6 days now I quit drinking
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Dancing in the Light
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Welcome and congratulations on 6 days of sobriety. Those symptoms sound pretty normal for early recovery, but if you're concerned, you could talk to your dr. I hope you continue to read and post.
The road goes on forever
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,107
Yep.. Tiredness and light headaches for the first few weeks to a month.
It dissipated within a month. Although I still get sleepy late in the day sometimes. But it could just be me getting old :-)
Great going on 6 days!
It dissipated within a month. Although I still get sleepy late in the day sometimes. But it could just be me getting old :-)
Great going on 6 days!
~sb
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 15,967
Remember, not too long ago alcohol was used to anesthesize us before a medical procedure.
Our bodies were slammed with a routine which included alcohol. Over a period of time, the cells want that stuff and learn to rely on it, no matter how much, we still drank on some kind of schedule....
Our bodies need more time to unlearn this process than it did to learn the process. We sober up and realize how much we really numbed ourselves!
Give time time. Heal. Learn to eat well, exercise, balance life sober, start with not drinking and one day after the next we unlearn what was not beneficial to us and we learn to live sober.
Congratulations on 6 days!!!!!! YOU are a miracle!! Most of us die drunk or in some related accident.
Keep moving forward!!! You got this!
Our bodies were slammed with a routine which included alcohol. Over a period of time, the cells want that stuff and learn to rely on it, no matter how much, we still drank on some kind of schedule....
Our bodies need more time to unlearn this process than it did to learn the process. We sober up and realize how much we really numbed ourselves!
Give time time. Heal. Learn to eat well, exercise, balance life sober, start with not drinking and one day after the next we unlearn what was not beneficial to us and we learn to live sober.
Congratulations on 6 days!!!!!! YOU are a miracle!! Most of us die drunk or in some related accident.
Keep moving forward!!! You got this!
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 51,575
Hi Destinos. 
I had all those feelings and more - I agree that it's normal. We beat ourselves up rather badly - we need time to heal. Wonderful that you have 6 sober days. Be proud! Very glad you joined us.
I had all those feelings and more - I agree that it's normal. We beat ourselves up rather badly - we need time to heal. Wonderful that you have 6 sober days. Be proud! Very glad you joined us.
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 2,872
Hello and welcome.
I've found that it's not how much we drink, but how it effects us.
Congratulation's on quitting and having six days under your belt.
A little time will take care of your discomfort. so hang in there.
I've found that it's not how much we drink, but how it effects us.
Congratulation's on quitting and having six days under your belt.
A little time will take care of your discomfort. so hang in there.
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