Notices

Can’t sleep.

Old 06-20-2020, 07:35 AM
  # 21 (permalink)  
Coffee Snob
 
PuckLuck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: USA
Posts: 808
Originally Posted by pinkbutterfly20 View Post
This is so hard! My head is fuzzy, I’m so shaky! I can hardly focus on anything. It’s so hard when I feel this way to fight the urge for just one drink!!
Same here. I'm basically walking into walls because I'm so tired and exhausted, but I still can't sleep unless it is in intervals of like 30 mins when I just wake up in a swimming pool of sweat. It's probably the worst withdrawl symptom for me after the initial nausea and panic attacks. Felt like I just ran a marathon after cooking an egg and a few pieces of bacon on the stove this morning. Arggghh
PuckLuck is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 07:38 AM
  # 22 (permalink)  
Member
 
biminiblue's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 25,373
butterfly and Puck - Stay the course.

It will be better - indescribably so. I wish I could "sell" this feeling of long-term continuous sobriety. I would be a ba-jillionaire.

Stay the course.

Time takes time.
biminiblue is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 07:39 AM
  # 23 (permalink)  
Member
 
Surrendered19's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 2,426
PB and PL, this can be the last time either of you have to go through this nonsense. It is no way to live. Stay with us and stay sober.
Surrendered19 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 07:51 AM
  # 24 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
Posting again. Just threw up my breakfast. I feel shakier than ever but actually better after getting sick ironically. Fighting the urge so hard. About to get out with my family and go to the pool!
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 09:25 AM
  # 25 (permalink)  
Guest
 
ReadyAtLast's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 7,097
Remind yourself it is never 1 drink. It is many many more all day and night and then the next day. Day 3 is often the worse and hopefully you will start to feel better tomorrow and you need never go through this again
ReadyAtLast is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 09:45 AM
  # 26 (permalink)  
Coffee Snob
 
PuckLuck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: USA
Posts: 808
Originally Posted by Surrendered19 View Post
PB and PL, this can be the last time either of you have to go through this nonsense. It is no way to live. Stay with us and stay sober.
You're right, Surrender. It's total nonsense and mind boggling the crap we have done to ourselves over the years with this kind of drinking.

I've never really experienced full blown withdraw symptoms until the last few years. Just a bad hangover I always slept off. This is different and a huge red flag it's time to quit.

I was sober the entire month of March this year. I know I can do it. Been a nightmare since I picked up again.
PuckLuck is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 11:01 AM
  # 27 (permalink)  
Member
 
MaximusD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Eastern US
Posts: 1,386
Hang in there everyone. I am right there with you all. One thing is for damn sure, I am not picking up a drink.
MaximusD is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 11:04 AM
  # 28 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
Originally Posted by MaximusD View Post
Hang in there everyone. I am right there with you all. One thing is for damn sure, I am not picking up a drink.
trying my hardest Max! This has been my worst withdrawal yet. I feel so panicked like every 20 minutes, I’ve almost grabbed a drink multiple times and I keep obsessively coming back here to read this thread so I resist!
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 02:18 PM
  # 29 (permalink)  
Member
 
MaximusD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Eastern US
Posts: 1,386
My withdrawals have been worse this time too. Think how quickly a week goes by. We will be a week in soon and withdrawals should already be subsiding. I am staying busy but it has been a bit of a tough morning which is not normal. Usually, day 2 when my wife is home I am fine. Hang in there. One day at a time and don't drink! You're my quitting buddy!
MaximusD is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 05:41 PM
  # 30 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
Originally Posted by MaximusD View Post
My withdrawals have been worse this time too. Think how quickly a week goes by. We will be a week in soon and withdrawals should already be subsiding. I am staying busy but it has been a bit of a tough morning which is not normal. Usually, day 2 when my wife is home I am fine. Hang in there. One day at a time and don't drink! You're my quitting buddy!
im two hours from 24 and so ready for bed! Ordering takeout with the hubs and watching Netflix now that we have the kids in bed! Your encouragement has gotten me through today! Quitting buddies unite!
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 06:10 PM
  # 31 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
One hour from 24 hours and this has been my project today! Crocheting this blanket for my daughter! Loving how it’s turning out and how busy it is keeping me!
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 06:12 PM
  # 32 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
[url=[url=https://ibb.co/94zwcZY]][img][/img]
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 06:19 PM
  # 33 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
Well the image won’t post but it’s turning out very lovely! Hot pink and pale pink, peach, burnt orange and cream colored sections throughout with a bobble trim to come! It’s kept my mind busy this afternoon!
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 11:18 PM
  # 34 (permalink)  
Member
 
MaximusD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Eastern US
Posts: 1,386
It is good you are keeping yourself busy. I try to work outside. Fix somethings that are broken but it is just so damn hot right now which isn't making anything better.
MaximusD is offline  
Old 06-20-2020, 11:18 PM
  # 35 (permalink)  
Member
 
Kaily's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London, England
Posts: 7,053
Well done Pink. Fighting those cravings hour by hour is exactly what you have to do. Could you get rid of all the alcohol in the house? Then you can't have that brief insanity were you reach for a drink..

And I can see your blanket if I click on in your post, it is beautiful. I wish I was able to create something like that. Must be very therapeutic too.

Keep doing what you're doing.
Kaily is offline  
Old 06-21-2020, 05:04 AM
  # 36 (permalink)  
Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 98
I actually slept last night! Only woke up once or twice and of course was covered in sweat but I slept and didn’t lay awake for hours worrying about my heart rate! And my son slept through the night too so I truly got sleep! I feel so much better this morning. Still tired and a little shaky but the anxiety is drastically different and less than it was yesterday and my heart rate is coming back down in normal range! Feeling thankful!
pinkbutterfly20 is offline  
Old 06-21-2020, 05:53 AM
  # 37 (permalink)  
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 454
Oh I so remember my first night. I "slept" in the spare bedroom, so I didn't disturb my husband. I don't really pray, and I just laid there and prayed the Lord's Prayer over and over again. It did seem to calm me, probably similar to mediation.

And the thought of just one, a temporary fix. We had a bottle of wine in our basement. It was an anniversary bottle, that we were saving .. and I highly considered drinking it. But, I pushed through the temporary torture, instead of going for the temporary fix.

I sleep so much better now. Not great - but I do sleep,and dream. And wake refreshed.

Oh, and remembering what I said and did.... that is a blessing too.

Cheering for you pink
Bumble
Bumblebee2 is offline  
Old 06-21-2020, 10:28 AM
  # 38 (permalink)  
Coffee Snob
 
PuckLuck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: USA
Posts: 808
Originally Posted by pinkbutterfly20 View Post
I actually slept last night! Only woke up once or twice and of course was covered in sweat but I slept and didn’t lay awake for hours worrying about my heart rate! And my son slept through the night too so I truly got sleep! I feel so much better this morning. Still tired and a little shaky but the anxiety is drastically different and less than it was yesterday and my heart rate is coming back down in normal range! Feeling thankful!
Glad to hear it, Pink. I slept 7 hours last night. Felt good
PuckLuck is offline  
Old 06-21-2020, 05:19 PM
  # 39 (permalink)  
Administrator
 
Dee74's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,058
Originally Posted by pinkbutterfly20 View Post
yeah you need a URL that ends in an image file PB - like '.jpg'
it's usually the 'direct link'

D
Dee74 is offline  

Currently Active Users Viewing this Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 05:32 AM.