2 Days Until 60...
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2 Days Until 60...
On the 58th day today. I have a question. Now, I know it varies upon each person, but, when you begin to feel "like you used to" before drinking, or "normal" - Does it happen graudually (ie: get better as you move on) or just all of the sudden one morning you wake up and you just feel it? - I ask, because I've had good days, not so good days. A really good week like I'm starting to feel great and then the next week, it's back to how I felt before. Not a bad feeling, mind you, just a different one. I think it's the brain/body adjusting to it's new lifestyle.
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I think everybody has good days and not so good days, their ups and their downs, not just recovering people. Its life. Certainly readjusting our brain chemistry, body metabolism plays a large part but I don't think no matter how long we're sober we're destined to live happily ever after. Which is probably a good thing, I'd end up getting bored. Hey, and happy 58th.
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Thank you for the responses. I know I have a very high metabolism. I can eat anything and everything in sight and barely gain a pound. My doctor told me that was the reason. Not sure if a high metabolism may benefit me in this scenario... but, here's to the 59th day. 
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Originally Posted by M79812 
Thank you for the responses. I know I have a very high metabolism. I can eat anything and everything in sight and barely gain a pound. My doctor told me that was the reason. Not sure if a high metabolism may benefit me in this scenario... but, here's to the 59th day.
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For me I remembered being bored a lot of the time when I was younger sober. Now that I haven't drank in a year I get bored like that sometimes, but not as bad because I work now and do other thing, although my schedule is far from full.
You won't wake up one day and all your problems will be gone. But what problems you do have won't be magnified by x50 because of alcohol.
Good job and keep it up. When you get down, and you will at times, just remember it will go away soon enough. Rinse and repeat.
You won't wake up one day and all your problems will be gone. But what problems you do have won't be magnified by x50 because of alcohol.
Good job and keep it up. When you get down, and you will at times, just remember it will go away soon enough. Rinse and repeat.
Happy 60
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Originally Posted by M79812
I ask, because I've had good days, not so good days.
Congrats on 60 days!
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Congratulations M! I definitely had those days, too. My energy didn't even come back until about 3-4 months, so it really does continue to get better. It was slow and steady progress for me pretty much the whole first year.
Sometimes it seems harder around a milestone, too. The good news is that those bad days don't last.... sometimes they even come right before a leap forward. Keep up the good work!
Sometimes it seems harder around a milestone, too. The good news is that those bad days don't last.... sometimes they even come right before a leap forward. Keep up the good work!
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Congrats! Looks like we have the same sobriety date. I kind of feel the same and hope things get better. I'm just kind of blah a lot of the time. I hear a lot of people say after the 90 day mark things improve. But I also hear the at 3-6 months after quitting is when PAWS is at its peak and can last for up to 2 years. It's good to be aware that it it may be coming. But it sucks because I kind of expected things would just keep getting better and better but learning that PAWS may may be coming is a downer in itself.
Hopefully some of the more experienced people can put my mind at ease about PAWS. Not trying to hijack your thread though.
Hopefully some of the more experienced people can put my mind at ease about PAWS. Not trying to hijack your thread though.
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I'm on day 51 myself. After 26 years of drinking, I think I've forgotten what "normal" feels like. Like Mycoolfitz, I've lost 30 pounds as well since I got sober & that feels pretty damn good. If this is my new normal, I'll take it. Since I'm 2 days late to this thread, congrats on 60.
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Congrats on the 60, M!
For me the change was more gradual than not. But there were some definite "milestones". After 100, I really didn't want to go back to the beginning again, nor did I crave a drink anymore (except rarely).
The important thing for, that it took me many tries to learn, is that the only day I can actually control my drinking is today. "The Count" is secondary to that.
Hey, now you can start counting "months". Keep going, it keeps getting better!
For me the change was more gradual than not. But there were some definite "milestones". After 100, I really didn't want to go back to the beginning again, nor did I crave a drink anymore (except rarely).
The important thing for, that it took me many tries to learn, is that the only day I can actually control my drinking is today. "The Count" is secondary to that.
Hey, now you can start counting "months". Keep going, it keeps getting better!
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For me it actually took nearly 6 months, I feel like I am just now starting to have balanced moods and feelings. Don’t get me wrong, I did feel better soon after I quit but it was so up and down its hard to hang on sometimes.
I actually have some ways to go still but I am making good progress, I think if we stick it out no matter what things will eventually get better, I think we have to stop drinking before the work really begins.
I actually have some ways to go still but I am making good progress, I think if we stick it out no matter what things will eventually get better, I think we have to stop drinking before the work really begins.
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