Austingirl

Thanks guys. Robert you made me cry =). I'm going to commit your words to memory....every second is one less second. I like that.

I've never struggled with alcohol withdrawl. I didn't know it was uncomfortable

tallcactus

Hang in there Austingirl!
You can do this, one minute, one hour or each day that passes, brings you closer to being free.
Pamper yourself, take a bubble bath, paint your toenails, etc.
Come here often, so many care, we have been threw this, may it be alcohol or a drug.
Do this you your children, your job, your future, but most of all yourself.
Try, if you can a AA or NA meeting. It will be good to know that people just like you are struggling too. Face to face meeting helped me at the beginning.
Just a recovering drunk here.

RobertHugh

Alcohol withdrawal is the most dangerous type of withdrawal-- it can kill (perhaps others can as well, I'm not sure). Much of it depends on your physical health, how much you were drinking/using, etc.

The less you are alone, the quicker this will go. The forum is great but I suggest you not let it be a replacement for actual face to face interaction with other recovering/struggling people. There is power in those meetings, tap into it for your sake.

Mark75

They are all uncomfortable, and lonely... no one knows, it seems, but the one who suffers... but it only seems that way. Reach out Austingirl, there's help...

augustwest

I'm an addict whose drug of choice was oxycontin. Towards the end i was snorting in excess of 300mg daily. I know all to well the brutality of opiate withdrawal. Just hang on my friend! It's awful i know, but it's temporary and you don't ever have to use that crap again. i've been clean for 8 months and was pretty much a hopeless junkie last christmas. if i can do it, you can too.

julez

I'm new here and fighting for sobriety. I know this must be awful for you. Your kids are worth it, but you have to do it for yourself first. Keep talking. We're listening.