32 days Sober
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32 days Sober
Hi all,
found this forum a few years and decided to make a thread tonight
I drank pretty heavily for years, since I was 19 I think. I'm 27 now and making an effort to quit. I would drink 3 or 4 times a week alone in front of my computer, a pretty dark place at times. My drink of choice was lager and I'd have no problem drinking 4 litres or more of the stuff
There was periods I did quit, the best being around 5 months a couple of years ago but sadly one beer and I was back where I started. I suffer from anxiety issues which may or may not be from drinking, only one way to find out
I still have really intense anxiety at night, tonight was really bad but it has subsided now, it comes and goes without warning, along with a hot face and body but not a fever. Its not as bad when I wake up but when the night falls it gets alot worse.
There have been some good days in the past 4 or 5 weeks, not many physical symptoms mainly mental. The anxiety is very crippling, I'm experiencing the same symptoms I had the previous times I quit, however they would have usually passed by now.
Just need to hang in there and not drink as I don't want to go through this hell again. Been having problems sleeping too and have done ever since I started binge drinking.
Just felt like posting anyway and to say hello, I`ll try to post here regulary if its allowed
Thanks
found this forum a few years and decided to make a thread tonight
I drank pretty heavily for years, since I was 19 I think. I'm 27 now and making an effort to quit. I would drink 3 or 4 times a week alone in front of my computer, a pretty dark place at times. My drink of choice was lager and I'd have no problem drinking 4 litres or more of the stuff
There was periods I did quit, the best being around 5 months a couple of years ago but sadly one beer and I was back where I started. I suffer from anxiety issues which may or may not be from drinking, only one way to find out
I still have really intense anxiety at night, tonight was really bad but it has subsided now, it comes and goes without warning, along with a hot face and body but not a fever. Its not as bad when I wake up but when the night falls it gets alot worse.
There have been some good days in the past 4 or 5 weeks, not many physical symptoms mainly mental. The anxiety is very crippling, I'm experiencing the same symptoms I had the previous times I quit, however they would have usually passed by now.
Just need to hang in there and not drink as I don't want to go through this hell again. Been having problems sleeping too and have done ever since I started binge drinking.
Just felt like posting anyway and to say hello, I`ll try to post here regulary if its allowed
Thanks
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Hi and welcome This is an amazing site with great insight and words of wisdom - I am just ending my 15th day of sobriety and looking forward to many, many more Maybe you should check with a dr. about your anxiety and any other stuff going on? I did, and was glad I did Anyway, with that said, welcome and hope you stick around...
This is an amazing site with great insight and words of wisdom - I am just ending my 15th day of sobriety and looking forward to many, many more Maybe you should check with a dr. about your anxiety and any other stuff going on? I did, and was glad I did Anyway, with that said, welcome and hope you stick around...
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Welcome, liveordie. Congrats on 32 days sober! I used to get terrible anxiety, which i now realize was caused by my drinking. After a couple of months of sobriety my anxiety went away and i no longer suffer from it at all. Sleeping also improved with time. You'll find lots of support and great advice here. Glad you've joined us.
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Hi and welcome liveordie, 32 days sober is brilliant. Stick with it, it really is worth it.
There's a lot of help and encouragement here. Just reach out. It has helped me enormously over the days and weeks and months.
There's a lot of help and encouragement here. Just reach out. It has helped me enormously over the days and weeks and months.
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Hello Liveordie, welcome. I'm on day 5, just found this site a couple of days ago. Well done. You're changing your life for the better, and that's really something to be very proud of.
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Similar story to me. I'm 27 as well, had my biggest patch of sobriety about a year & a half ago. Lots of drinking alone @ the computer, mild - moderate anxiety. On my way to 30 days sober now.
FWIW I think for me anxiety comes from not feeling present and control of a situation. Whether the anxiety causes the lack of presence, or the lack of presence causes the anxiety, I'm not sure. But I do know I'm definitely more likely to feel "present" and attached to the world when I'm sober.
FWIW I think for me anxiety comes from not feeling present and control of a situation. Whether the anxiety causes the lack of presence, or the lack of presence causes the anxiety, I'm not sure. But I do know I'm definitely more likely to feel "present" and attached to the world when I'm sober.
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