Al34

Well onto day 2.

Feel like ****. Grumpy, slight head ache, body aches and soooo tired.....

Coz

Great stuff AI34

I know those first few days are really awful and getting through them is tough going. So strength coming your way to keep up the fab work!

fishkiller

Good work on Day2

Don't let the crappy feeling discourage you.

I am on day 32 and I feel GREAT!

Search for a thread called " it gets better"

Here it is
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ts-better.html (It Gets Better)

Kjma

Just keep it going, doing whatever it takes to make it. Alcohol is never your friend.

thomas11

Support to you AI. Hang in there.

Reid82

Congrats on day 2- things will improve gradually...provided you stay sober that is!

DriGuy

Yes, they are awful. But they get better and rather quickly once you cross that max craving day. Part of the reason I don't go back out is I never want to go through those first few days again. Even worse is not wanting to go through those years of drinking again.

DaisyBelle7

Well done! Those first few days are a struggle. Remember what it’s like to feel this way so that you don’t have the desire to go back an re-live it. It does get much better! There are still struggles of course, but the absence of hangovers is life changing. Hang in there!

Tc4ever

That's a good start Al. If you can, try and have some ice cream on hand for the cravings. Most of us have been where your at at least once and you have us here for support 24hrs.
Peace
TC

Donnylutz

Day 3 feels better, day 4 even better, day 5....you get the point. You'll only feel better the longer you stay away from the monster. Congrats on being sober today!!!!!

Admiral

I read this in a book recently;

When we have a toothache we understand the happiness of not having a toothache. When we don't have a toothache we do not see the happiness in not having a toothache.

It is easy to miss what we already have until we don't have it anymore. There is peace and joy all around us in every moment if we choose to look for it.

I know that early in recovery I often times have fallen into the trap that I have not "earned" feeling good yet. I have this idea in my mind that life will be good only after months of sobriety. It doesn't work that way... That day will never come, that imagined future will never be the way we imagine it will be. We spend so much time fixating on that future time that we miss what is around us right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkVgc6gIqk