Days sober.....
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Good question?! So I googled it lol. Yes, not only do they draw put toxins, but also help ease stress, improves sleep & concentration, reduces inflammation....plus a dozen more things. The article I read is at healthylivinghowto dot com.
The only thing I knew before reading this article was that the baths made me feel relaxed & wonderful. I buy my salts from San Francisco Bath Salt Co ( great salts & great reviews ) but you can buy them from just about any pharmacy or grocery store. I highly recommend them.
The only thing I knew before reading this article was that the baths made me feel relaxed & wonderful. I buy my salts from San Francisco Bath Salt Co ( great salts & great reviews ) but you can buy them from just about any pharmacy or grocery store. I highly recommend them.
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Originally Posted by kzaug2014 
Good question?! So I googled it lol. Yes, not only do they draw put toxins, but also help ease stress, improves sleep & concentration, reduces inflammation....plus a dozen more things. The article I read is at healthylivinghowto dot com.
The only thing I knew before reading this article was that the baths made me feel relaxed & wonderful. I buy my salts from San Francisco Bath Salt Co ( great salts & great reviews ) but you can buy them from just about any pharmacy or grocery store. I highly recommend them.
The only thing I knew before reading this article was that the baths made me feel relaxed & wonderful. I buy my salts from San Francisco Bath Salt Co ( great salts & great reviews ) but you can buy them from just about any pharmacy or grocery store. I highly recommend them.
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Originally Posted by kzaug2014
How are you doing Intro?
I can't figure if the anxiety is due to still somehow related to that lingering withdrawal or what.....even after over a month since my last drink.
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Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus
Hiya Intro, congrats on a month-plus, bud.
You a musician?
You a musician?
Yeah used to be a horn player in the 80s, then guitarist in the 90s,but haven't touched an instrument in over 15 years...
Sigh...still dealing with sobriety's changes to the body and mind.
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Originally Posted by Introvrtd1
Hi Thump....
Yeah used to be a horn player in the 80s, then guitarist in the 90s,but haven't touched an instrument in over 15 years...
Sigh...still dealing with sobriety's changes to the body and mind.
Yeah used to be a horn player in the 80s, then guitarist in the 90s,but haven't touched an instrument in over 15 years...
Sigh...still dealing with sobriety's changes to the body and mind.
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Originally Posted by kzaug2014
Have you posted in the Alcohol forum at all Intro? Because I think that people that have walked in your shoes might be better equipped to help you w/information & advice. Just an idea.
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Originally Posted by kzaug2014
How are ya doing today Intro?
Still a bit anxious....particularly at night couple hours before bed....I take my bp med late at night because it makes me drowsy and I sleep...sometimes I take a cup of chamomile tea and it really calms me.
Im afraid like most sedative herbs and meds, I feel addicted after a short time...when I stop drinking chamomile, I feel more anxious the next day.....maybe its my mind trained to think the chamomile helps....sigh....
I dont know.....
Its like Ive traded one thing for another.....drinking for anxiety....
But I know better....Im done with the drinking...
Im just coping with the anxiety in hopes that one day I'll be 'normal' again....no need for anxiety meds, or drinking to quell the anxiety....
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Originally Posted by kzaug2014
Do you meditate Intro ? Or yoga? One last question, have you tried melatonin?
Then the insomnia came on strong! Took several days of horrible insomnia and anxiety to get rid of....
I figure the bulk of my anxiety is my addictive nature...I quit something no matter how non addictive and I seem to withdrawal....sigh
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I like your earlier post about driving over bridges.
When I got sober, I had anxiety attacks so bad that I couldn't drive on the Interstate at night and I couldn't drive over bridges.
Earlier today, I drove 400 miles on the interstate without a thought about my former debilitating phobias.
Hang around, you'll continue to get better.
When I got sober, I had anxiety attacks so bad that I couldn't drive on the Interstate at night and I couldn't drive over bridges.
Earlier today, I drove 400 miles on the interstate without a thought about my former debilitating phobias.
Hang around, you'll continue to get better.
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Originally Posted by SoberCAH
I like your earlier post about driving over bridges.
When I got sober, I had anxiety attacks so bad that I couldn't drive on the Interstate at night and I couldn't drive over bridges.
Earlier today, I drove 400 miles on the interstate without a thought about my former debilitating phobias.
Hang around, you'll continue to get better.
When I got sober, I had anxiety attacks so bad that I couldn't drive on the Interstate at night and I couldn't drive over bridges.
Earlier today, I drove 400 miles on the interstate without a thought about my former debilitating phobias.
Hang around, you'll continue to get better.
Thats great!! I been there before....drove across state some four hours away but things seemed to relapse.....especially since Im sober now its like Im not gonna have that drink to calm me down....my body looked forward to that knowing everything will be alright.....till now...
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Day 38.....
The anxiety is starting to level off....I think....
I might have been doing things to cause it like eating or drinking certain foods or taking certain vitamins I don't really need....or it might just coincidentally leveling off on its own....
Im not sure....
The better I feel, the more I try to remember what I did, ate, or drank that day so I can keep doing it...
....or maybe its just luck, or maybe Im actually finally coming off the residual post drinking withdrawal anxiety.....
The anxiety is starting to level off....I think....
I might have been doing things to cause it like eating or drinking certain foods or taking certain vitamins I don't really need....or it might just coincidentally leveling off on its own....
Im not sure....
The better I feel, the more I try to remember what I did, ate, or drank that day so I can keep doing it...
....or maybe its just luck, or maybe Im actually finally coming off the residual post drinking withdrawal anxiety.....
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