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Can I join in on your Newb thread.
5th day sober and I am starting to feel better. I started exercising again yesterday and now today I feel even better. Still have withdrawals, my eye is twitching lol and I am completely scatter-brained and can't stay focused on one thing. But there are moments now where I feel good! Still can't sleep.
5th day sober and I am starting to feel better. I started exercising again yesterday and now today I feel even better. Still have withdrawals, my eye is twitching lol and I am completely scatter-brained and can't stay focused on one thing. But there are moments now where I feel good! Still can't sleep.
Crazy Cat Lady
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Seattle, WA
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Welcome to the community!
I know that twitchy eye feeling ever so well. I tell you, the first few days of sobriety are brutal. I remember my hand shaking so hard that I couldn't drink water without a straw. I couldn't walk down stairs. I had to sit on my butt and scoot. Sudden noises sent shocks through my system and sometimes, when I walked, my foot would hit the ground and my brain wasn't expecting that and I jumped out of my skin! Oh, those were rough times!
The great thing is you never, ever, ever have to feel like this ever again. This can be it. The last time. Isn't that amazing? It's a miracle to me. It's crazy that I put my body through that so many times. Each relapse I had was more miserable than the last and the withdrawals were more and more taxing. Never again. So long as I live a life that is honest, service oriented, spiritually rich, willing and surrounded by sober alcoholics, I never have to experience withdrawals again and so can you!
Take care of yourself and remember that this shall pass. It doesn't last forever. It just feels like it does.
I know that twitchy eye feeling ever so well. I tell you, the first few days of sobriety are brutal. I remember my hand shaking so hard that I couldn't drink water without a straw. I couldn't walk down stairs. I had to sit on my butt and scoot. Sudden noises sent shocks through my system and sometimes, when I walked, my foot would hit the ground and my brain wasn't expecting that and I jumped out of my skin! Oh, those were rough times!
The great thing is you never, ever, ever have to feel like this ever again. This can be it. The last time. Isn't that amazing? It's a miracle to me. It's crazy that I put my body through that so many times. Each relapse I had was more miserable than the last and the withdrawals were more and more taxing. Never again. So long as I live a life that is honest, service oriented, spiritually rich, willing and surrounded by sober alcoholics, I never have to experience withdrawals again and so can you!
Take care of yourself and remember that this shall pass. It doesn't last forever. It just feels like it does.
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