Checking in to keep myself accountable
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Checking in to keep myself accountable
Hi all!
I love sharing and hearing about all of your stories. I like to post my victories (big or small) as well as my struggles to remind myself how far I’ve come and to hold myself accountable for my actions. You all keep me going and keep me honest.
Idk how many of you have followed any of my posts on here but I have posted a few times complaining about severe abdomen pain and swelling. The stomach was SO distended I felt like I looked 5 months pregnant. I had lost weight and muscle literally EVERYWHERE in my body except my stomach was getting larger by the day. I was very scared. A lot of you have said give it a month of sobriety and I should start seeing some changes. I was beginning to lose hope. 1 month in that much pain was the longest month of my life. I wanted to give up but I didn’t...
Today, I am 36 days sober and I swear it was like all of you said... 1 month to the day, my pain started significantly getting better... I am now in very minimal pain and I have lost 12 lbs of bloat! I am eating well, taking my vitamins, drinking tons of water and the bloat is melting away. I felt as if I was living in someone else’s body before and now I’m finally feeling like myself again. I have always had a slender body type and I suffer from body dysmorphic disorder so carrying around that extra weight was extremely hard on me mentally and physically. I feel encouraged and empowered. I never want to pick up that bottle again. Coming from someone who was consistently drinking 2-2.5 handles of vodka a week to completely abstaining from alcohol, I can tell you it’s so worth it to quit. If I can do it, you can do it! Just keep fighting everyone! We got this!
Love to you all! Have a great day! ❤️
I love sharing and hearing about all of your stories. I like to post my victories (big or small) as well as my struggles to remind myself how far I’ve come and to hold myself accountable for my actions. You all keep me going and keep me honest.
Idk how many of you have followed any of my posts on here but I have posted a few times complaining about severe abdomen pain and swelling. The stomach was SO distended I felt like I looked 5 months pregnant. I had lost weight and muscle literally EVERYWHERE in my body except my stomach was getting larger by the day. I was very scared. A lot of you have said give it a month of sobriety and I should start seeing some changes. I was beginning to lose hope. 1 month in that much pain was the longest month of my life. I wanted to give up but I didn’t...
Today, I am 36 days sober and I swear it was like all of you said... 1 month to the day, my pain started significantly getting better... I am now in very minimal pain and I have lost 12 lbs of bloat! I am eating well, taking my vitamins, drinking tons of water and the bloat is melting away. I felt as if I was living in someone else’s body before and now I’m finally feeling like myself again. I have always had a slender body type and I suffer from body dysmorphic disorder so carrying around that extra weight was extremely hard on me mentally and physically. I feel encouraged and empowered. I never want to pick up that bottle again. Coming from someone who was consistently drinking 2-2.5 handles of vodka a week to completely abstaining from alcohol, I can tell you it’s so worth it to quit. If I can do it, you can do it! Just keep fighting everyone! We got this!
Love to you all! Have a great day! ❤️
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Originally Posted by AmbyMarie 
Well done you!! Bet you look and feel fantastic!!! I’m only on day 8, looking forward to the bloat subsiding!! Be proud of yourself, you deserve this!!💕
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So happy for you!!! I'm new here and am only on Day 5 so things are still a bit rough for me but thank you for sharing! It helps me! Congrats on 36 days! Right now...to me...thats a very long time! Praying I can do it too!
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Originally Posted by Katlyne
So happy for you!!! I'm new here and am only on Day 5 so things are still a bit rough for me but thank you for sharing! It helps me! Congrats on 36 days! Right now...to me...thats a very long time! Praying I can do it too!
You got this!
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What a great post! You sound fantastic! I also have bloat on a slender frame. I initially thought mine was due to alcohol, and a large portion probably was. However, I was inactive due to shoulder surgery and now foot surgery. I still have bloat and my doctor said it was chub! I can't wait until I can exercise. Your post inspired me! 
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Dear,
Congratulations on getting physically clean.
Ime...the healing continues to this day.
As all of my ailments dissappear, the crave remains.
Waking up to go to work at 1 am is so much easier when I am not hungover.
I give off a new vibe these days. I am a winner.
Never drinking again.
Thanks.
Congratulations on getting physically clean.
Ime...the healing continues to this day.
As all of my ailments dissappear, the crave remains.
Waking up to go to work at 1 am is so much easier when I am not hungover.
I give off a new vibe these days. I am a winner.
Never drinking again.
Thanks.
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That's great! Keep at it.
Dive into sobriety fully, and you'll find that you will also lose your "emotional bloat", your "ego bloat", the "Bloated troubles" that tend to plague one's life of active drinking and the "bloated perceptual filter" that can cause us to see the world and ourselves in all kinds of twisted ways.
Getting physically well is just one of many, many enduring and beautiful benefits of sobriety.... may you discover them all!
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