39 days, Is this normal?
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39 days, Is this normal?
Hi,
I've been 39 days alcohol free and I feel great. I have been having haunting thoughts and I don't like them. Visions of horrible experiences I've had when I was drinking would just pop up out of nowhere and stop me in my tracks where I become so consumed by them and get a haunting feeling that comes over me. Is this normal? AM I finally seeing the dark side of drinking?
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thank you all for your support
Theresa
I've been 39 days alcohol free and I feel great. I have been having haunting thoughts and I don't like them. Visions of horrible experiences I've had when I was drinking would just pop up out of nowhere and stop me in my tracks where I become so consumed by them and get a haunting feeling that comes over me. Is this normal? AM I finally seeing the dark side of drinking?
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thank you all for your support
Theresa
I too used to get horrible unpleasant thoughts out of nowhere. Visions of what I'd done or was doing when drinking. Mostly it was thoughts of how much I hated what I'd become from drinking.
I'm glad to say that those thoughts went away after a few months and rarely bother me any more. Give it time. You are still healing and learning to live 'normally'. It will get better.
I'm glad to say that those thoughts went away after a few months and rarely bother me any more. Give it time. You are still healing and learning to live 'normally'. It will get better.
Yes, definitely!
I was plagued with thoughts like that for a long time. They would keep popping into my head as I was going about my day. It was really hard. But, it will get better. I found that journalling helped me a lot.
I was plagued with thoughts like that for a long time. They would keep popping into my head as I was going about my day. It was really hard. But, it will get better. I found that journalling helped me a lot.
Sure it is. Not everyone views them as visions......some will call it the re-awakening of their consciousness to reality while others will say it's just "the disease" trying to drag you back to a drink.
Whatever it IS it's not fun. I found they didn't go away on their own. I had to be proactive to deal with that stuff or I knew what was going to come next.... I'd be back in a bottle.
Check out Caribbean's post: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-my-story.html There are some comments in there about "restless, irritable, & discontent" that you might be able to identify.
Whatever it IS it's not fun. I found they didn't go away on their own. I had to be proactive to deal with that stuff or I knew what was going to come next.... I'd be back in a bottle.
Check out Caribbean's post: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-my-story.html There are some comments in there about "restless, irritable, & discontent" that you might be able to identify.
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yeah! i had those feeling heaps in early recovery. i used to get so stressed about the things I had done in the past, they occasionally still pop into my head, but they don't hold strong emotions anymore.
those thoughts are just the product of anxiety. i know they're uncomfortable but they're nothing to be fearful of, they're just thoughts, and everytime you have them, remind yourself of this.
those thoughts are just the product of anxiety. i know they're uncomfortable but they're nothing to be fearful of, they're just thoughts, and everytime you have them, remind yourself of this.
I was actually going to make a post about this very thing! I am having the same issue. I think I thought I was such a 'functioning' alcoholic but now that I'm sober all the dysfunction is really flooding into my brain and I'm seeing it for what it was.
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