have this sometime too, anxiety, never knew I suffered from it till I got sober.... Try to be gentle with yourself, I mean really take care of yourself, whatever you do to unwind, kick it up a notch, meditiation etc... Meetings do help with this too, I usually have soemthing going on when my sleeping is disturbed that I am stressed about, sharing about it at a meeting is very helpful. Love, Rose __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear ~ Mark Twain Sobriety date 10/03/05

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11-17-2006, 09:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
northbelle Dopeless Hope Fiend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: anchorage Alaska Posts: 1,740	Well I have had many different amounts of TIME with this disease and I would sure say YES it is normal. One thing I always know is that when I get like that it is usually just my untreated alcoholism rearing its ugly head. I have to regroup..get back to basics..I usually am not taking care of myself in some really small ways when I feel like that, I have to go to meetings or that feeling creeps back on me. Yeah you are pretty normal to feel taht way I would say. I hear oldtimers talk about it all the time too so ...go to a meeting and just listen. I am doing the same myself here in a few hours... So what do you like to do with your free time in sobriety???????? It is 20 below out there right now and us Alaskans get kinda squirrely in the winter time.. So ou play the guitar?? Thats cool...does that help you wind down??? Help with the anxiety?? Music definitely helps me too. Nazareth huh?? Great name for a town!!! love north

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