Originally Posted by
bananacake 
Rewind to yesturday tea time I was facing my 3rd night alcohol free and I felt miserable tired and depressed!!! I didn't want to move out my bed!
Alcohol
causes that.
In response to chronic alcohol consumption the brain starts over-producing anxiety-inducing chemicals. You take the booze away, but the brain continues to over-produce the anxiety-inducing chemicals. It takes (on average, we are all different) 60-90 days of abstinence before the brain restores it's natural hedonic setpoint.
Drinking might bring you a few hours of relief, but it also dooms you to greater misery later. It is the problem that masquerades as the solution.
You can feel good sober, but you have to make it through to the other side.
It. Is. Totally. Worth. It.
Best of Luck on Your Journey!
