Anyone familiar with PAWS? I think I have it
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Anyone familiar with PAWS? I think I have it
Did anyone experience post acute withdrawal? It's the only way I can explain how I am feeling almost 5 months out. I work with numbers and it's like they're all blending together. 
I feel like i was much more "on point" when I drank. (or that's the delusion, but I held it together pretty well)
I feel like i was much more "on point" when I drank. (or that's the delusion, but I held it together pretty well)
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Absolutly. I remember another thread about it on here that I stumbled on when I was much earlier in recovery.
Everyone is different, for me around 5 months things started to ease but I didn't really realize it until around the 7 month mark. I'm coming on 10 months now and had a bad wave of it recently but it's going away more and more.
For me PAWS tends to come in waves but they get less intense and spread further apart the longer time goes on.
Everyone is different, for me around 5 months things started to ease but I didn't really realize it until around the 7 month mark. I'm coming on 10 months now and had a bad wave of it recently but it's going away more and more.
For me PAWS tends to come in waves but they get less intense and spread further apart the longer time goes on.
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This is a good link - it not only explains PAWs but how you might mitigate its effects 
see if it rings any bells chiquen
https://digital-dharma.net/post-acut...r-immediately/
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see if it rings any bells chiquen
https://digital-dharma.net/post-acut...r-immediately/
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Chiq,
PAWS is real. We can never drink again or face mental suffering worse than now.
I have still have PAWS, but I am used to it.
So it gets better. The suffering continues, then I got used to it, then it went away.
It comes back, but i am used to it. So it feels normal.
PAWS for me is life without booze. It all plays into the good I feel being clean.
My confidence is up, but I get depressed. I Am working to change things up.
I now reach out to people more, I try to get closure.
I try to let things go and then forget. To move forward.
The booze held me back, it kept me in a state of degeneration and stagnation.
I am getting better by the moment.
I am drug free and believe that is why I suffer still, but I accept it because being drug free is how I roll now.
Stay clean.
Thanks.
PAWS is real. We can never drink again or face mental suffering worse than now.
I have still have PAWS, but I am used to it.
So it gets better. The suffering continues, then I got used to it, then it went away.
It comes back, but i am used to it. So it feels normal.
PAWS for me is life without booze. It all plays into the good I feel being clean.
My confidence is up, but I get depressed. I Am working to change things up.
I now reach out to people more, I try to get closure.
I try to let things go and then forget. To move forward.
The booze held me back, it kept me in a state of degeneration and stagnation.
I am getting better by the moment.
I am drug free and believe that is why I suffer still, but I accept it because being drug free is how I roll now.
Stay clean.
Thanks.
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Yes, a lot of people experience what is known as "PAWS". Having said that, it is not a diagnosable condition, either from a physical or psychological standpoint. The term is mainly used in the recovery world and not something a doctor or therapist might use. It has an extremely wide range of possible symptoms, and since it cannot be diagnosed, it also cannot be "cured".
It is very possible to treat other conditions that might be part of what is know as "PAWS" though. Anxiety and depression are very commonly associated with PAWS - but they are also diagnosable, manageable conditions. Same thing with a lot of the physical symptoms - they can be managed through exercise, diet, rest, etc.
It is very possible to treat other conditions that might be part of what is know as "PAWS" though. Anxiety and depression are very commonly associated with PAWS - but they are also diagnosable, manageable conditions. Same thing with a lot of the physical symptoms - they can be managed through exercise, diet, rest, etc.
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