Seven months sober
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Seven months sober
I just started taking naltrexone. I never feel normal on psych meds. I hope everyone on here is doing well. I'm pretty stagnant right now so I am trying to get back into healthy eating and exercise. This time of sobriety is when I tend to forget that I cannot drink.
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Congrats on 7 months acheleus! The fact that you came here when you are feeling shaky in your sobriety is a very good sign - calling on your support network is very important. Hope the naltrexone works out ok, please stay in touch with the prescribing doc if things don't seem right.
Good job on the 7 months! Keep at it and its good to recognize where you went wrong other times and then make the necessary corrections. Keep it up!
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Congratulations on seven months of sobriety, Acheleus.
Stay close to SR and keep your doctor advised of any issues you feel may be caused by the new medication.
Glad that you came here to talk about your concerns; that shows strength and commitment to sobriety.
Stay close to SR and keep your doctor advised of any issues you feel may be caused by the new medication.
Glad that you came here to talk about your concerns; that shows strength and commitment to sobriety.
Be good to yourself. 
. Congrats and keep coming back!
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Yes I think the medicine makes me feel like a zombie. I have to trust my gut and focus on health, sleep, and exercise. Right now I want a year of sobriety to be my foundation for a stable life. In the past I have turned my back on recovery during the 6-9 month period and I want sobriety more than anything else. Sobriety is my number one priority and nothing is going to prevent me from achieving my goals. Thank you SR and all the members who provide a base of dependable support. Today I want to get my sleep schedule back on track so I am going to stay awake and fall asleep (I hope) at nine pm.
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Oh I had a question. Does anyone feel like they cannot remember if they have remained sober? It is difficult for me to articulate what I mean but I guess I am asking if sobriety sometimes feels unreal? Do things seem dreamlike? I was so used to drinking and now that I have not had a drink in seven months I feel like I have trouble believing that I have remained sober.
I don't know. Sobriety feels weird right? Being drunk used to feel normal right?
I don't know. Sobriety feels weird right? Being drunk used to feel normal right?
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Feeling dreamlike? Sounds kind of like a psychological state of depersonalization, just from the little bit you're describing.
It doesn't at all feel dreamlike for me. In fact, I commented once that it felt to me like the extreme opposite of depersonalization -- as if suddenly things got so real, appearing in technicolor, all sorts of swirling scenarios, emotions, conflicting thoughts, mood swings, etc. I was overwhelmed easily at first. Sometimes still am. Getting used to it now.
It can be odd at first, and quite challenging.
It doesn't at all feel dreamlike for me. In fact, I commented once that it felt to me like the extreme opposite of depersonalization -- as if suddenly things got so real, appearing in technicolor, all sorts of swirling scenarios, emotions, conflicting thoughts, mood swings, etc. I was overwhelmed easily at first. Sometimes still am. Getting used to it now.
It can be odd at first, and quite challenging.
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