Day 8
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Day 8
Just wanted to check in. Doing ok here on the East Coast. Its sweltering hot but I'm not complaining after the terrible winter we had.
Last night was...weird. I didn't necessarily have a craving but I got home and was just kinda...blah. I even stopped on the way home at my favorite gelato place thinking a little pick me up would help, but by the time I got it home, didn't even feel like eating it. I wasn't even feeling depressed...just sorta devoid of emotion and so...TIRED. Ended up going to bed at 9:30.
Anways, not sure what that was all about. But woke up today feeling alright.
One thing is...now that I have 7 days under my belt, I feel like I can't use the "I'm healing, gotta rest" excuse any longer and I need to get active again. Someone mentioned on my last post to make a list of things I want to accomplish so I'm gonna do that and slowly work through it, I think that will help. So far some things on my list (outside of my normal busy work responsibilities, in no particular order):
--Rejoin my gym (membership lapsed I don't know how long ago)
--Actually GO to said gym.
--Laundry (Seriously)
--Refrigerator. Need to clean out all the "dead" food before I'll let myself grocery shop.
--Mail. Have a bunch of things piled up that I need to go through.
--Car. Need oilchange/tune-up pretty bad...as in, the "needs maintenance" light has been on for weeks.
That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure there is more to add.
Hope everyone is well!
Last night was...weird. I didn't necessarily have a craving but I got home and was just kinda...blah. I even stopped on the way home at my favorite gelato place thinking a little pick me up would help, but by the time I got it home, didn't even feel like eating it. I wasn't even feeling depressed...just sorta devoid of emotion and so...TIRED. Ended up going to bed at 9:30.
Anways, not sure what that was all about. But woke up today feeling alright.
One thing is...now that I have 7 days under my belt, I feel like I can't use the "I'm healing, gotta rest" excuse any longer and I need to get active again. Someone mentioned on my last post to make a list of things I want to accomplish so I'm gonna do that and slowly work through it, I think that will help. So far some things on my list (outside of my normal busy work responsibilities, in no particular order):
--Rejoin my gym (membership lapsed I don't know how long ago)
--Actually GO to said gym.
--Laundry (Seriously)
--Refrigerator. Need to clean out all the "dead" food before I'll let myself grocery shop.
--Mail. Have a bunch of things piled up that I need to go through.
--Car. Need oilchange/tune-up pretty bad...as in, the "needs maintenance" light has been on for weeks.
That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure there is more to add.
Hope everyone is well!
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Welcome to Day 8, Lola. Your list sounds great.
Sobriety can be an emotional roller coaster at first; the blahs are quite common.
I think that it is really important to be gentle with yourself; your body, heart, mind and soul are all recovering.
Sobriety can be an emotional roller coaster at first; the blahs are quite common.
I think that it is really important to be gentle with yourself; your body, heart, mind and soul are all recovering.
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Sounds like you are really doing well Lola, and your list sounds great. I would disagree a little that you are done healing though - it can take weeks or even months for some of the physical and especially emotional damage to be undone. But getting active is never a bad thing so have at it within reason! I went on an absolute cleaning binge of our house myself, it was therapeutic on many levels.
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Thanks everyone!
Scott -- I think you're right. It's something that I have get my head around for sure. Especially the emotional healing part. I think that is what contributed to my "blah" feeling last night. I found myself thinking about the last few years and all that I wasted and regretted...but that's for another post, another day. Today I'm feeling good, I'm sober and I'm staying that way.
Scott -- I think you're right. It's something that I have get my head around for sure. Especially the emotional healing part. I think that is what contributed to my "blah" feeling last night. I found myself thinking about the last few years and all that I wasted and regretted...but that's for another post, another day. Today I'm feeling good, I'm sober and I'm staying that way.
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