Day 1 again
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Once your body gets in that 24/7 cycle....even if you do have passout time....it is hell on earth....and you sound deep into it...You have to really psyche yourself up and get yourself prepared to stop...and one day when you wake up tell yourself I am doing this....period....it horrible the first couple days...the doom, gloom, depression and anxiety, poor sleep...all of it is to be expected as your brain neurons bounce around trying to find where normal is again....but it does happen pretty quickly ...I am an alcoholic that always brings herself to the brink of death before I will give in and give up....and always by day 4 or 5...things start to look brighter....make a plan..and get some soups in the house...some nice juicy fruit like oranges or watermelon....and just try....and keep trying...also if you need them get meds from your Dr.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Day 2 again. I read somewhere cravings are part of withdrawal symptoms, so maybe it's good sign I'm having them. My stomach hurts but probably all the cookied I ate. Sad I got this bad. Was upto 2 bottles a night (week nights too).
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Good for you Splash. 2 bottles of wine per night is a large amount of alcohol. So great that all of that is behind you now. Write down all of the outcomes of drinking and then make a second list of the benefits of sobriety. Look at it every day. I hope your husband is hanging in there.
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Hi Splash. God I can empathise! My husband says the same stuff to me......every time.....just doesn't understand why I can't stop at two, why I start drinking early and why I get in such a state. 3 years is AMAZING! I've never managed that......so you know you can do it! It's just finding the support, the tools and the belief you can succeed (I don't say that lightly but it can be done.) I am on day 4 and taking it a day at a time....you can do it too xx
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Thanks Gabe. My 3 years of sobriety feels like a lifetime ago. I picked up again in 2016.
I've been thinking a lot of how I did it those sober years and I was at rock bottom in 2013. Fired, alone, living at home. I changed all those things around and now have what I'd say is a comfortable life but I'm scared Im throwing it all away again. Not letting alcohol take these away. I worked too hard. Not drinking today.
I've been thinking a lot of how I did it those sober years and I was at rock bottom in 2013. Fired, alone, living at home. I changed all those things around and now have what I'd say is a comfortable life but I'm scared Im throwing it all away again. Not letting alcohol take these away. I worked too hard. Not drinking today.
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