Day 7..Good Morning
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Day 7..Good Morning
I am struggling today. I don't really want to drink, I am just having a hard morning. I am in a fog, can't focus, and I feel like crap. I don't get it...cravings are nil, and I am celebrating day 7. Then why do I feel like this? Is this normal, per say? Every other day, I would be well on my morning walk with my pup, but not this morning. Poor guy is sitting there looking at me like I've failed him. Which isn't helping. I think the biggest thing is that I miss my old days...would of been 3 or 4 beers in by now. I miss drinking. How pathetic. I'm conflicted. I don't WANT to drink, so how can you miss something you don't want?I am sleeping SO much better and my appetite is back. Don't worry, I WILL NOT DRINK, but just having the blah's today. Any tips anyone?
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If you're like me you drank for years braebear - a week is great but you're probably going to feel foggy headed and not terribly great from time to time as your mind and body heals.
Its not forever and it will get better - you're on the right road
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Its not forever and it will get better - you're on the right road
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A week is awesome! And like Dee said, sounds like you are going thru what most of us do....we would all love to be.better.now but as the saying goes in AA (which annoyed me terribly at first) "time takes time."
Being easy on myself on tough days was and IS important. Breathing is also something I often "forget" when stressed- literally, I don't realize I am holding my breath. Consciously working on catching that
Like we've talked about on your other up and down days and moments- take this day in as small of an increment as you need.
You can do this. Things DO even out and we also learn how to deal with the up and down so much better. It took a good while for that to happen for me consistently- I often say that it was around 100 days that everything took a big step forward...."it" gets better before that for sure- but we have a lot of healing to do in every way.
Being easy on myself on tough days was and IS important. Breathing is also something I often "forget" when stressed- literally, I don't realize I am holding my breath. Consciously working on catching that
Like we've talked about on your other up and down days and moments- take this day in as small of an increment as you need.
You can do this. Things DO even out and we also learn how to deal with the up and down so much better. It took a good while for that to happen for me consistently- I often say that it was around 100 days that everything took a big step forward...."it" gets better before that for sure- but we have a lot of healing to do in every way.
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Sounds par for the course. I would say you need to stay sober for at least 30 days before you really start feeling “normal” again. Ups and downs are natural. Emotions are all over the place when you quit because there’s no depressant in your system.
Acknowledge the feelings and and move forward and do something else. Doesn’t have to be a lot, but don’t dwell on drinking and romanticize it. It’s just your AV talking.
Congrats on a week! You’re doing great. Keep posting.
Acknowledge the feelings and and move forward and do something else. Doesn’t have to be a lot, but don’t dwell on drinking and romanticize it. It’s just your AV talking.
Congrats on a week! You’re doing great. Keep posting.
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Thanks y'all! The weird thing is, I'm not THINKING of drinking in a real time manner, if that makes sense. It actually repulses me. It's just I'm dwelling on the drinking days and how much I miss "that normal". Normal for 14 years. Guess sobriety and all that comes with it is like learning to ride a bike again....
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