My first month felt like an out-of-body experience. I couldn't sleep; when I did I woke up drenched with sweat; I felt numb from lack of sleep; I didn't know what to do with myself. I don't remember the cravings being a huge problem though, as I quickly learned that food would take the edge off--and I didn't gain weight from substituting food calories for alcohol ones!
I worked out a lot back then, even before I quit drinking, and found that going to the gym was a great antidote for the weirdness of being suddenly sober after 25 years of drinking.
I've been sober a long time and so the memories are fading a little, but I still remember one thing very clearly: no matter how bad things were early on in sobriety, they were infinitely better than drinking. Toward the end, my drinking was a living hell. Early sobriety may have been challenging but compared with drinking it was a cakewalk.
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