SOOO Scared
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Update!
Well, I was in rehab/detox for 6 days. Official detox for three, where they gave me Librium for the withdrawal symptoms. Worked wonderful...other than my BP going all over the board, I didn't have too many symptoms. No tremors - the worst was night-sweat/chills.
Then I moved past detox and into a rehab program for a few days. It went well; I made a lot of good friends and I feel really good about the program. I will tell you that the best meeting I attended was an NA meeting; for some reason, all of the AA meetings made me just want to drink more! I'm sure it's just the group, though.
I feel mentally and physically better and made some great friends there. Group therapy is great; I cried more than I thought was possible, but it all felt good. They kept me for a few additional days just to make sure I had the foundation for recovery. I am now in an intensive outpatient program where I go to 3-hour meetings three times a week. I'm looking forward to it, actually.
I will admit that I am having all of these weird symptoms of withdrawal; short term memory loss, weight gained, etc., but it beats being drunk at 1pm watching crappy TV! On Monday, it will be two weeks sober, and that is a damned good thing, if I do say so myself.
So, I lived, detox wasn't bad, and I'm SOBER. Yay! They took away my Ambien meds, so I'm stuck waiting for my body to want sleep, hence the 4am post. In the past, I would be searching my medicine cabinet to find ANYTHING to make me sleep...now, I'm patient and waiting for my BODY to want to sleep, not ME wanting to sleep. It'll happen. Hopefully, that is!
Thanks again for everyone's support!
Well, I was in rehab/detox for 6 days. Official detox for three, where they gave me Librium for the withdrawal symptoms. Worked wonderful...other than my BP going all over the board, I didn't have too many symptoms. No tremors - the worst was night-sweat/chills.
Then I moved past detox and into a rehab program for a few days. It went well; I made a lot of good friends and I feel really good about the program. I will tell you that the best meeting I attended was an NA meeting; for some reason, all of the AA meetings made me just want to drink more! I'm sure it's just the group, though.
I feel mentally and physically better and made some great friends there. Group therapy is great; I cried more than I thought was possible, but it all felt good. They kept me for a few additional days just to make sure I had the foundation for recovery. I am now in an intensive outpatient program where I go to 3-hour meetings three times a week. I'm looking forward to it, actually.
I will admit that I am having all of these weird symptoms of withdrawal; short term memory loss, weight gained, etc., but it beats being drunk at 1pm watching crappy TV! On Monday, it will be two weeks sober, and that is a damned good thing, if I do say so myself.
So, I lived, detox wasn't bad, and I'm SOBER. Yay! They took away my Ambien meds, so I'm stuck waiting for my body to want sleep, hence the 4am post. In the past, I would be searching my medicine cabinet to find ANYTHING to make me sleep...now, I'm patient and waiting for my BODY to want to sleep, not ME wanting to sleep. It'll happen. Hopefully, that is!
Thanks again for everyone's support!
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kermit, so happy for you...
a nice positive attitude you have... see rehab wasnt so bad... what we have to fear...?
theres nothing to fear in the dark... thats not there when the lights come on... your lights are on now kermit...
root'n for ya...
good wishes kerm...
xxoo, zip
a nice positive attitude you have... see rehab wasnt so bad... what we have to fear...?
theres nothing to fear in the dark... thats not there when the lights come on... your lights are on now kermit...
root'n for ya...
good wishes kerm...
xxoo, zip
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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I am so proud of you Kermit. I was looking forward to hearing from you when you got back. It sounds like you have a good support system set up. I really have found a lot of help with this web site. I wish the very best for you.
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