Can day 4 be better than day 3?
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Can day 4 be better than day 3?
...maybe! Day 3 was pretty decent.
Ok finally I was able to post. For some reason they wouldnt go through.
But yeah, I felt pretty decent yesterday after a horrid few days. Lets sure hope today stays decent although I am freaking exhausted.
Ok finally I was able to post. For some reason they wouldnt go through.
But yeah, I felt pretty decent yesterday after a horrid few days. Lets sure hope today stays decent although I am freaking exhausted.
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Originally Posted by LonelyShadow 
Just look after yourself, you're over the worst of it
Finished my taxes yesterday too! Yay!
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Exhaustion is fairly common. My take on exhaustion and fatigue in early stage sobriety is that our bodies are sending us messages to slow down and rest, as our bodies need energy to heal from the damage caused by alcohol.
Glad to hear that you are feeling better, jryan.
Glad to hear that you are feeling better, jryan.
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Originally Posted by LonelyShadow
I know what you mean jryan I find an awkward transition between acute withdrawal and being okay again about 5-7 days in,
You got your taxes done during withdrawal?! Haha! Now that's impressive
You got your taxes done during withdrawal?! Haha! Now that's impressive
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Jryan- it seems we are going through a very similar experience right now. I only had about a month sober (coming off 20 years or so of 3-5 days a week of serious binge wine drinking), when I decided last Friday to have a few glasses to help me cope with the stress of doing my taxes and figuring out my finances (money has always been a stress for me. In fact, my first time consuming wine was to reduce the stress of needed to balance my checkbook.)
Over the last few months, I've also gradually started eating better, which is not hard to do when you start where I was starting dietwise. ..basically my entire diet consisted of wine and fatty fast food to help ease the pain of the constant withdrawals.
I actually attributed my lack of any real phyiscal withdrawal systems or realcravings during my month or so of abstaining to this healthier eating. And since I had given up alcohol, I really increased my efforts od healthier eating and even added some exercise.
When I decided last Friday to have a few glasses of wine, I wasn't experiencing any sort of craving. It was simply a decision.
I drank too much, but no where near as much as I have normally in the past. And I made a point to eat a healthy dinner and drink plenty of water.
But BOY did it hit me HARD the next day! Again no obvious physical symptoms. No shakes. No headaches. But depression. So sad. So exhausted. So craving bad fatty food, and nearly too tired to get it. I cancelled on my yoga class. No energy for a walk. No energy to make a healthy smoothie. I cried at the memory of my darling dog lost 6 months ago.
Basically I was a wreck for three days.
Which doesn't make logical sense. I can only think it's kindling related.
I feel soooooo much better today.
I guess we both learned a lesson about ourselves, huh?
Over the last few months, I've also gradually started eating better, which is not hard to do when you start where I was starting dietwise. ..basically my entire diet consisted of wine and fatty fast food to help ease the pain of the constant withdrawals.
I actually attributed my lack of any real phyiscal withdrawal systems or realcravings during my month or so of abstaining to this healthier eating. And since I had given up alcohol, I really increased my efforts od healthier eating and even added some exercise.
When I decided last Friday to have a few glasses of wine, I wasn't experiencing any sort of craving. It was simply a decision.
I drank too much, but no where near as much as I have normally in the past. And I made a point to eat a healthy dinner and drink plenty of water.
But BOY did it hit me HARD the next day! Again no obvious physical symptoms. No shakes. No headaches. But depression. So sad. So exhausted. So craving bad fatty food, and nearly too tired to get it. I cancelled on my yoga class. No energy for a walk. No energy to make a healthy smoothie. I cried at the memory of my darling dog lost 6 months ago.
Basically I was a wreck for three days.
Which doesn't make logical sense. I can only think it's kindling related.
I feel soooooo much better today.
I guess we both learned a lesson about ourselves, huh?
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Milly4me, alcohol will create depression like that. With me, not wanting to feel that way kept me going back to the bottle. I was caught in a vicious cycle. Quitting was very tough for me.
We all experience the detox different. Read up on PAWS so you can be aware of other changes you may go through!
We all experience the detox different. Read up on PAWS so you can be aware of other changes you may go through!
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Originally Posted by jryan19982
I just learned about another trigger that I need to work on. Its a frustrating process sometimes.
Frustrating is the best way to describe the first week or two I have seen yet lol
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