fourth time lucky??
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To be fair, I don't think I've stayed straight long enough to find out whether it is just the withdrawal but I'm 98% sure. I'll find out this time though, I've never felt so motivated to quit. When someone you love cuts you out of their life after countless 'second chances' it really puts things in perspective.
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Another day - Day 9/Day 11. Woke up feeling alright, bit paranoid about having an episode but managed to work up the bottle to convince myself I could take a shower without passing out.
Feeling more positive, one of those days where there's nothing in particular on your mind but you just remember how good things are, and how good things can be. Still no great urge to take a drink, I've been in the local shop (family run, they know me and my family, know that I've had my problems from the amount of booze I've bought there), and while it'll be on my mind a tad, I'll still just grab my usual paper, milk, and sparkling water and make nice.
Today I think I'll relax, watch some TV, sort some college stuff out, and watch the football in the pub tonight. Happy days!
Feeling more positive, one of those days where there's nothing in particular on your mind but you just remember how good things are, and how good things can be. Still no great urge to take a drink, I've been in the local shop (family run, they know me and my family, know that I've had my problems from the amount of booze I've bought there), and while it'll be on my mind a tad, I'll still just grab my usual paper, milk, and sparkling water and make nice.
Today I think I'll relax, watch some TV, sort some college stuff out, and watch the football in the pub tonight. Happy days!
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PS I'm also on beta-blockers for withdrawal related anxiety, wondered if anyone here has any experience of taking them and if they made any difference
it's anxiety directly related to the withdrawal, i've never needed Dutch courage, I'm not scared of people, but seizures etc are a different matter. I've always thought that if people say you're boring etc when you're not drinking, they're either douchebags or you are just plain boring anyway.
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it's anxiety directly related to the withdrawal, i've never needed Dutch courage, I'm not scared of people, but seizures etc are a different matter. I've always thought that if people say you're boring etc when you're not drinking, they're either douchebags or you are just plain boring anyway.
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Day 10 / 12
Still not quite feeling like myself, last night I thought I was going to have a minor panic attack or something, and get momentarily delirious every now and then.
Hopefully this crap will sort itself out soon, still just drinking plenty of fluids, eating well (ish) and taking medications.
Thanks again for all your support, any advice from anybody who's continued to have side-effects at this stage of withdrawal would be very welcome
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Still not quite feeling like myself, last night I thought I was going to have a minor panic attack or something, and get momentarily delirious every now and then.
Hopefully this crap will sort itself out soon, still just drinking plenty of fluids, eating well (ish) and taking medications.
Thanks again for all your support, any advice from anybody who's continued to have side-effects at this stage of withdrawal would be very welcome
peace
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Day 11/13
Hi everyone, I'm nearly at the two week point, and in that respect, I feel great! My mates are congratulating me, I'm just (secretly) thankful they've stuck by me, and it's looking good for me finding somewhere to live in the city again and talking about getting back together with my ex, who also said she was over the moon about me quitting drinking. The biggest hurdle, I think, will be moving back there. I'm not going to mention which city, but there's a lot of temptations there, alongside all the good opportunities I can finally make use of; I can't just sequester myself here at my parents' for the rest of my life though, I've got to face up to these things. I managed to get off the gear when I lived there, and since I'm moving flat and have a new phone, it'll be a bit easier to avoid pitfalls.
Physically I still feel a bit shite, but it (fingers crossed) doesn't seem like seizures: I felt like I was having 'headzaps' this morning but after taking beta-blockers it subsided, and they only treat anxiety...it must be mostly psychological now.
Oh yeah, a friend of mine locked himself out and had to crash at mine last night, came round steaming drunk at 3am, sat up and chatted for a bit, had a cup of tea etc (bit of a crap sleeping pattern at the moment too but that's by-the-by), then in the morning I got to see a hangover first hand for the first time in a while as he got up at 9am for a 10am start at work...didn't envy the poor b*stard one iota!
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Hi everyone, I'm nearly at the two week point, and in that respect, I feel great! My mates are congratulating me, I'm just (secretly) thankful they've stuck by me, and it's looking good for me finding somewhere to live in the city again and talking about getting back together with my ex, who also said she was over the moon about me quitting drinking. The biggest hurdle, I think, will be moving back there. I'm not going to mention which city, but there's a lot of temptations there, alongside all the good opportunities I can finally make use of; I can't just sequester myself here at my parents' for the rest of my life though, I've got to face up to these things. I managed to get off the gear when I lived there, and since I'm moving flat and have a new phone, it'll be a bit easier to avoid pitfalls.
Physically I still feel a bit shite, but it (fingers crossed) doesn't seem like seizures: I felt like I was having 'headzaps' this morning but after taking beta-blockers it subsided, and they only treat anxiety...it must be mostly psychological now.
Oh yeah, a friend of mine locked himself out and had to crash at mine last night, came round steaming drunk at 3am, sat up and chatted for a bit, had a cup of tea etc (bit of a crap sleeping pattern at the moment too but that's by-the-by), then in the morning I got to see a hangover first hand for the first time in a while as he got up at 9am for a 10am start at work...didn't envy the poor b*stard one iota!
Thanks,
Nez
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Originally Posted by purpleknight 
Great job on Day 13!!
I definitely don't miss having hangovers on the way to work anymore, they were awful!!
Keep pushing through nezza!!
I definitely don't miss having hangovers on the way to work anymore, they were awful!!
Keep pushing through nezza!!
I simply didn't go into work or college when I felt bad. Now I'm unemployed and having to repeat a year...although it feels like an accomplishment when I go to interviews or get a good grade back on a bit of work, before it either simply wouldn't have happened or I wouldn't have given a sh*t if it did.. such is life!
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According to the Sobertime calculator 217 Days, moving towards 8 months!!
Yeah my productivity and performance at work has improved as a result of Sobriety, something no one else knew was being affected by alcohol, but as you say it's now a bit of an accomplishment!!
Yeah my productivity and performance at work has improved as a result of Sobriety, something no one else knew was being affected by alcohol, but as you say it's now a bit of an accomplishment!!
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Yeah, it's just remembering how good it is to care about things except getting a bottle of peeve and how to hide it from everybody.
Congrats mate, 8 months, that's spot on, if I was Alan Partridge I'd say something like 'You could almost gestate a fetus in that time!' but I'm not so I wont my mate said last night, when I told him it'd been ten days 'Ten days? Nice one, I couldn't do that man'. He's just a normal weekend drinker, which I think says a lot.
Congrats mate, 8 months, that's spot on, if I was Alan Partridge I'd say something like 'You could almost gestate a fetus in that time!' but I'm not so I wont
my mate said last night, when I told him it'd been ten days 'Ten days? Nice one, I couldn't do that man'. He's just a normal weekend drinker, which I think says a lot.
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So it's 2 weeks today, and I actually feel alright. Felt disgusting the last few days, like I had the flu or something, kept getting dizzy spells but today's not so bad!
Still going to stay in and let my head get back to normal, but fingers crossed I'm through the worst of it and on my way to recovery!
Still going to stay in and let my head get back to normal, but fingers crossed I'm through the worst of it and on my way to recovery!
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