New to the forums - glad to be here
4 days without a drink now. Headaches, pains in my face and abdomen, liver pains, but not too bad. None of the very extreme symptoms other people have talked about here. Reading some of the stories, I see how much worse things could be for me, but hopefully I've stopped in time, and can make it stick this time around.
The drink has damaged my life over the past few years: lost my ambition, don't do the things I used to enjoy doing, look like an over weight slob from all the wine, wake up in the mornings cursing myself and what I've done to myself. 37 years old, and I'd almost given up.
I've tried to stop before on my own, but it never sticks. The usual - 10 days sober and I say to myself: "Well, it wasn't so bad" and "I didn't drink that much really...", or I'd be reading a book or watching a TV Show where the characters are drinking, and... you know what I'm talking about.
So I'm hoping that this forum might help keep me on track. Anyway - 4 days and going strong.