May 1st official day one
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May 1st official day one
I had planned to make May 1 my official first full day of sobriety, but I overestimated the amount of wine I had left for my tapering down so I had to stop a couple of days earlier than planned. At first I had a strong temptation to go out and get more wine to finish the last couple of days, but I'm happy to say I didn't do it. It would have left me with a surplus and I could have dragged it out forever. The taper worked pretty well except for the anxiety issues. When I started I was used to a pretty high volume of alcohol per day. The physical withdrawal symptoms I was worried about, because of my age and health, haven't been too bad other than some indigestion and foggy brain. The anxiety however is the worst part. I'm still going to call May 1 my official day, because it is easy to remember and May is my favorite month. Also I'm glad I won't be heading into it feeling as awful as I might have done. Well I suppose I should knock wood on that one. *thunks head*
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I don't know if you read the entirety of the first post. My plan has been in the process of being implemented since I signed on to Sober Recovery and I shared it then. I've got 48 plus hours sober as i tapered down until I stopped. I found a meeting location for and made inquiry about Smart Recovery. I got rid of my doctor and interviewed people in the know until I found a new one and made an appointment I shared with people closest to me. I bought healthy food. I started supplements like thiamin and milk thistle. I made an RSVP to a meet up group. I think I'm doing pretty well considering how horrible I felt when I hatched this plan.
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Great job taking the leap and getting to 48 hours. Good decision not to get more wine, it is so hard to not go "just one more day" and you took action and said nope guess I'll start earlier then expected. That was HUGE, give yourself credit for that one 
As said above, you never have to start over ever again. Smart decision to find a doctor that is in the know about alcoholism. I have found the smartest thing I did for my recovery was finding a doctor that was an addiction specialist, a substance abuse counselor, and a psychiatrist that specializes in addiction. Having a doctor that knows how to handle our unique situations is a huge resource to have.
You can do this! Keep moving forward and it might help to have a couple numbers of family or friends you can call in a weak spot. One that lives close can help if you need a face to face supporter in a week moment.
Keep it up!
As said above, you never have to start over ever again. Smart decision to find a doctor that is in the know about alcoholism. I have found the smartest thing I did for my recovery was finding a doctor that was an addiction specialist, a substance abuse counselor, and a psychiatrist that specializes in addiction. Having a doctor that knows how to handle our unique situations is a huge resource to have.
You can do this! Keep moving forward and it might help to have a couple numbers of family or friends you can call in a weak spot. One that lives close can help if you need a face to face supporter in a week moment.
Keep it up!
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LW, don't feel bad if you don't get a response right away. (At least that's what I inferred from your second post.) Saturday afternoons can be quiet here on SR. There was a pretty long gap between posts today, I see from looking back.
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