hello im new to this
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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Hi and welcome tnt 
I dunno about you, but I drank for years...it's going to take a little time to get through this transition period.
A week is really great tho, and joining this community will really help
on to week two - better times are ahead
I dunno about you, but I drank for years...it's going to take a little time to get through this transition period.
A week is really great tho, and joining this community will really help
on to week two - better times are ahead
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Deep in the heart of Texas
Posts: 1,736
First of all, welcome.
Second, you're just going to have to go on blind faith for a bit. It WILL get easier with each passing day. I promise! You're doing the right thing. Trust & embrace sobriety!
Second, you're just going to have to go on blind faith for a bit. It WILL get easier with each passing day. I promise! You're doing the right thing. Trust & embrace sobriety!
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 7,909
Welcome to SR, Tnt44. What are you doing to heal yourself besides just not drinking? Are you getting any counseling or going to any kind of recovery meetings? I know my healing happened a lot faster when I got out of my own skin.
Wishing you the best and hope you'll check in often. You might want to join the Class of September 2015 thread found on this same forum. It's a great way to learn from and help others who are also early in recovery.
Wishing you the best and hope you'll check in often. You might want to join the Class of September 2015 thread found on this same forum. It's a great way to learn from and help others who are also early in recovery.
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: UK
Posts: 1,042
Welcome, I think the first week was the hardest physically, I hope that's the same for you. The next week or so should get slowly easier day by day, sleep returns that kind of thing. You might want to do other things that help though, walks, good food, motivational reading............. just suggestions, you'll find what feels nurturing for you.
Good luck
xx
Good luck
xx
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 425
Hi Tnt.... Welcome & congrats on day 7!!! First few days are normally quite hard but it will get easier... The AV will keep trying to raise it's ugly head.. Just try & keep yourself busy & that will help keep your mind occupied... Hang in there & if it does get too hard, log in here, post, read the threads.. they really are a life saver.. Wishing you well.
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 26,644
Hi tnt, welcome to SR.
Congratulations on day 7.
It isn't easy, as you're experiencing just now, hang in there it does get better. Take each day at a time, be kind to yourself.
Our bodies and brains have been so used to having alcohol poured in them it's a shock, it will object but the objections do get less and less.
It is different for everyone, depending how long, how much you drank. Try not to over think it.
I know I was really climbing the walls some days, couldn't think about anything but alcohol but then, it became easier, found there is much life after alcohol!
It's worth it, you get your life back, well, I did.
Congratulations on day 7.
It isn't easy, as you're experiencing just now, hang in there it does get better. Take each day at a time, be kind to yourself.
Our bodies and brains have been so used to having alcohol poured in them it's a shock, it will object but the objections do get less and less.
It is different for everyone, depending how long, how much you drank. Try not to over think it.
I know I was really climbing the walls some days, couldn't think about anything but alcohol but then, it became easier, found there is much life after alcohol!
It's worth it, you get your life back, well, I did.
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 4,251
Hey Tnt, welcome to the site and congratulations on 7 days. It IS really tough in the beginning but so worth it. If you are having a really hard time physically it might be a good idea to see your doctor. They can recommend various vitamins, supplements and possibly prescription drugs that can help with this initial phase. As with anything you put into your body, check with a doctor first, but a pretty common vitamin to take is vitamin B-12. Alcohol abuse depletes this.
Try to get some exercise and eat well. Drink a lot of water and rest when you need to.
For your psychological needs, how about checking out an AA meeting or searching for another type of recovery support? A lot of people have a knee-jerk reaction at the mention of AA, I have no idea why, it is not that bad. I go when I can and just being around people who share my problem is really helpful and calming.
Keep posting, there is a ton of support here.
Try to get some exercise and eat well. Drink a lot of water and rest when you need to.
For your psychological needs, how about checking out an AA meeting or searching for another type of recovery support? A lot of people have a knee-jerk reaction at the mention of AA, I have no idea why, it is not that bad. I go when I can and just being around people who share my problem is really helpful and calming.
Keep posting, there is a ton of support here.
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Florida., USA
Posts: 3,252
Welcome TNT. I know what you mean. I'm only on Day 6, but when I got up this morning, I was depressed and dreading the day without alcohol. I need to go back and read my posts of last year. I had several months of sobriety, so I believe it must get easier. However, as the others have posted in previous threads, each successive relapse gets harder and harder to recover from. It seems I'm on this forum every few minutes, but it helps to strengthen my resolve. I'm taking the advice of others by operating on blind faith that it will get better. Hang in there. I'm with you.
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 13
My God!! Im trying, but maybe Im just uncovering the person I really am..Im not liking this at all. Been hard drinking for 10 or 15 yrs. I guess my liver is okay as per blood test. Some things where a little off, but not to far off the chart. I never told the Dr. just how much I drank because of shame I guess....
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: MN
Posts: 88
Just think if you would have kept it up where your health would be. I too drank like that for that many years. Slowly I'm getting back to me, still get the crazy dreams and cravings but I just do it day by day.. Hang in there the end goal is worth it.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
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Good to have you with us, Tnt. We know what you're going through.
I drank twice as long as you. I was drinking every day in the end. I barely knew how to make a move without it. The first week I was a wreck, but the anxiety eventually eased up. I started to feel free, not resentful or angry. It is hard early on, but better days are coming.
I drank twice as long as you. I was drinking every day in the end. I barely knew how to make a move without it. The first week I was a wreck, but the anxiety eventually eased up. I started to feel free, not resentful or angry. It is hard early on, but better days are coming.
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Well, in the end I was drinking all day - so I was a wreck. I felt better physically after a few days, but it took a couple weeks to begin to rise up out of the fog. Every day got a little better than the last, though. I agree - we're lucky to be alive and able to heal.
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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16 days and it is getting easier
I just hit day 16 without drinking a drop of that poison. Starting to get out of the fog and actually feeling better. Im starting to understand what ive been like to live with. My poor family. I just wish my Dad was still alive to see me and talk to me. He asked me to quit for years. Maybe hes looking down at me and smiling. I think its just a mental thing now. I can do this. If I can anyone can ! Im a blockhead for even thinking that I was okay when I was drinking. Now all my real friends have a dd on the weekends, and I am fine with that. Find myself wanting to eat less junk food and more healthy stuff and that is making me feel even better.
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