Day 3
 

This is day 3 and it's going well. I feel fine, except for some minor things. First of all, fatigue. Well, exhaustion would be more accurate. I sleep a lot and very deeply and am still exhausted. I remember this from a previous attempt though. It will go away.

Other than that, it was remarkable how thirsty I was. Today during the day I started to feel normal again. But before that I kept drinking water and kept being thirsty. I didn't even go to the bathroom that much. It was like the water-levels in my body had gotten really low at the end of the binge that it was necessary to bring them back to normal.

When it comes to food, I have a healthy desire for food. Nothing special. I do feel like I'm depleted in that area as well and need some time to get back to normal.

I really was in a bad state at the end of the binge. Dehydrated, malnourished. It doesn't feel like I was in a danger-zone, but would have gotten there had I continued the behavior. Especially lack of water can cause problems pretty quickly.

But that didn't happen and I feel pretty good on day 3. I need a good while to fully recover, but that's just a matter of enough water, healthy food, enough activity and enough rest.

So that's it for now!

Congratulations on day 3!

Everything you describe sounds like a normal detox. Keep it up -- you can do this!

Mike, you sound so much better! The good news is, it keeps getting better. :)

Congratulations on day 3 :) Watch out for complacency ("this is easy") and boredom, they're killers in early recovery.

Congrats Mike :c014:

Good job on Day 3!

Way to go, Mike! :You_Rock_

Congratulations on three days Mike! I am glad you have finally quit.

Fantastic Mike, keep it going!! :scoregood

That's great Mike :)
Keep going strong!

Congratulations on 3 sober days, Mike.

Keep on.

That all sounds pretty much par for the course to me Mike - congrats on day 3 :)

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Awesome Mike! Keep on keepin' on

Keep on keepin' on, it gets better. :)