Coming up on 8 months
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Coming up on 8 months
To be honest I am starting to get really discouraged around 8 months sober because I am still experiencing full on PAWS.
I am in no way looking for medical advice at all, I have been to doctors and gotten and MRI etc.
The constant brain fog and not fully feeling there on top of the muscle spasms are really starting to hurt my high hopes these days.
They never tell you how much worse you feel in recovery than you do before. Wouldn't change my sobriety for the world, and sure as hell would never pick up the bottle again. Just having a rough time seeing the end game because "THEY" say you're supposed to start to improve after 6 months.
I am in no way looking for medical advice at all, I have been to doctors and gotten and MRI etc.
The constant brain fog and not fully feeling there on top of the muscle spasms are really starting to hurt my high hopes these days.
They never tell you how much worse you feel in recovery than you do before. Wouldn't change my sobriety for the world, and sure as hell would never pick up the bottle again. Just having a rough time seeing the end game because "THEY" say you're supposed to start to improve after 6 months.
Congratulations on eight months of sobriety, Frana.
Please try not to be too discouraged; everyone recovers at a different rate. My brain-fog and lethargy only began to gradually lift at the six month mark; it was almost another six months before it was totally gone.
Hang in; it's going to get better, much better.
Please try not to be too discouraged; everyone recovers at a different rate. My brain-fog and lethargy only began to gradually lift at the six month mark; it was almost another six months before it was totally gone.
Hang in; it's going to get better, much better.
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It took me a year to finally see the "magic" everyone kept referring to by saying "wait for the magic to happen." Little did I know, the magic was actually that I have contented sobriety. I thought I had would have to live the rest of my life white knuckling it and feeling left out that I could no longer drink. At that year mark, any desire to ever drink again just disappeared. Poof. Gone. I have no desire to ever drink again. That is what the magic is to me.
Hi Frana
If you read right through this link you'll find some common sense suggestions on how to deal with the effects of ongoing PAWs _
PAWS | Digital Dharma
Hope things take an upward swing soon
D
If you read right through this link you'll find some common sense suggestions on how to deal with the effects of ongoing PAWs _
PAWS | Digital Dharma
Hope things take an upward swing soon
D
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