Happycamper1979

I was doing so great! I spent 3 days in detox Worst nightmare EVER. I was getting my strength back and appetite and attending AA meetings. I was sober for 16 days. THEN on Friday I decided to go buy a bottle of Vodka (thought I could handle it...that was dumb) I drank all night Friday, all day Sat and most of the day Sun. Straight Vodka. Now I am back where I started. I feel like total hell right now. I am nauseus, shaky and can't keep any food down. What was I thinking!!!! Guess it is time to call my sponser and fess up. UGGGG....worst feeling ever!!
Anyone have any tips for nauseus?

Taking5

Don't drink. The nausea will go away.

Then by all means call that sponsor and take the first 3 steps ASAP. Get to a meeting. There is a miracle awaiting you if you'll have it.

Happycamper1979

Gonna try some saltines in a bit. Wish me luck!

suki44883

If you can't keep anything down, chances are there's not much you can do for the nausea. You're just going to have to suffer through it. Hopefully you learned something from this experience. Hang in there and get back to your meetings and work those steps.

Anna

Just know that you never have to go through this again. Make this the last time.

Learn from what happened on Friday. Be prepared for those thoughts, 'I think I can handle it' to strike again, and know what you will do to deal with them.

I'm glad you're back.

Happycamper1979

Thanks! I'm glad to be back too! I never want to feel like this again.

WhiteWave

Anna is right on target with this one.

Also, I've recommended this before for the no-appetite/nauseous stage:
RAMEN! I made a packet of it, and took about 2-3 hours slowly eating what ended up being only half of it. They cram a lot of protein into those little packets, which is HUGE for the first couple days of trying to get more than water down.

Believe me, it's a lot easier to champion that little bowl of soup than anything you really have to chew. Wait about another 6-10 hours, and then try a couple of bites of ice-cream or frozen yogurt. Only a couple of bites! Not a whole bowl!

Grapes are good too. Tomorrow, try part of a banana - you need the potassium right now.

Take care of yourself, and all the best!

WW

Dee74

I hope you call your sponsor too - no time like now to get back into it, HC
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CarolD

Welcome back.....

No tips from me....I threw up for 2 days
before water would stay down.

Day 3 I managed to keep down jello and dry toast
along with tepid tap water.

You never have to go thru this again

Lenina

The best tip I can give you is don't pick up the first drink. I can tell you from vast personal experience it's the first one that takes you down.

Find a program and work it. We don't have to die from this disease. We can be happy and peaceful.

Love,

Lenina

Happycamper1979

Well, I managed to keep down a small glass of flat warm coke and a few saltines. Feeling a little less queasey now. Got the heating pad on my stomach (Mom always did that for us when we had the flu when we were little). Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!

least

If you don't pick up that first drink you'll never have to go this hell again. I kept torturing myself by going thru withdrawals over and over. But I kept coming back and trying again and now I've got nearly seven months! It CAN be done! If I can do it, anyone can!

Happycamper1979

YEAH! Congrats on 7 months!

ClayTheScribe

I found the last time I relapsed some 11 months ago I had to keep a permanent record in my head of how I felt the next day. I felt ashamed and physically awful. You might want to write down how you feel/felt the day after your binge in great detail and keep it in your pocket to look at when you get an urge. Sometimes alcoholics develop an amnesia of how awful we felt last time until its too late. Also stay on top of those thoughts like "Hey I can handle this." I know an alcoholic who had 24 years of sobriety and had that thought and started drinking again with the same results, if not worse, as if he had been 24 years younger. It never gets better, only worse. Stay on top of your thoughts and urges and be mindful of them.

Happycamper1979

Thanks Clay. I actually did that yesterday!!! The list is not pretty! I am going to make copies and put them all over the house!

Jojo1965

Hello Happy!

You know what I have discovered the past few nights? Those words "One day at a time." I use to see bumper stickers with those words or even people that had those words in their email signature. I would breeze past them and not really put much thought into them. Now, I don't. I really get those simple words. Forever is way to big, too much and I can't wrap my head around the thought of forever. But I can stop and think, just this next minute, just this next hour and voila, it's a day. I tend to have what I call "All or nothing thinking". I need to stop and remind myself of that and then take it minute by minute, second by second if I need to.

You can do this.

Jojo

Toomutch

Wanting to stay sober more than you want to drink is the first step. Take it one day at a time. Hugs!

augustwest

you don't ever have to drink again

stugotz

Once we start feeling better we forget about the pain.....

DayTrader

^^^^^ bravo.

remembering the pain helps but it wasn't nearly enough to keep me sober either. It was easy to forget the pain or get convinced I could avoid it the next time.

Going to meetings didn't help much for me either. Learning and trying to LIVE the 12 steps -- that made a difference.