Toomutch

Day 7 and not getting much easier. Typically at work I move quickly and get things accomplished, even hungover I still complete my work quickly and without taking a break. I work in a busy high school office for at risk teens, as well as in the clinic (which often times leaves me feeling like a hypocrit telling the teens how harmful the things they're doing are to their health), if they only knew that the advise is coming from someone with a hangover. Anyway the problem is I have zero consentration right now and cant seem to get anything done at work. Where as before I was accomplishing so much and knew I was valued, I am afraid that someone is going to notice how I am feeling. I am up and down, and cannot concentrate. Can anyone tell me how long this stage will last? Also have any of you experienced chills to sweats during recovery?

All feedback is appreciated

Toomutch

Anna

Hi,

I don't know how long it will last for you, but it will get better. I actually was the opposite. I couldn't concentrate at all when I had a hangover and when I stopped drinking, things were so much better right from the start. And, yes, I experienced chills/sweats in early recovery.

Have you talked to your dr?

nogard

Toomuch,

Congrats on your 7 days and yep Anna is right it passes, have you seen a Doc? probably a good idea.

I remember the worts of the withdrawals obeing really awful but done within two weeks but that was just me.

Kevin

CarolD

There is no cut and dried time line for withdrawal.

Please check out PAWs...

Post Acute Withdrawl - Relapse Prevention Specialists - TLC The Living Center

I can tell you that by 3 months of AA recovery
I was back in balance ...mentally ...physically...spiritually.

Of course...seeing your doctor is always wise.

Blessings

Mattcake

Toomutch, try not to feel like a hypocrite. The fact that you are or were going through a rough patch doesn't mean your advice and encouragement isn't valuable. On the contrary, maybe you could consider the lives you've touched, the teenagers you've helped; maybe doing so could give you even more courage to change.

I know that "practice what you preach" is a commendable saying, but we're human beings who make mistakes, and what matters is that you are at least *trying* to practice what you preach. Sometimes the advice you give others comes from your own need, your own ability to relate to another person's suffering (that's what's happening to me right now). I'm on my way to becoming a therapist myself, and have had a couple of patients. I went through these feelings of insincerity as well, and discussed them at length with my own counsellor. Have you heard of the wounded healer? Maybe that's you. Maybe that's the rest of the people on this board, in one way or another, whether they know it or not.

Take care

Matt

resistra

Ummm... what he said.

mikel60

Hi toomutch,
One of the things that motivated me to get sober was my work with at-risk inner city kids. Here I was, Mr. Model Citizen, telling them no drinking and no drugging and out partying harder every night than I hope any of them ever will. I, like you., recognized the hypocrisy of it all. I wanted to be an example, not just talk about it. It helped me focus on how important sobriety is.
The sweats, the chills, the inability to focus all went away early. What didn't go away was the newfound confidence and satisfaction that went along with my walking away from the "party" life. I still work with at risk kids, although I'm not an aide that drives the school van anymore. I teach, serve on the school's board of directors, and am in the process of being certified to run the school if I so desire in the future. This isn't to say how wonderful I am, it is to tell you that all this is out there for you, too. Go for it!
Mike