trying to stop
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trying to stop
Hello all,
I've stopped drinking for two days. Feel like hell, shaking, sweating, heart palpitations, cravings, headache. Have been a heavy drinker for about 16 years, I'm now 40 and it has escalated beyond control. Had to stop because I was waking at night with bad heart palpitations. These are getting better now after a couple of days.
All the stupid things I've done in my life are due to alcohol. Some really stupid things like losing my licence 14 years ago and other things too numerous to list. Drinking has got so bad that I needed a drink first thing in the morning to take the edge off the hangover. Then drink secretly during the day. No one would know I had had a drink.
Really want to stop now and found this site which reading through the posts looks like it'll be helpful.
I've stopped drinking for two days. Feel like hell, shaking, sweating, heart palpitations, cravings, headache. Have been a heavy drinker for about 16 years, I'm now 40 and it has escalated beyond control. Had to stop because I was waking at night with bad heart palpitations. These are getting better now after a couple of days.
All the stupid things I've done in my life are due to alcohol. Some really stupid things like losing my licence 14 years ago and other things too numerous to list. Drinking has got so bad that I needed a drink first thing in the morning to take the edge off the hangover. Then drink secretly during the day. No one would know I had had a drink.
Really want to stop now and found this site which reading through the posts looks like it'll be helpful.
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Originally Posted by stopping 
Hello all,
I've stopped drinking for two days. Feel like hell, shaking, sweating, heart palpitations, cravings, headache. Have been a heavy drinker for about 16 years, I'm now 40 and it has escalated beyond control. Had to stop because I was waking at night with bad heart palpitations. These are getting better now after a couple of days.
All the stupid things I've done in my life are due to alcohol. Some really stupid things like losing my licence 14 years ago and other things too numerous to list. Drinking has got so bad that I needed a drink first thing in the morning to take the edge off the hangover. Then drink secretly during the day. No one would know I had had a drink.
Really want to stop now and found this site which reading through the posts looks like it'll be helpful.
I've stopped drinking for two days. Feel like hell, shaking, sweating, heart palpitations, cravings, headache. Have been a heavy drinker for about 16 years, I'm now 40 and it has escalated beyond control. Had to stop because I was waking at night with bad heart palpitations. These are getting better now after a couple of days.
All the stupid things I've done in my life are due to alcohol. Some really stupid things like losing my licence 14 years ago and other things too numerous to list. Drinking has got so bad that I needed a drink first thing in the morning to take the edge off the hangover. Then drink secretly during the day. No one would know I had had a drink.
Really want to stop now and found this site which reading through the posts looks like it'll be helpful.
Your gonna get alot of help here and support, first though you should consult a doctor, sounds like withdrawl which can be very dangerous even fatal, only a medical professional can know for sure and treat it properly.
Congrats on your choice to quit, look forward to more of your posts. You have already helped me!
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Welcome to SR, yo are making a good descision, you sound just like my AH, drinking in the am and secretly throughout the day, unfortunately he is still in denial. Good luck and keep posting.
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Hi stopping - Glad you found us and I'm so happy for you that you want to get out of the vicious cycle of drinking. I knew my health was going downhill, too, and would only get worse.
Take it a day at a time, or a minute at a time if you have to. Keep posting and reading - it helps! And check out AA. Just get all the support you can. Hang in there - it keeps getting better.
Take it a day at a time, or a minute at a time if you have to. Keep posting and reading - it helps! And check out AA. Just get all the support you can. Hang in there - it keeps getting better.
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thanks everyone - great to have the support. Feeling a good bit better but lots of craving and incredibly thirsty, palpitations have just about stopped. Tomorrow is going to be tough because I am on a business trip and i have to catch a plane tomorrow. I hate flying and I would usually top myself up before getting on the plane but I'm determined to face it.
It's great waking up hangover free and not resorting to a couple of beers or a half bottle of wine to get me back to "normal". Real test will be back at work next week. I work in a culture of heavy drinking as the norm so I'm going to have to deal with it.
Thanks again everyone.
It's great waking up hangover free and not resorting to a couple of beers or a half bottle of wine to get me back to "normal". Real test will be back at work next week. I work in a culture of heavy drinking as the norm so I'm going to have to deal with it.
Thanks again everyone.
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Glad you found us. Having a drink first thing in the morning to take the edge off of a hangover is a terrible place to be. And it doesn't get better, it only get's progressively worse. As other's have said, get some medical assistance, not only can it save your life but it can also help make withdrawal a bit easier.
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