deadlift

hello everyone
does any one have any idea how long it will take for my nervous system to settle down, seems like I have lost all my courage to even go outside the house.
I don't think I have been sober for more than 2 months in 20 years
hope this doesn't go on forever I really want this to work this time but cant stand the anxiety
thanks
DL

UnixBer

From what I've noticed it gets better and easier. More courage, more sane. Maybe you're just in a 'pit' right now, if you can get thru it, it will end.

Dee74

Hi Deadlift

yeah I had that anxiety too - and with time and patience, it did get better for me

if you're worried tho, why not see a Dr now?

D

mecanix

I think it's different for all of us .

My anxiety levels went up with quitting and went on for a few weeks whilst my alkie brain threw a "hissy fit" but with more time between me and my last drink things got a lot better .

Bestwishes, m

LadyinBC

I was a mess when I first quit. Anxious, didn't want to go anywhere, terrified of not having my booze, I would spend the whole day at my daughters house becuase I was scared to go anywhere.

It really does get better. Please hang in there, it won't last forever.

visch1

Welcome. It will get better IF we don't pick up the first drink. I think I was lucky when I plugged the jug because I had a pink cloud that lasted almost two weeks which I thing included a lot of positive vibs and I wasn't focusing on alcohol. Remember, I feel that a lot of our goals are accomplished if we think positive and NOT about drinking. In the beginning we are going through the result of a lot of personal abuse for a long time and it has a different effect on different people. KEEP COMING AND BE WELL

aasharon90

Does it get better you ask.....just look at
the many members that are living a recovery
program incorporating tools and knowledge
learn and taught to them each day.

Yes, it does get better. Living sober or clean
is a healthier, rewarding, honest life filled
with graditude, happiness and promises.

We use a recovery program to help us live
a sober life, doctors or physicians for medical
purposes, ministers, churches for spiritual
guidance.

Every person has a different body make up.
No 2 people are made up the same way, so
we all experience different symptoms. No
2 people will react to medication the same
way. So what works well for one may not
work the same way for you.

Seeking medical advice for anxiety or depression
by your own doctor, being completely honest
with him or her about ur addiction and recovery,
they can help you find the right solution that is
not narcotic or habit forming so it wont interfere
with you recovery program.

Living a recovery life isn't meant to be miserable
or an unhappy, painful experience. They insist on
us being happy and joyful in recovery as so should
you.

At 22 yrs sober, I have gone thru my ups and
downs all along the way, but following the path
of recovery I learned early on and have lived
by each single day, I can honestly share with
you that today I am happy, joyous and free
in recovery.

As I inch closer to my 23 yrs sober, I know
my life in recovery is by no means over. I
will continue to pass on my own ESH-
experiences, strengths and hopes of what
my life was and is like before, during and
after my drinking career with others struggling
with addiction each day so that I can continue
to reap the rewards of the promises granted
to us as mentioned in the Big Book of AA.

visch1

"At 22 yrs sober, I have gone thru my ups and
downs all along the way, but following the path
of recovery I learned early on and have lived
by each single day, I can honestly share with
you that today I am happy, joyous and free
in recovery.

As I inch closer to my 23 yrs sober, I know
my life in recovery is by no means over. I
will continue to pass on my own ESH-
experiences, strengths and hopes of what
my life was and is like before, during and
after my drinking career with others struggling
with addiction each day so that I can continue
to reap the rewards of the promises granted
to us as mentioned in the Big Book of AA."
__________________
"A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED"


So well said. I think in this age of instant gratification being pushed by clever marketing to fix all our twitches and need to feel good the time of awakening hopefully gets us before it's too late. The expectation/want for a quick fix is not on the shelf yet. It's work, work, work whether we like it or not. The bottom line here is NOT to just stop drinking, it's to stay stoped for one day at a time as long as ............and that's where the work lies. OR we can continue to be miserable with the way things are going now. We have choices and some choose misery and continue to drink. BE WELL

Nuudawn

Hi Deadlift...how long since your last drink? Sounds like getting to the bottom of your overwhelming anxiety is really really important to your sobriety. Did you start drinking because of overwhelming anxiety? Did you have panic attacks etc?

deadlift

thanks for all your great votes of confidence
I had a drink on Friday so 4 days I have had nothing at all
but this particular one is a stonker
maybe it is an age thing normally im ok in 2 days nerves are shot to bits
sorry to moan but that's why I checked out the website
thanks
DL

deadlift

oh by the way nuudawn I think that's the question ive been asking myself for years is it the anxiety that makes me drink or the drink that gives me the anxiety

alphaomega

Hiya Deadlift and welcome !

I was full blown agoraphobic for 2 years. Only left the house to go to work. And even then that was far and few between. I absolutely did not know that at the time that the drinking I was doing was CAUSING the agoraphobia. I thought my metal situation was. But my mental situation was cause by my drinking.

It's a sick and vicious circle. But one think I know for sure, it won't go away until you put down the bottle.

Please put down the bottle.

deadlift

thanks
ill probably be addicted to camomile tea next had about 10 cups
DL

silentrun

From my experience it took 6 weeks. It gradually got better during that time. I have been getting back some cognitive abilities lately. I really did a number on myself those last 2 years though.
Actually when I did a search for brain healing chamomile came up. So keep drinking it.

deadlift

ok silentrun
im aiming for six weeks before I go to doctors
for any medication
thank you
DL

Nuudawn

I think I was pre-disposed to anxiety and I falsely believed that alcohol was removing it rather than numbing it. I mean it always came back and once again I had to kill it. But I think learning to live with anxiety and stress is what needs to happen. It doesn't kill us and the more we endure it the easier it gets. I believe we have to learn to work with our own minds which have become so bloody foreign to us. Giving up addiction is well..sorry...stressful in of itself because we are coming head on with ourselves and the enemy our mind can be sometimes. It may sound really silly but I am really trying to befriend my mind ..as well as preserve and grow it. It is my thoughts that have caused me so much stress...so I gotta take control of that b*astard lol. I gotta learn how to talk to it, shut it up, soothe it, ignore it sometimes..whatever...but all with love. I love my mind first and foremost and I am sooooooooo grateful I haven't destroyed it completely.

silentrun

You should probably go see a doctor sooner. I usually don't go to the doctor's but I did go in for some blood work. Heavy drinking can screw some things up and it's easy for them to check. Vitamin deficiency's and the like.

niijikwe

For me the drinking was hugely causing my anxiety. It was horrible.

I felt a lot better at the end of week 1.

deadlift

done 7 days sober but I had to see the doctors for the anxiety
I was put on tablets
hope im doing the right thing and not swapping one addiction for another???????

Bombadil

I know how you feel. Today is my first day sober in my latest effort. Previously, I'd end up so anxious and restless that I'd crack and have a drink. Optimistic about this time though!