Day 9 ; D
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Location: New York
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Today is day 7 for me. I made 100 days two years ago but relapsed and progressively got worse from there. Here is my second try at this.
All in all, I am ok. No cravings. Wicked insomnia and loss of appetite - makes me a bit cranky but Im ok. I like waking up clear-headed and I find Im more productive in all aspects of my life (work, school). Haven't been out with my friends but I feel I need this - trying to avoid triggers early on so Im successful.
How are you feeling?
All in all, I am ok. No cravings. Wicked insomnia and loss of appetite - makes me a bit cranky but Im ok. I like waking up clear-headed and I find Im more productive in all aspects of my life (work, school). Haven't been out with my friends but I feel I need this - trying to avoid triggers early on so Im successful.
How are you feeling?
Day 10 for me. Went to have dinner a drinking buddy's house last night, he swilled away and I had water. Using the AVRT method, really impressed with the simplicity and logic.
The night sweats have stopped, still waking up every few hours but able to go back to sleep. Still getting a dull headache from time to time which I never had before.
Taking lots of vitamins and walking 1-3 miles per day. Losing some weight. That extra 1000+ calories I used to drink daily is gone now.
Keep it up, you can do it this time!
The night sweats have stopped, still waking up every few hours but able to go back to sleep. Still getting a dull headache from time to time which I never had before.
Taking lots of vitamins and walking 1-3 miles per day. Losing some weight. That extra 1000+ calories I used to drink daily is gone now.
Keep it up, you can do it this time!
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 65
one day at a time - if you can get to six weeks things start to look different - but all bars and drinking establishments are a no no for six months - if your serious about staying sober a book titled "living sober" has some great pointers just don't quit trying before the miracle happens!
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I have those dull headaches too, and I too wake up a few times a night. i guess that is detoxing - but I dont remember these feelings from before when I did my first 100 days. Makes me tired, a bit depressed, and I feel I have no energy. I am taking vitamins too and Im losing weight too (4 lbs) but all in all, Im not feeling that great. When does that start to
change?
change?
Yesterday was one hour at a time for me! It was relatively easy up until then.
I'm a daily, all day drinker, but the pull is more mental now than physical. Just hanging in there, hoping it gets easier as time goes on.
I'm a daily, all day drinker, but the pull is more mental now than physical. Just hanging in there, hoping it gets easier as time goes on.
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Day 8 for me.
The weekend is hard. I just worked out for two hours, planning on going grocery shopping and going to a movie for the rest of the day.
Tomorrow I'll figure something out.
Down time is my biggest trigger. Bored? Why not get hammered? (Says the AV)...
Pat
The weekend is hard. I just worked out for two hours, planning on going grocery shopping and going to a movie for the rest of the day.
Tomorrow I'll figure something out.
Down time is my biggest trigger. Bored? Why not get hammered? (Says the AV)...
Pat
Day 2 for me. I once went 3 weeks, then relapsed. The first time I quit was the day Whitney Houston died. I grew up in the 80s and she was so beautiful and young and talented and so alive! I just cried and cried when she died. At the time, I was on the floor in the bathroom vomiting. And I said that was it. Made it 3 weeks.
Now I'm better equipped. I did a lot of research and reading and got some good techniques and resources before I took my last drink; namely Allen Carr's EasyWay book and Craig Beck's book "Alcohol lied to me". Doing well so far!
Now I'm better equipped. I did a lot of research and reading and got some good techniques and resources before I took my last drink; namely Allen Carr's EasyWay book and Craig Beck's book "Alcohol lied to me". Doing well so far!
Reminds me of my young son when he asks for something that he can't have. He starts by asking mildly and calmly, and then cranks it up a notch each time I say no until he has an all-out hysterical fit.
Today my AV is telling me that it's ok to drink for a little while longer since I just started AA and am not working the steps yet - that I'll stop when I really buckle down and start working the steps with a sponsor. And that as long as I'm going to AA, even if I'm drinking, at least I've admitted I have a problem and am working on it. Stupid, stupid thoughts.
I have attached a personality to my AV. He is a guy who was a scammer throughout his life and always had some get-rich-quick scheme he was touting. He is in jail now, where he belongs for defrauding elderly people. Whenever I hear my AV, I see this guys face trying to scam me into something.
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Today is day 7 for me. I made 100 days two years ago but relapsed and progressively got worse from there. Here is my second try at this.
All in all, I am ok. No cravings. Wicked insomnia and loss of appetite - makes me a bit cranky but Im ok. I like waking up clear-headed and I find Im more productive in all aspects of my life (work, school). Haven't been out with my friends but I feel I need this - trying to avoid triggers early on so Im successful.
How are you feeling?
All in all, I am ok. No cravings. Wicked insomnia and loss of appetite - makes me a bit cranky but Im ok. I like waking up clear-headed and I find Im more productive in all aspects of my life (work, school). Haven't been out with my friends but I feel I need this - trying to avoid triggers early on so Im successful.
How are you feeling?
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 61
I have those dull headaches too, and I too wake up a few times a night. i guess that is detoxing - but I dont remember these feelings from before when I did my first 100 days. Makes me tired, a bit depressed, and I feel I have no energy. I am taking vitamins too and Im losing weight too (4 lbs) but all in all, Im not feeling that great. When does that start to
change?
change?
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