Starting my day 1 now
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Starting my day 1 now
I was having some major anxiety last night. After a few hours I decided to self medicate. But something was different. My "happy place" wasn't happy at all. I had this overwhelming feeling of letting myself down.
40 minutes ago I woke up after an intense nightmare. If you saw my other thread about emptying the booze bottles and bagging them up for the trash, that's exactly what I did. Been awhile since I've done that. Right now, no alcohol in my house.
Reading other people's stories coupled with support I've received here, I have decided to make right now the start of day 1.
I will be calling my doc in the morning to see if he can squeeze me in so I don't have to wait until Thursday to be seen.
Hopefully I won't be reporting my first 24 hours at this time tomorrow :-)
Not due to relapsing but due to being asleep.
40 minutes ago I woke up after an intense nightmare. If you saw my other thread about emptying the booze bottles and bagging them up for the trash, that's exactly what I did. Been awhile since I've done that. Right now, no alcohol in my house.
Reading other people's stories coupled with support I've received here, I have decided to make right now the start of day 1.
I will be calling my doc in the morning to see if he can squeeze me in so I don't have to wait until Thursday to be seen.
Hopefully I won't be reporting my first 24 hours at this time tomorrow :-)
Not due to relapsing but due to being asleep.
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Saw my doc today. Back on Zoloft for anxiety and a temporary supply of Trazodone to help with sleep. Once the Zoloft builds back up in my system, I will stop the Trazodone. Nice thing about Trazodone is it isn't habit forming.
Made it through the evening without drinking. Came home from work, to my dog to the dog park and for a walk, did some house work and laundry and cooked dinner.
Started to have some anxiety after I laid down to watch TV. Called my mom and she talked to me for over an hour.
Now it's bed time and I am actually excited. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
Anyways, thanks for listening. On to day 2!
Made it through the evening without drinking. Came home from work, to my dog to the dog park and for a walk, did some house work and laundry and cooked dinner.
Started to have some anxiety after I laid down to watch TV. Called my mom and she talked to me for over an hour.
Now it's bed time and I am actually excited. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
Anyways, thanks for listening. On to day 2!
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We seem to have some things in common. I too just finished day 1. I also take Prozac for anxiety and depression, and Trazodone for sleep. For me personally, I plan on staying on the Trazadone. I used to go several days with almost no sleep. I ended up drinking just to knock myself out to get some sleep. Stay strong, and I will be thinking of you and our day 2.
We seem to have some things in common. I too just finished day 1. I also take Prozac for anxiety and depression, and Trazodone for sleep. For me personally, I plan on staying on the Trazadone. I used to go several days with almost no sleep. I ended up drinking just to knock myself out to get some sleep. Stay strong, and I will be thinking of you and our day 2.
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Well done on your day one lonely dude. Hopefully you've gotten some sleep by now. I don't sleep more than a couple of hours (if lucky) broken sleep and trying to make good decisions is always hard but am onto day 5 sober now.
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