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This is my first time on here, but it's not my first time trying to stop drinking. I'm a 29-year-old guy, alcoholic of 10 years. I have family, but I can't talk to them about it; they know I've had problems with alcohol in the past, and as I've kept my continued drinking a secret, I can't go to them. They're not the kind of people I can talk to about a problem like this, so it would be pointless - they're the sort who will use any issues anyone has to browbeat them forever, and the last thing I want to do is hand them ammunition.
I'm here because I don't want to deal with this entirely alone. The odds are against my recovery if I try to, and for what I'm trying to do with my life, I have no margin for error. All these mistakes have to stop now. It's not legal problems or anything like that, it's that I can't be who I want to be if this keeps up. I'll just waste my life in poverty and obscurity and die from it.
It's Day 3 for me right now. My palms and the soles of my feet are always sweating, I'm suffering a lot of anxiety and mood swings. Sleep disturbances, depression, the whole 9. The only thing I haven't got is the shakes, and that's likely because I tapered from liquor to beer over the last month. This feels like being in a very tiny casket, and it sucks.
I'm here because I don't want to deal with this entirely alone. The odds are against my recovery if I try to, and for what I'm trying to do with my life, I have no margin for error. All these mistakes have to stop now. It's not legal problems or anything like that, it's that I can't be who I want to be if this keeps up. I'll just waste my life in poverty and obscurity and die from it.
It's Day 3 for me right now. My palms and the soles of my feet are always sweating, I'm suffering a lot of anxiety and mood swings. Sleep disturbances, depression, the whole 9. The only thing I haven't got is the shakes, and that's likely because I tapered from liquor to beer over the last month. This feels like being in a very tiny casket, and it sucks.
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Join Date: Jul 2016
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Three days is good! Keep going, a day at a time. Sometimes an hour at a time.
Please stay hydrated. It will help. Breathe in slowly, hold for a few, breathe out. That helps with cravings.
Things will start to feel better soon. Hang in there. Keep posting.
Please stay hydrated. It will help. Breathe in slowly, hold for a few, breathe out. That helps with cravings.
Things will start to feel better soon. Hang in there. Keep posting.
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I'm glad you joined and Day 3 is great. It's so important to have support and you will always find support here. We do understand how lonely it can feel at the outset out recovery.
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Welcome to the forum. I think for many of us the logical first approach is to reach out for support from those close to us, but often times that does backfire. Though not to worry as there are support systems everywhere such as AA, smart, this site, addiction counselors, self help programs, rehab facilities, you name it.
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