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Old 01-18-2016, 08:49 AM
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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!
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:01 AM
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Congratulations on day 3!

Everything you describe sounds like a normal detox. Keep it up -- you can do this!
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:03 AM
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Mike, you sound so much better! The good news is, it keeps getting better.
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:04 AM
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Congratulations on day 3 Watch out for complacency ("this is easy") and boredom, they're killers in early recovery.
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:05 AM
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Congrats Mike
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:26 AM
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Good job on Day 3!
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:46 AM
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Way to go, Mike!
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Old 01-18-2016, 09:50 AM
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Congratulations on three days Mike! I am glad you have finally quit.
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Fantastic Mike, keep it going!!
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Old 01-18-2016, 11:32 AM
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That's great Mike
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Old 01-18-2016, 11:36 AM
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Congratulations on 3 sober days, Mike.

Keep on.
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Old 01-18-2016, 02:28 PM
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That all sounds pretty much par for the course to me Mike - congrats on day 3

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Old 01-18-2016, 02:29 PM
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Awesome Mike! Keep on keepin' on
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Keep on keepin' on, it gets better.
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