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Well folks, it's now 4 am in the morning and we're all coffeed up and about to head over to my brother's to watch the World Cup final. If we lose, I'll come back here and you guys can talk me down from the ledge. Please God, may we not lose to Australia. Amen.
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Oh my God, yes....(you mean 21-17). The room was suddenly deathly quiet. We really deserved to come out with a score like that. You should have seen us when they scored that last try.....there was a dog in the room that went completely crazy too, although I suspect he didn't know why :-)
On the way home driving up Ponsonby Road cars were tooting out of pure excitement. Great game. The Ozzie skipper was gracious in defeat, I thought.
On the way home driving up Ponsonby Road cars were tooting out of pure excitement. Great game. The Ozzie skipper was gracious in defeat, I thought.
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If you feel they did, then I bet you will be fine :-)
I'm okay. I have to be honest with you guys though, I had one month sober but I blew it one night a few days ago. I was so annoyed with myself afterwards because I had been feeling so good emotionally and physically, and then I went and spoiled it all. What a douchebag. It's really hard to give up the idea of occasional drinking, but I nearly always go too far with it so I can't trust myself. It takes me a good 3 or 4 days to recover. How are you going with it?
I'm okay. I have to be honest with you guys though, I had one month sober but I blew it one night a few days ago. I was so annoyed with myself afterwards because I had been feeling so good emotionally and physically, and then I went and spoiled it all. What a douchebag. It's really hard to give up the idea of occasional drinking, but I nearly always go too far with it so I can't trust myself. It takes me a good 3 or 4 days to recover. How are you going with it?
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Originally Posted by Tooshabby 
If you feel they did, then I bet you will be fine :-)
I'm okay. I have to be honest with you guys though, I had one month sober but I blew it one night a few days ago. I was so annoyed with myself afterwards because I had been feeling so good emotionally and physically, and then I went and spoiled it all. What a douchebag. It's really hard to give up the idea of occasional drinking, but I nearly always go too far with it so I can't trust myself. It takes me a good 3 or 4 days to recover. How are you going with it?
I'm okay. I have to be honest with you guys though, I had one month sober but I blew it one night a few days ago. I was so annoyed with myself afterwards because I had been feeling so good emotionally and physically, and then I went and spoiled it all. What a douchebag. It's really hard to give up the idea of occasional drinking, but I nearly always go too far with it so I can't trust myself. It takes me a good 3 or 4 days to recover. How are you going with it?
Blew it a few nights ago and it takes 3-4 days just to get back on track.
Lets just keep going.
I struggle with the occasional drinking idea too, it never turns out well yet I continue to do it :/
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How's everyone doing?
Hey shabby: what do you mean it takes 3-4 days to get back to normal?
I'm going to copy and paste a post I just made to give you an idea what it's like for me.
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Originally Posted by jimmyhow
"Yeah, that is the same as me. I'm ill the day after, feel hung over on day two and then groggy after that for a day or two. Then it all starts again and I never feel right. I'm absolutely sick to death of it."
This is me:
Me too, can't function on day 1- dark circles under eyes, skin looks red and kinda splotchy, intense anxiety and depression, shaky, heart beats fast, eyes don't focus well, they feel really dry.
Insomnia
Day 2- can get up, go to work etc, really bad anxiety, depression, kinda nervous in general ( I'm not prone to nervousness or anxiety without alcohol)
Insomnia
Day 3, feel better, anxiety going away, skin looks normal, thinking about going to yoga and doing other hobbies, like a walk by the river or reading etc
Insomnia gets better
Day 4- I feel happy, normal, skin and eyes clear again, no anxiety, doing my hobbies being productive. Drink wine
Day 1....
So sick of it too
Hey shabby: what do you mean it takes 3-4 days to get back to normal?
I'm going to copy and paste a post I just made to give you an idea what it's like for me.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmyhow
"Yeah, that is the same as me. I'm ill the day after, feel hung over on day two and then groggy after that for a day or two. Then it all starts again and I never feel right. I'm absolutely sick to death of it."
This is me:
Me too, can't function on day 1- dark circles under eyes, skin looks red and kinda splotchy, intense anxiety and depression, shaky, heart beats fast, eyes don't focus well, they feel really dry.
Insomnia
Day 2- can get up, go to work etc, really bad anxiety, depression, kinda nervous in general ( I'm not prone to nervousness or anxiety without alcohol)
Insomnia
Day 3, feel better, anxiety going away, skin looks normal, thinking about going to yoga and doing other hobbies, like a walk by the river or reading etc
Insomnia gets better
Day 4- I feel happy, normal, skin and eyes clear again, no anxiety, doing my hobbies being productive. Drink wine
Day 1....
So sick of it too
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Yes, that's pretty much how it pans out for me. I don't tend to get nauseous because my body is so used to alcohol. I just get really achy and fatigued - can't do anything but lie on the couch or in bed. I get down on myself for drinking, and get a kind of physical anxiety/tension for a couple of days.
Despite the recent fall I do feel positive that I'm making a huge amount of progress psychologically. I think it's the tail end of the addiction lashing. It really feels like this crazy pattern is spluttering and dying a natural death. It's made a huge difference having SR keeping the issue at the forefront of my mind. That and the support and camaraderie :-)
Despite the recent fall I do feel positive that I'm making a huge amount of progress psychologically. I think it's the tail end of the addiction lashing. It really feels like this crazy pattern is spluttering and dying a natural death. It's made a huge difference having SR keeping the issue at the forefront of my mind. That and the support and camaraderie :-)
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Originally Posted by Tooshabby
Yes, that's pretty much how it pans out for me. I don't tend to get nauseous because my body is so used to alcohol. I just get really achy and fatigued - can't do anything but lie on the couch or in bed. I get down on myself for drinking, and get a kind of physical anxiety/tension for a couple of days.
Despite the recent fall I do feel positive that I'm making a huge amount of progress psychologically. I think it's the tail end of the addiction lashing. It really feels like this crazy pattern is spluttering and dying a natural death. It's made a huge difference having SR keeping the issue at the forefront of my mind. That and the support and camaraderie :-)
Despite the recent fall I do feel positive that I'm making a huge amount of progress psychologically. I think it's the tail end of the addiction lashing. It really feels like this crazy pattern is spluttering and dying a natural death. It's made a huge difference having SR keeping the issue at the forefront of my mind. That and the support and camaraderie :-)
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Maybe I should drink haha, dulls me a bit.
This is what happens when I'm sober all weekend........
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ot-normal.html
What do you think team?
I'm linking this here, because I know many of you don't hit the main board.
I was hoping to start a conversation
Just trying to keep our thread alive with something to talk about xoxoxo
This is what happens when I'm sober all weekend........
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ot-normal.html
What do you think team?
I'm linking this here, because I know many of you don't hit the main board.
I was hoping to start a conversation
Just trying to keep our thread alive with something to talk about xoxoxo
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