Mester

When did the mental fog start easing up for you? I was fine this morning then all of a sudden I couldn't finish my sentence because I got lost in blank thought. This has happened on other occasionso too. Doesn't last long. Just seems to come and go
80 hours since my last drink

Berrybean

For me, about 6 weeks it started easing. Slowly.

But different things for different people so you could well be different.

Doug39

I am 62 days sober and I have good days and bad days.

I was feeling better the last few weeks but I have been very anxious with brain fog the last few days. I figure it is just holiday stress.

I am sure I will feel better next week.

ScottFromWI

The mental recovery took a long longer than the physical for me too, but at least it's not a painful or dangerous thing for the most part. Sometimes it just felt like my brain would "lock up" momentarily.

Delilah1

Hi Mester,

I definitely felt spaced out for a few weeks. I still get forgetful, but I think that is more related to having too many things in my head at the same time.

paulokes

I still get mental fog from time to time...7/8 years later

Seriously things cleared up for me slightly in a few weeks and more markedly in a few months. But there are other things that can affect mental state. Physical illness, stress, anxiety, depression...I experience periodic bouts of low mood and anxiety that cycle every 6/12 months or so. When I am depressed my thinking slows and it feels much like a 'mental fog'.

At least with booze out of the way I get to see what lies underneath and deal with it for what it is

P

Ariesagain

My first month I put a kitchen spatula away in my husband's underwear drawer. It was clean, fortunately.

Then I completely forgot I had four loaves of bread in the oven, to the extent that I wandered by later, wondered why the oven was still on, and turned it off with the bread still in it.

It gets better after a couple of months.

least

I started to feel much better, more clear, at about six months. By a year, I felt normal again.

Red78

Im hoping mine will clear up soon.. One thing that has lead me to be worried about my drinking (I think today is day 1 of non drinking) is that i have been forgetting everything.. I am constantly forgetting what i walked into a room for or forgetting what people have said to me.. Hoping it isnt permanent damage..

Mountainmanbob

At 80 hours I was still in a very deep fog. Seems you are doing well? Relax and get plenty of rest. Rebuilding of mind, body and soul.

MM

MelindaFlowers

I was pretty "brain sick" at the end of my drinking. I felt, simultaneously like I was on speed and I was more lethargic than I'd ever felt before for probably 30 days.

Nervous energy and lethargy at the same time.

Brain fog was terrible. I'd say two months until I felt "normal" and a year to feel like someone had had never drank before.

It's odd because I went to work and did normal things for the whole time but I definitely felt foggy and off. In the first month there were times when I felt like I was outside of my body a little bit. Like I was watching a movie of my life not fully present.

zjw

5-7 months somewhere in there.

but here i am years later and i fog out. there is also one supplement i take somtiems that will cause me to basicly blank out here and there. Its a tough sensation to descibe basicly one min i'm here next min i'm non existent then i come back to its always brief but i probably loose a few seconds here and there and its like wtf was I? I try not to take it as a result.

then of course sometimes its nice to be a bit foggy. Then i dont have to worry about the busy mind of mine always thinken thinken thinken driven me nuts sometimes its nice if its a bit foggy and strugglen lol then i can have some more freedom lol.

waynetheking

6 months...got a lot better after 30 days though. Hang in there buddy.

entropy1964

Hey Mester
I believe you're also taking librium? That by itself causes fog. Don't sweat it. Give it time.

I am over 4 months and my brain practically had a hard drive fail yesterday trying to figure out grams to oz's in a recipe I was making

Aellyce

One thing to keep in mind is that cognitive functions can be due to many things, including just normal fluctuations. No one is equally sharp all the time. What I had while drinking and for a couple months off and on after stopping was an annoyingly short attention span, it was hard to focus on anything for longer periods of time. It one quite a torture because I could not afford to just relax, had a lot of work to do with deadlines etc. It cleared up after a few months.

BrendaChenowyth

You're doing fine. Just don't attempt to drive any place you're not familiar with, you'll get lost.