Glad to be here
Trudgin
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Glad to be here
Good Day to all;
I am hopeful this forum will lend some support/answer questions, between AA meetings and working steps. I am just 44 days sober - longest period in many, many years.
Felt pretty good actually for a few weeks which was remarkable. Now it seems that waves of emotions sweeps over me from happiness to deep sadness/despair. Trying to get a handle on it and for me turn it over...starting to have vivid dreams of people/places in a bar handing me a drink. Before I know it I am drunk and wake up wondering wth that's all about.
Glad to be here and REALLY need to hear from those with short term sobriety.
Thank you,
Flynbuy
I am hopeful this forum will lend some support/answer questions, between AA meetings and working steps. I am just 44 days sober - longest period in many, many years.
Felt pretty good actually for a few weeks which was remarkable. Now it seems that waves of emotions sweeps over me from happiness to deep sadness/despair. Trying to get a handle on it and for me turn it over...starting to have vivid dreams of people/places in a bar handing me a drink. Before I know it I am drunk and wake up wondering wth that's all about.
Glad to be here and REALLY need to hear from those with short term sobriety.
Thank you,
Flynbuy
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,618
Greetings FlynBye!
My heartfelt congratulations on 44 days of sobriety
Sober Recovery is a great place with lots of support, advice and success stories.
You are not the only one who has dreams of alcohol...I do ALL the time, sometimes waking up wondering if I had another terrible drunken episode yet again. I hear that is normal in early recovery...
Im sure we would all love to hear more from you!
Blessings!
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Hi Flynbuy, I'm at day 42 so you're 2 days ahead of me. I've been having some highs and lows as well, not extreme mood swings like you're experiencing, but my mood does go up and down. I think it's normal in early sobriety and expect this too shall pass. I've had one dream where I drank and bolted up out of bed full of anxiety before I realized it was just a dream. I really like waking up without a hangover feeling at peace instead of full of dread trying to piece together what happened before I passed out.
There is a really great article on PAWS that I came across on this site the other day. It describes, including approx. time periods of the different stages, what commonly occurs with our bodies and mind in the first 2 years of recovery. If interested do a search on this site. I copied it out but can't remember where I saw it.
Congrats on the 44 days!
There is a really great article on PAWS that I came across on this site the other day. It describes, including approx. time periods of the different stages, what commonly occurs with our bodies and mind in the first 2 years of recovery. If interested do a search on this site. I copied it out but can't remember where I saw it.
Congrats on the 44 days!
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