sillyguy

Hi all,

I'm on day 16. Here are some of my observations

The good things

* I've lost about 3kg and my beer gut has gone down slightly.
* I'm eating better by choice.
* My mood is better
* Social anxiety has already diminished quite a lot
* I find it easier to exercise
* No hangovers are wonderful!
* I'm less prone to irritability.

The "bad" things
* I'm a little bored on the weekends as I now have to find something to do.
* I'm not used to facing my self. Having weird emotional sensations
* I tend to miss my little "friend" alcohol.


Side note - When I originally came on here I didn't mention my other addiction. I happen to be addicted to opiates.

I originally started getting major headaches from too much alcohol and started having opiates to help them to go away. I ended up enjoying the high I got off them and got addicted to them too.

I have also been using the opiates a little extra over the last 2 weeks to help deal with the lack of alcohol. Interestingly enough they can also induce headaches too so its a bad feedback cycle where I take more to get rid of the headache that they have caused... totally illogical!

Today I have decided to start tackling this addiction at the same time. I need to learn to face "myself" and not search for some sort of "haze" so I don't have to.

Anyway, I'm generally feeling a lot better and I look forward to seeing how I feel after a month of no drink. No tablets would also be great and today is day 1 without them too!

Thanks for listening.

mavrick

Congratulations sillyguy, good luck.

Soberwolf

Well done on day 16 Silly guy thats really great keep going

waynetheking

No booze, no opiates. ..ur doing well. ..keep it up!