Introvrtd1

90 days.....

Introvrtd1

It feels no different...... I didn't expect it to......I still have a long way to go...... I realize that....

Dee74

Congrats Introvrtd

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Astro

90 days is excellent. I remember years of not going 90 minutes without a drink. Well done on your sober time.

Winslow

Great job Intro😊 just remember to keep being vigilant, I recently had a relapse cuz I stopped being on top of it,keep up the good work!

Winslow

How you doing Intro?

Introvrtd1

Im ok Winslow.....

Just takin it one day at a time......The anxiety is better....but theres that lingering thought deep in the back of my mind that keeps waiting for something in the form of anxiety to pop up and bother me.....so far it hasnt for several days now.....It used to be every other day, off and on.....but its been quiet. Its getting few and far between. Im glad.

I feel like theres still yet that point in the distant future until Im so far ahead of not letting that deep thought in my head keep nagging me in spite of how well things may be going.....

Thanks for the concern.

Soberwolf

Hi Intro

kzaug2014

Hey Intro, I'm glad to hear the days are growing fewer and farther between. That nagging thought will eventually go away. It may take a yr or 2, but it will fade away.
(( Hugs ))

Introvrtd1

95.

Dee74

great going man - have a good weekend

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Soberwolf

Awesome work intro close to that full 100

Winslow

100 days is right around the corner Intro😊 hope all is well

Introvrtd1

Gout pain has been keeping my mind off any anxiety I might have had......At first the pain was in my ankle for a few days, but has shifted to my big toe joint...Those are the only two spots on the same foot that gout attacks whenever Im having a flare-up!

Gout was a regular occurence during my bingeing days but since my sobriety (95+ days), its been off and on for different reasons like eating red meat.

Theres times I can barely walk. I wake up in the morning and just sit at the side of my bed, slowly trying to put weight on my foot till I can somewhat hobble around. The thought of being bedridden scares me. I NEED to be able to move around, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.

Its been about a full week now, and Im still in pain with slow relief in sight. These flare-ups usually come and go very quickly, but this ones a real hangers on. I think Im about 70% thru it now....Can't wait till the pain is gone.....hopefully by saturday.

Uugghh

Astro

Prayers that the pain subsides, intro.

kzaug2014

Prayers from me too Intro. I'm so sorry you have so much pain. (( Hugs ))

Dee74

Maybe your doctor can help you do something about it Introvrtd?

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Introvrtd1

I have meds for gout Dee..... Besides, it usually passes in about a short week.

Thanks for caring.

Intro

Dee74

Hope you feel better soon

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Introvrtd1

Ive been feelin ok the past 30 days....Things really do get better as time goes by......A lot of my problems with anxiety came from drinking no doubt....But drinking also complicated things and formed a lot of other health related issues Im still dealing with.... Nothing bad, just things like losing weight and a proper diet....Gout and the high uric acid content as revealed in my blood labs a few months ago was a definite alcohol factor.

Things now seem pretty normal....By normal I mean both physically and mentally stable....Its getting better....The anxiety has been very scarce or non existent.....The mindset still has a habit (only slight) of wondering when my next panic attack is coming, but end up not happening at all.....

Right now its a Sunday evening and tomorrow starts another work week....By this time I usually feel depressed and anxious due to coming to the end of a weekend beer binge! But I feel calm.....at peace....only a minute bit of worry about nothing lies deep within my mind and I hardly give it notice, but its there.

I'm actually looking forward to a good nights sleep tonight, as well as a new day work week! This I haven't felt in years, and as some of you with years of sobriety under your belt can understand.....its only been a bit over 100 days....That's nothing! I feel like there is still a long way to go! I'm looking forward to my first year! Until then, every milestone will seem but a day with little fanfare....

I'll just keep praying and having faith things will continue to only get better and I remain determined to keep going!