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Old 07-07-2010, 12:52 PM
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Well today is day 10. I thought I would feel better by now then I actually do. Mornings are nice, yet still strange to not grown in pain upon opening my eyes. Still get cravings a lot. I hear the sluggish and sleeping gets better. I hope the cravings do to. Anyway, happy double digits to me.....
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Old 07-07-2010, 12:57 PM
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Good for you, HFA!

I think you will continue to feel better each day.
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Old 07-07-2010, 01:04 PM
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Double digits!
Way to go!
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Old 07-07-2010, 01:15 PM
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Way to go on your early sobriety.....

Here is my exoerience with cravings...

think there are 2 types of cravings
perhaps a mixture?

One type is more a habit than physical.

You drive home and your car steers into your
favorite bar or package store.
You come home tired...sit in "your: chair and
want the usual comfort of a glass/can in hand.
To sleeep better...toss down a drink.

These can be avoided by changeing your routine

Drive a different route
Change the furniture around..sit in a different place.
Fix a glass of anything non alcoholic.

If you drink booze from a can...use a glass
If you did drink from a glass...use a mug

I did time my cravings in early sobriety.
Mine were 5 to 7 minutes in duration.
seemed forever...but that was false.

I took action....drank cold watter ...brushed my teeth
went for a walk...danced around the room...ate Lifesavers

I was also taking a multi vitamin and a B 12,
I was following an eating plan for hypoglycemia

Within 2 weeks they lessened immensley... in both
intensity and duration By 2 months they vanished
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Old 07-07-2010, 01:51 PM
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Yeah for double digits! Congrats! I cannot wait till mine! 7 more days!

Keep up the good work!
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Old 07-07-2010, 02:38 PM
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Congratulations, HFA! I hope you start feeling better soon. I found that I had bad days and good days (hmm... just like real life!) The really strong cravings went away after 2-3 weeks. They don't hit me like a 2x4 anymore.

One thing I've realized is that I always drank to change my mood (enhance it, suppress it, whatever). So it's not always easy to just sit with whatever I'm feeling these days. But it beats spending each morning feeling sad and sick. And I WANT to figure out how to be bored or even unhappy without picking up a drink.

This recovery thing is a process, a journey - it's going to take time to learn to do things sober again. Ten days isn't a long time, really.
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Ten days sober is great! You will start feeling better, but since we didn't get this way overnight it will take a while to 'fix'. Don't give up.
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Old 07-07-2010, 02:50 PM
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Ten days is great HFA...

keep in mind, if you drank like I did? you drank for years and not particularly in gentle fashion...

I was impatient too but I learned I had to cut myself some slack on the recovery time
It takes what it takes...
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Old 07-07-2010, 02:53 PM
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Congratulations HFA! You can do it. I am proud of you.
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Old 07-07-2010, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Dee74 View Post
Ten days is great HFA...

keep in mind, if you drank like I did? you drank for years and not particularly in gentle fashion...

D
Very good point. Its not like I was only drinking for 10 days. And yes it was a lot each day.
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Congratulations HFA! You can do it. I am proud of you.
It really does mean a lot to read that.
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Old 07-08-2010, 09:16 AM
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10 days is BIG HFA, I remember the first week sober how proud I was of myself, Just remember one day at a time. Stay Strong!!!

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