nacona

I have 24 days today. I am having such a hard time just doing the right thing. Such as: going to work, cleaning my house, doing my laundry or even cooking. I am eating fast food everyday and I am barely taking a shower and washing my hair. I don't feel depressed, but I just have no interest in anything other than sleeping or watching TV.

How does everyone else get up and do the right thing? My head is always telling me to take it easy as I deserve to be lazy. Well, I don't deserve it. I have been lazy pretty much my whole life, but it's really bad right now.

DayWalker

You may not feel depressed but your showing the classic signs of it though from the sounds of it. I don't know your past history with alcohol, but early in your sobriety it's not uncommon at all to feel depressed after the whole "high" of getting sober starts to wear off. Eating fast food every day doesn't help either because it's packed full of fats & calories which will also add to the lethargic feeling.

I would say to get up and clean yourself up, try to eat some foods that have some protein in them and start to force yourself to do the things you need to. Once you get yourself moving and accomplish a few things you will feel better about yourself and it will be easier to get motivated.

Steve

ANGELINA243

Congrats on 24 days! Being that early in recovery although you may not feel depressed--what you described can be symptoms associated with depression. Plus with not eating healthy balanced meals--that will affect how you feel too. I took vitamins in my early months of recovery. That did help. Always best to check with a Dr. if things don't seem to improve the longer you are off booze--plus he can perhaps suggest foods/vitamins etc that can help. Bloodwork might be a good idea--if it has been awhile since you had it checked. It would be unfortunate to miss something that a Dr. could help you with--if it is a medical problem.

Hollyanne

Hi Nacona, we are sober twins! I to am very lazy at the moment, it is exausting detoxing from all that crap. Daywalker is right. Get up and move! Spend some money on decent takeout or cook at home. Fastfood is NOT good. It is like swallowing concrete blocks and there is the delicate matter of the bathroom. You need to keep the insides moving too! Ha! Well done.

Live

I do have depression and sometimes it helps me to take advantage of some shortcuts...microwave meals...dropping my laundry off at the laundromat and letting them do that...hire someone to come in and clean...
that way the things do get done and I don't beat myself up and I feel better and am more likely to do more on my own.

CarolD

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Toronto68

Nacona, I was talking about this topic last night in response to somebody's post in the Newcomer section, I think. I agree with what DayWalker said. When I was feeling lethargic, I told myself the solution was not in staying in restful mode but to keep moving at a minimum. It had gotten really bad around my place, and it took me a long time to get things cleaned up back into reasonable shape. This wasn't something I fixed 24 h after I quit drinking. It took days and days and I kept saying the mantra "Bit by bit, I am getting my life back," several times out loud, not just in my head.

If you have the ability to get checked for depression, go ahead and do that. There might be something going on that I am not equipped to comment on. But where you are able to manage it without causing yourself harm, I would be mobile as much as I could. For me it was better to go that way, than to sit back and accept that the lethargy was the final word.

artsoul

hi nacona - Sorry to hear you're struggling with things right now. I had pretty much the same experience for the first 2 or 3 months of sobriety, but after that I had a resurgence in energy/interest. I probably should have gotten a little exercise during that time and made myself do more around the house, but I also know that during that time I got overwhelmed with things and really needed to be patient and compassionate with myself.

Anyway, just wanted you to know that it got a whole lot better, so hang in there, OK?