Going cold turkey?? safe or not safe??
Hello everyone,
My first time here. I've tried googling to find the answer to my question but couldn't find anything. I'm hoping this place will help me. Basically I finally decided I am ready to quit drinking!!! But am curious if, given my personal track record if it is safe to go cold turkey... (some background info)..
I am a 22 year old girl. I never thought I would say this- because growing up I was never in trouble, a good student, played sports, came from a well off family, whatever- but I am a struggling alcoholic.
It started around when I turned 19. Casually drinking on the weekends, but it would always be binge drinking. Then I moved out to my own apartment, got a job in a bar, and slowly but surely for the next 2.5-3 years my life became centered around drinking. For the past 2 years I would say on average I probably consumed at least 5 drinks/5 nights a week. AT LEAST. That's being very, very generous. In reality most the time it was probably easily double that.
This past spring and summer got bad though. Really, really bad. Drinking around the clock. Having the shakes if I was sober. At least a 5th a day, sometimes more. Drinking as soon as I woke up, drinking before work, drinking by myself, drinking every night until I blacked out pretty much.. constantly drunk..
I've slowed down within the past month or so but still drink about a pint of rum a day.
I have gone 2 days sober... this is my 3rd. This is the longest I've gone without a sip for at least 2.5 years.
I'm curious and scared to know what types of withdrawal symptoms I should be expecting (if any?) within the next few days? Can anyone give me some insight? I would really, really appreciate it!
Much love