300 days ago today
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300 days ago today
I woke up with the most terrible hangover. I could not get out of bed - I was hot and sweaty, my face felt like it was on fire. I rolled about in bed feeling like death. Got up at midday and went to be he pub. I sat and looked at the first pint for ages, threw up after the first mouthful but pushed on anyway. Had about five pints then bought cans and drank at home in front of my wife and kids before I passed out drunk about 7pm
This was a repeated scene for years and years. I drank everyday, three pints and six 500ml cans, more on weekends or when I could. Most saturdays 12 pints I guess. I went through a stage of 4 cans and a bottle of wine at home after the first two or three pints.
I was low and depressed, also anxious (which I didn't realise until it left me at about ten weeks sober). I wasn't fully present as a dad, I was always either drunk, or hungover, or thinking about drink. I was a terrible husband, I fell out with a lot of people. I was bloated, had the runs almost all the time (cider drinker!) l, never exercised, even my love affair with food was ruined. Overweight, red faced, sweaty, shaky.
I am very grateful to be sober today, and grateful to individuals and the community on this site for helping me so much.
Saved my life? Who knows. Physically maybe (I had a couple of half hearted suicide attempts and was certainly putting my body under strain). But I'm not sure I was living a life. I am now and it is hard sometimes, but at least in present in my own life.
If I can go 300 days sober anyone can, i tried to give up 100 times and failed in the first day. I was so addicted!! Just keep going, learn from people on here. My top tips:
1) don't think for yourself, do what trusted others on here tell you (find people you like with a lot of sobriety behind them)
2) eat porridge for breakfast. Just do it and tell me I'm wrong! (I'm not...)
This was a repeated scene for years and years. I drank everyday, three pints and six 500ml cans, more on weekends or when I could. Most saturdays 12 pints I guess. I went through a stage of 4 cans and a bottle of wine at home after the first two or three pints.
I was low and depressed, also anxious (which I didn't realise until it left me at about ten weeks sober). I wasn't fully present as a dad, I was always either drunk, or hungover, or thinking about drink. I was a terrible husband, I fell out with a lot of people. I was bloated, had the runs almost all the time (cider drinker!) l, never exercised, even my love affair with food was ruined. Overweight, red faced, sweaty, shaky.
I am very grateful to be sober today, and grateful to individuals and the community on this site for helping me so much.
Saved my life? Who knows. Physically maybe (I had a couple of half hearted suicide attempts and was certainly putting my body under strain). But I'm not sure I was living a life. I am now and it is hard sometimes, but at least in present in my own life.
If I can go 300 days sober anyone can, i tried to give up 100 times and failed in the first day. I was so addicted!! Just keep going, learn from people on here. My top tips:
1) don't think for yourself, do what trusted others on here tell you (find people you like with a lot of sobriety behind them)
2) eat porridge for breakfast. Just do it and tell me I'm wrong! (I'm not...)
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I'm jumping in on Be's "porridge" post.
I used to work in "Health" and we had a dietician come in to advise on "diet" for people detoxing, recovering.
"Porridge" (oats) was the very first cab off the rank.
You can an Oreo for afternoon tea though. 😂
I used to work in "Health" and we had a dietician come in to advise on "diet" for people detoxing, recovering.
"Porridge" (oats) was the very first cab off the rank.
You can an Oreo for afternoon tea though. 😂
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