Old 02-16-2009, 11:04 PM
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Jules62
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Hey Firestorm,

I would never tell you if you're ready or not-only you can know that. I think you're being pretty hard on yourself though-4 days?That's not long.

Withdrawal-especially initially?Isn't fun and I felt like crap for about two weeks before I started to feel more 'normal' again.People weren't lying to you when they said hang in there-it gets better.It does.But you have to remember-it took us years of drinking sometimes to get here-so it's not going to be fixed overnight.(or in 4 days)

You can do this though and we will support you.But yes-it's tough.I can't tell you it's anything else.But the physical symptoms go away after a while.Then we have all the other stuff to deal with!

Check out the stickies here at the top of the page though-'Withdrawing-what to expect' it might give you a bit more insight into what it's like in the first few days/weeks.Here's the link....

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...at-we-did.html

You don't have to live like this anymore.You can change.Don't give up hope.

Jules.
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