PurpleKnight

You can do this Feren!! Hang in there!!

feren

Thankyou Purpleknight. I am getting shaky randomly atm, I cannot remember well much but certainly a Sat eve whereby I wasn't either out out or in getting hammered. I've already read some great advice on here including from yourself

feren

Jesus just rereading that garbled msg scared me! I do have chubby fingers for an i phone tho hehe

wehav2day

Spend the whole dang day on here if it helps! Read, post, read some more.

I agree with dee, the best time to make a plan is when you feel like crap. Once you get through the toughest couple of days, it's easy to say "I'm not that bad" and go right back to drinking. I've done it a bunch of times. But if you stay stopped, you'll never have to go through this withdrawal again.

feren

Yes. Thankyou I did cardio at the gym earlier which helped.

sva777

It's amazing you made it to the gym, I wanted to crawl into a hole and die the first 3 days. I was so worried if I would get the DTs.

Once you pass 5 days or so you will start feeling better, 10 days even more so. Like it was said though don't fool yourself and drink again. It gets harder every time we do that.

thomas11

Hi feren, I'll state the obvious first, great job on not drinking more. Regarding withdrawals, if its bad, a visit to medical professionals is not a bad idea. Bad is very subjective though. Once the mind and body are clear and back to normal, appreciate how great it feels and that you don't have to go through it again. Keep on truckin'.

learningagain

Congrats on keeping going! It does get easier. I gave myself a month of "if the only thing I do is not drink, I have done ok", now on day 11 I am actually out and about, and have probably done more and got more odd jobs finished in those 11 days than I managed in several months of drunk me!

feren

Thanks guys I can't sleep but at least I will enjoy Sunday for once.

Della1968

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. I struggled with sleep a lot at first. Melatonin and Sleepytime Tea helped a little

feren

Not sure what sleepytime tea is..haha! But thanks Della

Della1968

You may not have it depending on where you live. It's a tea with chamomile.

dwtbd

There is a whole big Internet to google, lol fun sometimes to see where a random searching and clicking end up. Maybe a book lying around you never had time for, reading into the wee hours makes me sleepy. You're doing great , just keep it up, you got this rooting for ya. It gets easier , just stick with it, even if yer ass starts to fall off, it won't , be even if it does

feren

Ok cool, I'm not a tea drinker tbh. I'll try excersising early eve tommorow night which should help to calm me down.

biminiblue

I wasn't a tea drinker either, until the anxiety of early sobriety hit.

Hang on, you'll make it.

Don't drink today. Just make it through today, go to bed sober. Good job, feren.

learningagain

I am still having sleep issues...I sleep fine once I fall asleep, but it is very elusive. I went to the library yesterday and grabbed some books - ended up reading until 1am last night, woke up at 7am, and feel fine - certainly better than I did when I drank myself to sleep! My body has had several years of alcohol as a sleep aide, and just needs a little while to figure out how to get by without it.

feren

Thanks for the replies, this site and the encouragement and knowing others have gone through/ are going through these problems really helps as my drinking had gotten so bad I have basically managed to almost isolate myself socially for now. When I do sleep I have quite horrific nightmares but I'm sure that's my sober brain freaking out! Duvet day today watching game of thrones seems like I'm the only person who's never seen it before. Or did I and I forgot *rolls eyes*

Soberwolf

Feren your doing exellent

Ps the nightmares will fade i suffered trust me it will improve glad you found SR bud

feren

Cheers dude

mje124

feren you're doing great just keep going - followed you're thread and been there myself more than once but you will be fine

Mike