A question about PAWS
There really is no set duration for "PAWS" to start or end. It is not a diagnosable condition from either a medical or psychological standpoint but more a collection of other symtoms common to recovering addicts. Your best bet is to address the issues as they appear. For example, if you are experincing depression or anxiety, seek help for that from the appropriate source.
I think everyone is different. I felt physically better within two weeks of stopping. Cravings lasted for a while, three or four months. I felt pretty normal after six months. I have heard some stories, though. As soneone posted earlier, keeping a positive attitude and participating fully in your own recovery program does wonders . Peace.
"PAWS" is simply the name the addiction treatment industry gives to your brain healing itself from toxins (yes, improving!). A bit like calling the lungs healing by coughing out the poisonous tar when someone quits smoking cigarettes 'post withdrawal'.
They like to make it out to be something very mysterious, but it is actually a very good sign of progress. To answer your main question, it should peak at about three months for alcohol, and anything that continues beyond that may be caused by something else.
For those counting days, this is where the 90 days milestone comes from.
They like to make it out to be something very mysterious, but it is actually a very good sign of progress. To answer your main question, it should peak at about three months for alcohol, and anything that continues beyond that may be caused by something else.
For those counting days, this is where the 90 days milestone comes from.
"PAWS" is simply the name the addiction treatment industry gives to your brain healing itself from toxins (yes, improving!). A bit like calling the lungs healing by coughing out the poisonous tar when someone quits smoking cigarettes 'post withdrawal'.
They like to make it out to be something very mysterious, but it is actually a very good sign of progress. To answer your main question, it should peak at about three months for alcohol, and anything that continues beyond that may be caused by something else.
For those counting days, this is where the 90 days milestone comes from.
They like to make it out to be something very mysterious, but it is actually a very good sign of progress. To answer your main question, it should peak at about three months for alcohol, and anything that continues beyond that may be caused by something else.
For those counting days, this is where the 90 days milestone comes from.
It took a year for the daily anxiety to stop. I felt "better" in 90 days, but was nowhere near healed physically. I think I may have been able to put two thoughts together by 90 days, though.
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PAWS is a catch all term for a whole litany of possible 'stuff' that one can feel both physically and mentally after acute withdrawals have subsided. I have seen people start PAWS like symptoms early in recovery or sometimes later (I have experienced what I thought was paws at about 5 months. What it really was was untreated alcoholism...ie, no program. I had quit drinking, but was not treating the causes and conditions). I think its onset, severity and length are individual. And many people never experience PAWS.
Actively treating addiction, beyond just quitting. with a program, exercise and a healthy lifestyle I believe help minimize PAWS.
Actively treating addiction, beyond just quitting. with a program, exercise and a healthy lifestyle I believe help minimize PAWS.
the actual wording is 'up to 2 years'.
My experience was episodic 90-120 days.
http://digital-dharma.net/post-acute...r-immediately/
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My experience was episodic 90-120 days.
http://digital-dharma.net/post-acute...r-immediately/
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the actual wording is 'up to 2 years'.
My experience was episodic 90-120 days.
http://digital-dharma.net/post-acute...r-immediately/
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My experience was episodic 90-120 days.
http://digital-dharma.net/post-acute...r-immediately/
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