myoldself

I am very close to 120 days sober...it was really hard for the first month then I had some excellent days but had one beer (former wine drinker) a few days ago and I feel so down and depressed..physically and emotionally...i will not do that again but i'm wondering can that ONE beer cause such an avalanche of emotional/physical feelings again..almost like detox symptoms?? I really pretty miserable..I thought I had made such strides and now seem to be struggling again.:

YoungAndClean

Give it some time and sobriety and you'll feel good as new sooner than you think myoldself.

hypochondriac

Put it behind you and move on Myoldself.

I know when I was trying to cut down before I quit drinking that a tiny amount of alcohol had a ridiculous effect on me. It really made me abandon any thoughts of moderate drinking! Keep moving forward x

Veritas1

I can remember getting four months sober and drinking again.

Feeling badly after drinking is natural after we promised ourselves something different.

Failure.

Mixed with confusion, as I wanted to drink. I must have if I drank again, right?

I don't know...if you follow the AA program, as I am trying to do....it's only a matter of time not drinking before we take that drink again.

Something needs to happen much larger than just not drinking.

We have to find a way to be happy not drinking, so that we don't need to take a drink.

The drink loses its appeal. We know we must never drink. We know we can never safely drink.

Natom

If you hang on to all the grief and shame you are feeling from drinking that one beer then there's a chance it can bring all your old feelings back....but only if you let it. Just accept the fact it happened. Have a look at why, write it down, write down your feelings around it and then move on.

Natom.