Originally Posted by
Dee74 
I put my life back together piece by piece Noneever...I had weekly lists (sometimes daily ones) and I did a whole lot of little things to start and worked myself up to the big ones.
Clean one room....make yourself a nourishing meal...weed a patch in the garden...work up to the bigger stuff...approach your creditors with a payment plan (I'd do that as soon as you feel you can handle it because the mroe time you give them the more generous they are usually)
It did take a while...but noone leaps to the top of the mountain in one leap...slow and steady makes it
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this is what I did when I got sober--just a single room, a single task at a time to start getting a handle on things.
I also ate well, drank plenty of water, started exercising.
A hot shower, watching old movies, making a cup of herbal tea,
and reading also helped me get through the panic moments.
It will get better--just stay sober and in a month you'll be amazed
how things have improved, especially your mental state.
The panic and fear does fade with continued sobriety
