CharlesG

Iv'e seen a few posts sharing how some of you take it real easy the first days, weeks and sometimes months of recovery. I am on day 4 and have been sleeping in , incredibly and have more urges for naps than ever :/
exercise more maybe? Off to sleep guys zzzzz

Pondlady

I'm a believer that sleep is a great healer......sweet dreams

Stoogy

Your body is crying out for rest, listen and obey my friend and you will heal all the quicker.

Anna

Good for you for listening to your body.

suki44883

I would consider myself lucky. Insomnia is very common during early recovery. Many people complain of not being able to sleep more than an hour or two at a time.

If your body is telling you to sleep, then listen to it.

HReady

Hear that! Sleep is a Good thing! Wish I could Sleep! I have Insomnia plus! Hate it!

Soberwolf

Imsay that'sa good real tired enjoy it tthat's u not blocking it out with alcohol well done amazing try chocolate for a boost mid day

KissMyTiara

I've always slept a solid 9 hours whether drinking or sober. Guess I'm lucky that way.

HReady

Hate U!

LastMistake

I know the first few days I could barely sleep more than a few hours at a time. As it is I seem to sleep quite poorly when I first go to lay down and then as soon as I go to wake am all the more ready for sleep. Luckily my schedule allow's me the opportunity to stay and sleep, and so I have been. It doesn't feel great sleeping from 10am-7pm but at the same time I know if I am that tired I need to sleep. It took a few days to get the appetite in order, I assume the sleep will come to.

pakman

You are lucky. I'm on day 3, and I have been having terrible time trying to fall asleep. I'm tired, but, I just can't sleep...

Waterfalls2014

I've found sober sleep to be "comforting". Something new. A solid nights sleep never happened when I was drinking. The body needs time to catch up and heal. Don't worry, you won't feel like this forever. But take advantage it if you can. Sleep is a wonderful thing. Especially when you're waking up not regretting or wondering what happened the night before.

Hevyn

Charles, In the early days we are exhausted from all we've put our body through. We need time to heal and regroup. You'll feel livelier one day soon.

HeartsAfire

Interesting thread since I was thinking about this a few hours ago. My first few cracks at sobriety I was never as exhausted physically & mentally as this time. I wonder if it's because during my earlier attempts I was trying to "cure" myself so that I could someday drink normally again. This time I'm embracing my powerlessness over alcohol & know without a doubt I will never be able to drink again. At this point I'm so relieved that my body & mind no longer has to battle. I think it knows it too and is ready to just rest. I've been abusing it for 22 years. Of course it's exhausted!!

*shrug*

At any rate, I'm learning to listen to my body & be gentle & respectful of what it needs.

happyandfree

Sleep...be kind to yourself and give your body the rest it needs. I took long daily naps in the beginning. I was totally exhausted. It passes, I promise.

growpath

Charles - I had the same issue! All I wanted to do was sleep and cry! I was a mess for at least 5 days but I knew drinking would only make it worse.

Hang in there and by all means sleep if your lifestyle enables that! It will ease up though. We did a lot of damage to our bodies and sleep is when our bodies repair.

Hobbers

lucky bastards....

Nocturnal

Yep like pakman92 im on day 3 and just when I drift off I immediately wake right back up I really hate alcohol this time im staying off it for good.

PurpleKnight

The body will do it's thing, but it can't repair or heal years of drinking in a matter of days or weeks, it's gonna take time, we gotta be patient!!

Hang in there, give the body what it needs, sometimes we can think that sitting about doing nothing and sleeping in is a bad thing, but the body needs to heal!!

RedheadJen

I'm with you on that one! All I want to do is sleep, but I never realized till this post that our bodies DO need to repair/recover!! I'm on day 10 and it seems like I never get enough sleep. Glad to hear it DOES pass though!