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Hi,
I discovered this forum while searching for what to expect at alcohol detox. I still have questions. So anyone with general advice, please chime in. I enter detox tomorrow morning on the recommendation of my physician.
Just a little about me. I had once abstained from alcohol for an entire year to prepare for a military school. Since I have started drinking again, my life has become about alcohol. I write a beer blog, am known in my local beer community, and plan my activities around alcohol. I thought I had it under control because I only drank on weekends.
Lately, I've been hitting it so hard on weekends that by the middle of the work week, I was experiencing terrible withdrawals. This culminated last night. I was catching a cold and instead of beautiful rest, I experienced hallucinations, "shocks" (which seriously may have been seizures), and a racing heart beat. I hardly slept and I "woke" up as sick as I have ever been. I visited my doctor this morning, and he recommended detox.
I also have persistent PTSD and social anxiety; neither of which have ever been diagnosed or treated (other than self-medication with beer).
I am presently a wreck, and trying to pull it together. I am here to seek advice and support. Thank you.
I discovered this forum while searching for what to expect at alcohol detox. I still have questions. So anyone with general advice, please chime in. I enter detox tomorrow morning on the recommendation of my physician.
Just a little about me. I had once abstained from alcohol for an entire year to prepare for a military school. Since I have started drinking again, my life has become about alcohol. I write a beer blog, am known in my local beer community, and plan my activities around alcohol. I thought I had it under control because I only drank on weekends.
Lately, I've been hitting it so hard on weekends that by the middle of the work week, I was experiencing terrible withdrawals. This culminated last night. I was catching a cold and instead of beautiful rest, I experienced hallucinations, "shocks" (which seriously may have been seizures), and a racing heart beat. I hardly slept and I "woke" up as sick as I have ever been. I visited my doctor this morning, and he recommended detox.
I also have persistent PTSD and social anxiety; neither of which have ever been diagnosed or treated (other than self-medication with beer).
I am presently a wreck, and trying to pull it together. I am here to seek advice and support. Thank you.
Glad to have you with us WBoarder. You're not alone.
I'm so glad you're under a doctor's care & are going to detox. The symptoms you describe sound scary. Thankfully you never have to feel this way again. I hope you'll let us know how it goes.
I'm so glad you're under a doctor's care & are going to detox. The symptoms you describe sound scary. Thankfully you never have to feel this way again. I hope you'll let us know how it goes.
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Thank you for the warm welcome all.
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Tomorrow is the day, but tonight I sinned. I was so fearful of how horrible last night was that I drank tonight. I considered it a last "hurrah." I feel like such a bad person. Worse, I did something I have never done, and took a sleeping pill after drinking. This may be indicative to how badly last night went, and the extent I am diving to avoid the same. I am sure I am not the first, but I am so excited for detox, so as o overcome this cycle.
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I visited the D-Tox facility this morning and met with a doctor and a counselor. I was given Altivan for anxiety and Trazodone to help sleep, and allowed to detox at home. I committed to sobriety and joined my provider's counseling program. My first group session is tomorrow night. I am looking forward to this new life.
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