3 days....hummm
trying to get it..
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3 days....hummm
Well day 3....the shakes and sweats have stopped, I slept approx. 3 hours last night...first sleep since I passed out Tuesday night....but the beast is beggining to howl...I feel it.....this is soooo, what? Weird...invidious...whatever...its like one part of my mind is telling me, “hey, you’re through the usual symptoms...a little pick me up can help you feel better”....my stomach does ache though...I think its nerves....
I am not drinking today....I cannot seem to get the smilies to work...but imagine me punching that yellow blob in the face...
I am not drinking today....I cannot seem to get the smilies to work...but imagine me punching that yellow blob in the face...
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The clickable smilies don't work at the moment.
But, you can use this link. Just copy and paste:
http://soberrecovery.com/forums/misc.php?do=showsmilies
It sounds like the addict voice is giving you trouble, but you recognize it. That's a bit step forward.
But, you can use this link. Just copy and paste:
http://soberrecovery.com/forums/misc.php?do=showsmilies
It sounds like the addict voice is giving you trouble, but you recognize it. That's a bit step forward.
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Never ending cycle.
Originally Posted by carl11 
Well day 3....the shakes and sweats have stopped, I slept approx. 3 hours last night...first sleep since I passed out Tuesday night....but the beast is beggining to howl...I feel it.....this is soooo, what? Weird...invidious...whatever...its like one part of my mind is telling me, “hey, you’re through the usual symptoms...a little pick me up can help you feel better”....my stomach does ache though...I think its nerves....
I am not drinking today....I cannot seem to get the smilies to work...but imagine me punching that yellow blob in the face...
I am not drinking today....I cannot seem to get the smilies to work...but imagine me punching that yellow blob in the face...
This is my first time posting to anyone. I hope I am using this correctly. I am on day 1 of being sober. I had some time under my belt, until yesterday. Today, I am not feeling so well. Mentally nor physically. I remember when I used to drink every day and I found that I was drinking to feel better from the night before. Then it became a vicious cycle. You wrote "hey, you're through the usual symptoms...a little pick me up can help you feel bette"....well, I used to say that all the time, but then once I had my first drink...I ended the night with twenty more. That's what kind of drinker I am. I can't just have one. I guess I'm posting to encourage you "not" to go down that road to "hangoverville" again. It so isn't worth it. We are not only alcoholics (or we wouldn't be here), but we all have another force I believe that is pushing us to drink. What's yours? Hope you feel better.......SLF35
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Welcome to anyone trying not to drink...be it day 1, day 3, or so many days you've lost count! It is, after all, One Day At A Time...the way each and every one of us is able to stay away from that "first drink". By the grace of my HP and AA, I have 27+ years of sobriety, but I'm still just one arm's length away from a drink and one drink away from my next drunk!
BTW...when I complained to my first sponsor about not being able to sleep, she said, "Nobody ever died from lack of sleep." At least now you are waking up instead of coming to.
Hang in there!
BTW...when I complained to my first sponsor about not being able to sleep, she said, "Nobody ever died from lack of sleep." At least now you are waking up instead of coming to.
Hang in there!
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