anattaboy

I can't get over how clumsy I am for the past month of abstinence! Dropping things, tripping, leaving burners on after cooking. My wife and brother-in-law quit soon after I did and are experiencing the same. We laugh a lot about it and I know it takes the synapses a while to find their way but it is a bit frustrating when I make so many wrong turns driving or forget to add detergent to laundry. Just an observation--I won't drink over it. Anyone else?

Nonsensical

I had an opposite effect. I could suddenly remember where I left my phone, glasses, and keys and I stopped tripping over stuff.

Thepatman

LOL!

I call it auto-pilot. I can drive to work and when I get at the destination I have no recollection of the details of my driving. Yikes!

IOAA2

Hi. Boy can I identify! Well it’s good we can laugh at ourselves. I can’t understand how my car keys are misplaced so often. A long time ago when listening to a talk show someone called in to speak to the Dr. guest about misplacing the keys and his response was that’s normal but gets to be a problem when we find them and don’t remember what they are for!

BE WELL

charleesavedme

I sort of had both clarity and clumsiness but I love waking up and not seeing things in odd places because I put them there in a drunken stupor before I went to bed.

How great that you have your wife and brother-in-law with you on the sober train!

PurpleKnight

My mind was all over the place the first few months, forgetfulness was a big part that used to frustrate me, it all eased in time through!!

GracieLou

I dropped everything!

I used to think, while I was drinking, that I was so smooth. I could juggle four things at once. I had it going on! I am actually quite the klutz!

I also had a hard time putting the caps back on things. I would grab the milk, pop, juice out of the fridge and forget the cap in my hand when I put it back. Half the time when I did put it back on I would drop it or not get it screwed on right. The next time I would take it out of the fridge the cap was all wonky.

I spilled things several times because I grabbed it by the cap and it was not all the way and it went flying out of my hand..LOL

anattaboy

No, truly I am much more clumsy with the simplest daily routines sober. This is probably because I have a lot of practice doing everything UTI. I drank around the clock so all activities were infused. Am sure it's just a period of acclimation and will pass but am surprised still at the degree that alcohol had become part of everything

sugarbear1

mindfulness helps. live in the moment and focus on the task at hand.... takes practice!

Tonymblue

Same thing. I think its common. Tying shoelaces was like a rubicks cube.

lostinthetrees

Same here. I thought maybe I was just too out of it to notice before... Maybe our brains were used to compensating.

KAD

Yeah! Just today, after a month sober, I was turning my car around in the street and backed right into a telephone pole in front of my house! I get the clumsies so bad sometimes I feel like I'm drunk.

happyandfree

I was nervous driving the first couple of months. I felt I wasn't able to pay attention 100% and wasn't thinking clearly. Terrible brain fog....thank goodness it passed - but it took a while.

ScottFromWI

I had the same. One really frustrating one was being right I in the middle of some routine task like fingering a chord on the guitar, opening a can of soup or writing a word and my mind would sort of "lock up"'for a few moments. Kind of scary at first but it got much better over time