MovingForward1

I'm Hungry
and Angry
and Lonely
and Tired.
But I'm sober, it's just going to be a long night. I know I need to start tackling these items one at a time. I just want to sit here.

Ok, hungry is the easiest one, right? I'm going to start there.

Day 4 coming to a close.

Dee74

You can do this going nowhere


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Anna

Yes, eat something and feel better and then tackle the other items. You can get through this tonight.

saoutchik

Congratulations on 4 days GoingNowhere

least

The first couple weeks are difficult, but you can do this. And yes, do eat something. I would often mistake hunger for cravings.

MovingForward1

Thanks for the support. I knew it's going to be hard, today was just one thing after another. I almost laughed, albeit sarcastically, at how much worse could it get.

Then I remembered, oh yeah, I could be hungover or drunk and handling all my important work dilemmas completely incorrectly or only half hearted.

PurpleKnight

You got this GoingNowhere!! and SR is in your corner!!

MovingForward1

Eating did help. And tired will take care of itself in time, sleep still isn't coming easy (day 4).

Now to tackle angry (lonely has actually eased up a bit being here on SR).

I can't believe this is part of my plan actually working. Identify what's up, then what I can do about it. Don't try to tackle it all in one bite.

Wow.

So glad for you all and for SR

Jsbodhi

Agreed! I was also pleasantly surprised the little tricks I read about on here worked!
Xoxo
Stick with it xo

uncorked

GoingNowhere, I know how elusive sleep can be at this stage. I've mentioned this on other threads so if y'all have seen this already, I apologize. But guided sleep meditations have been a savior for me. Lots of free one online. In fact, last night I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep. I found one of these and was snoozing in no time. Other than that, Netflix, good books and yoga have helped me. Hope you feel better tomorrow!

Hawkeye13

Sleep was hard for me too early on, but it will get better.
I posted on Weekenders about a Nature CD that had Theta Waves embedded.
Your brain "entrains" to the slow pulse and it is extremely relaxing.

You can get these quite cheaply used on Amazon.
the one I got was Ocean waves and it just knocked me out the past two days.
I also took a hot shower and drank herbal tea before bed.
Routine like that helps.

Here's a link to two CDs which might really help:

The ocean one you can get for less than a dollar used, plus 2.99 shipping



http://www.amazon.com/Sleepy-Ocean-D...WVA05MAMHR5JH4 (Sleepy Ocean)

DR JEFFREY THOMPSON - Sleepy Rain: With Delta Brianwave Pulses - Amazon.com Music

MovingForward1

Thanks uncorked and Hawkeye, I may just try one of these tonight!

Appreciate the support, I've been on here all night. Even joined the chat room meeting. I'm through day 4, onto day 5.

MovingForward1

Just wanted to add one more post to this thread so anyone struggling and reading this knows that it did work out.
I ate and it fixed hungry
I read and posted on here and it helped lonely
I wrote out what I was angry about, just spit it out on paper, no flowing sentences or cohesive thoughts, just words that were in my head.
I walked away from that list and read around here, actually stumbled into the meeting room (and stayed).
Then I went back to that list, I had zero control over most of it and what I did have control over I could've handled much much differently.
That fixed angry.
Then I went to bed and after a little while, sleep came. What? Yes, sleep.
That fixed tired.

It's morning now, and it's Today. Yesterday's done. And I'm still sober, and happy about it.

Plure

You got this! Pretty soon it'll be day 8, then 10, then 30...