3rd day anxiety!
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3rd day anxiety!
Hi all I'm new to Sr I'm currently on my 3rd day sober.
I've been drinking heavily for about 3 years due to falling into a depression and eventually leaving my job being unable to balance my drinking with work and getting nasty bouts of anxiety. I have been doing escorting to support myself and also my habit. I just need to break free from this!
I would consume 2 bottles of wine a day or roughly 8 beers....
Also throughout a week I may of had a day off from drinking with nasty sweats etc but would just sleep it off so I can get back to drinking feeling more refreshed and getting a better sense of drunk.:. This has been a cycle for too long and I've hidden it from everybody I haven't been able to leave the house without it..
Im sure these are all typical sings of a problem drinker and I've never spoken to family or friends about this I've just hidden this as though it's a secret life of mine
I'm experiencing some nasty anxiety and a sense of doom at the moment and I feel I'm half way past the worst symptoms but I can't shake this panic feeling and the thought of having to go outside and do things sober I've kind of locked myself away for so long!
How do you manage? Do things get better?
I've been drinking heavily for about 3 years due to falling into a depression and eventually leaving my job being unable to balance my drinking with work and getting nasty bouts of anxiety. I have been doing escorting to support myself and also my habit. I just need to break free from this!
I would consume 2 bottles of wine a day or roughly 8 beers....
Also throughout a week I may of had a day off from drinking with nasty sweats etc but would just sleep it off so I can get back to drinking feeling more refreshed and getting a better sense of drunk.:. This has been a cycle for too long and I've hidden it from everybody I haven't been able to leave the house without it..
Im sure these are all typical sings of a problem drinker and I've never spoken to family or friends about this I've just hidden this as though it's a secret life of mine
I'm experiencing some nasty anxiety and a sense of doom at the moment and I feel I'm half way past the worst symptoms but I can't shake this panic feeling and the thought of having to go outside and do things sober I've kind of locked myself away for so long!
How do you manage? Do things get better?
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Hi and welcome, Victoria.
I think some anxiety is normal for people at this point in the game, and I think that can be compounded by trying to think ahead. For today and for each day following, try to stay in the day. By which I mean, take it easy on yourself. Take a bath, climb into bed and watch some movies or read a book or read around here! You've got some healing to do and you don't have to figure out the rest just this minute.
I'd recommend that you go see a physician just so that they can check you out and prescribe any medication that might help to make you more comfortable.
Three days is awesome and really difficult! It gets better, I promise. Stick with it and the physical stuff will be behind you soon.
I think some anxiety is normal for people at this point in the game, and I think that can be compounded by trying to think ahead. For today and for each day following, try to stay in the day. By which I mean, take it easy on yourself. Take a bath, climb into bed and watch some movies or read a book or read around here! You've got some healing to do and you don't have to figure out the rest just this minute.
I'd recommend that you go see a physician just so that they can check you out and prescribe any medication that might help to make you more comfortable.
Three days is awesome and really difficult! It gets better, I promise. Stick with it and the physical stuff will be behind you soon.
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Welcome Victoria! It's good to meet you - we all understand how you're feeling right now.
I was so afraid to let go, too. I'd been numbing myself for so long - facing reality without my buffer seemed terrifying. I was miserable, though - nothing was fun or enjoyable any more. There was no feeling of hope or enthusiasm. The thing I was using to cope with problems was stealing my soul. It's no way to live. We promise it does get better as you heal. Stay with us - we want to help.
Congratulations on your 3 days.
I was so afraid to let go, too. I'd been numbing myself for so long - facing reality without my buffer seemed terrifying. I was miserable, though - nothing was fun or enjoyable any more. There was no feeling of hope or enthusiasm. The thing I was using to cope with problems was stealing my soul. It's no way to live. We promise it does get better as you heal. Stay with us - we want to help.
Congratulations on your 3 days.
Anxiety is common in alcohol withdrawal. It does get better, the longer you stay sober.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Tuxedo Park, NY
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Things get better for sure, as long as you don't drink that is. Not even a little bit ever again.
Your anxiety and drinking sounds like the hell I had been stuck in for years before I quit. The cycle we get into almost identical. You will feel better in time but not instantly or even in a week or two.
Each month I made it past completely sober the better I felt in general. The anxiety will fade. You can beat this before the alcohol consumes you, I am rooting for you.
Your anxiety and drinking sounds like the hell I had been stuck in for years before I quit. The cycle we get into almost identical. You will feel better in time but not instantly or even in a week or two.
Each month I made it past completely sober the better I felt in general. The anxiety will fade. You can beat this before the alcohol consumes you, I am rooting for you.
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