Digestive issues in the first days of sobriety?
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Digestive issues in the first days of sobriety?
I was going over some journal entries from those first few days of being sober. Apparently I had some pretty nasty gas issues, like awful. Had anyone experienced this in the early days?
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I think a lot of gastrointestinal issues get hidden by daily drinking. Once you sober up you can feel what has been going on in your body that you have been numbing and dulling. Add that to the body now adjusting to the new circumstances and it is a recipe for digestive issues.
I felt worse sober with pancreatitis than I did drinking with it. Drinking made me feel all was fine. When I sobered up all hell broke loose. It has taken a long time to heal.
I felt worse sober with pancreatitis than I did drinking with it. Drinking made me feel all was fine. When I sobered up all hell broke loose. It has taken a long time to heal.
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One thing that may have made it extra bad was I replaced all those bad calories with healthy calories and the shock to the system sent it spiraling. When you are consuming half (or more) of your daily calories in hard liquor, and then stop suddenly and consume fruit, veggies and lean proteins... yeah, that's gonna leave a mark!
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Originally Posted by AL48 
I hear you . Thought i was suffering with bad IBS and other issues but no, with all the drinking i was doing i really dont understand how my body was able to function at all.
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That persistent pain under the rib cage on the right hand side. The pain was bad enough but the worry of whats going on inside was worse, am i too late to fix it? If i dont stop now everyone will find out the truth about my drinking and what ive done to myself. "Oh the shame" i would think and all that time the people selling it didn't have a problem with me handing over my cash (working on my anger issues). There was only one way to do it but somehow i would talk myself into drinking again that night🤦. It was just so hard that first few weeks. Glad to be on the other side.
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Originally Posted by AL48
That persistent pain under the rib cage on the right hand side. The pain was bad enough but the worry of whats going on inside was worse, am i too late to fix it? If i dont stop now everyone will find out the truth about my drinking and what ive done to myself. "Oh the shame" i would think and all that time the people selling it didn't have a problem with me handing over my cash (working on my anger issues). There was only one way to do it but somehow i would talk myself into drinking again that night🤦. It was just so hard that first few weeks. Glad to be on the other side.
Sorry, the people selling what?
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So what was it?
Originally Posted by AL48
That persistent pain under the rib cage on the right hand side. The pain was bad enough but the worry of whats going on inside was worse, am i too late to fix it? If i dont stop now everyone will find out the truth about my drinking and what ive done to myself. "Oh the shame" i would think and all that time the people selling it didn't have a problem with me handing over my cash (working on my anger issues). There was only one way to do it but somehow i would talk myself into drinking again that night🤦. It was just so hard that first few weeks. Glad to be on the other side.
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