Started getting sick...much more often
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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Started getting sick...much more often
Hello everyone. I'm still here, though not as active as I once was, but still sober (482 days and counting 
), and I've noticed I'm getting sick much more frequently.
Pretty much anytime someone I work with gets sick, I'll more than likely catch whatever they have within a couple of days. So far this year I've had bronchitis twice and pneumonia once. I take a multivitamin each day and an OTC allergy pill when needed, but that's it.
Anyone else have similar results? Tips?
), and I've noticed I'm getting sick much more frequently.Pretty much anytime someone I work with gets sick, I'll more than likely catch whatever they have within a couple of days. So far this year I've had bronchitis twice and pneumonia once. I take a multivitamin each day and an OTC allergy pill when needed, but that's it.
Anyone else have similar results? Tips?
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Congrats on your almost 500 days sober, that a heck of an achievement. I've had the opposite, I've been much healthier and sick far less frequently since quitting. Have you had a checkup since you quit?
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Gatineau, QC, CA
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I appear to get more sick as well. I have something wrong but they can't get a diagnostic.
I think it's gout, they think it might rheumatism. Every freaking time I get sober the pain pops somewhere. I usually find an excuse to drink over it. But not this time ;-)
I think it's gout, they think it might rheumatism. Every freaking time I get sober the pain pops somewhere. I usually find an excuse to drink over it. But not this time ;-)
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It might be giving up the cigarettes. It's common to have chest complaints when
Stopping smoking. I actually had a worse time in May ways when I stopped smiling than when is stopped drinking.
Stopping smoking. I actually had a worse time in May ways when I stopped smiling than when is stopped drinking.
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I've noticed that if I'm fighting off one thing I'm much more likely to come down with another, so it could be a string of bugs hitting you. You don't mention if you smoke.
482 days sober is awesome BTW.
482 days sober is awesome BTW.
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Location: Rhode Island
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I think this is another of those, "we are all different" things. I caught every cold, stomach bug, flu... that came down the pike, the first nine months after I stopped drinking. It had been almost four years before I stopped drinking since I had been sick, from anything not hangover/withdrawal related. But, since my last "illness" I haven't so much as had the sniffles (other than allergy related) for over two years.
But again, for the first nine months, as a non-drinker, it seemed I was sick more than I was healthy, so you're not alone.
But again, for the first nine months, as a non-drinker, it seemed I was sick more than I was healthy, so you're not alone.
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I got sick in the last couple weeks and it was the first virus I've had in many years.
I decided it was because I actually am getting out and meeting people and sharing handshakes and hugs.
That didn't happen too much when I was drinking.
I decided it was because I actually am getting out and meeting people and sharing handshakes and hugs.
That didn't happen too much when I was drinking.
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