grampa

Today was my day of work and would usualy start drinking as soon as my wife left for work about 7am so today went for breakfast with my granddaughter.But gotta tell you I feel kind of strange after drinking daily for I don't know how long I feel kind of surreal I don't feel like the same person.I guess when you are buzzed all the time you lose track of who you realy are and your real personality is taken over by this semi drunk personality.Has anybody else felt like this or am I losing my marbles.I am on an antideppresant drug called pristiqe at the moment and am wondering if I was masking the effects of it by drinking.Dont feel bad just weird.

SoberLeigh

I can definitely relate. I felt as though my alcoholism robbed me of my soul; nothing about 'me' was familiar towards the end.

Soberwolf

Your not loosing your marbles i had days like that in early sobriety your body & mind are getting used to being sober it takes a lil time to adapt & adjust

if you have any issue with the ad always speak with a doc

Hang in there your doing really well GP

trachemys

I know the feeling. Here's the thing: the morning drinking was withdrawal avoidance for me. I was still very buzzed, probably illegal to drive. I didn't want to come down. So, I stayed drunk.

Seeing morning clearly is so very strange for a while.

Aellyce

I believe most of us experience something like that after quitting. The world and ourselves become unfamiliar. It takes time to find our place again, or create our new reality, including within the self. Great decision to do something different on a day that you would normally spend drinking!

Alynn

Day 3 here and the last thee days felt surreal!! Really strange!!!

Findingtheway

I'm pretty sure on my last withdrawals 8 days ago...I was borderline hallucinating from sleep deprivation/withdrawal...

I swear at one point I thought I saw 2 zombies open the door to my GFs bedroom...one green skinned...the other Gray.

Very vivid. Alcohol really messes up my senses.

Alynn

It's the weirdest feeling! I know exactly what you mean

jryan19982

I bet that the alcohol was counteracting the effects of the antidepressant.

The world look a differently whwn you're not drunk and hungover. My eye sight has gotten better too so that makes seeing the world easier!

Mags1

Hi grampa, I had similar experiences when I first stopped drinking, luckily it did pass with the more sobriety I got under my belt.