How did your body show its hate to alcohol?
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How did your body show its hate to alcohol?
Guilt and shame apart, what were the physical issues that gave you a terrible time ?
Mine were headaches from hell, abdominal bloating/cramps, 3 am hot sweats, dry itchy skin and weight gain. All that is gone now.
Mine were headaches from hell, abdominal bloating/cramps, 3 am hot sweats, dry itchy skin and weight gain. All that is gone now.
Weight gain. I’d been very slim all my life but suddenly that all seemed to change and I started gaining. That was a big red flag that my body was no longer coping.
I also had the night sweats and the headaches. And dry retching. Ugh! 🤦🏻♀️
I also had the night sweats and the headaches. And dry retching. Ugh! 🤦🏻♀️
Weight gain for me too, followed by anxiety attacks and then depression. I had always been a sporty type person and when drinking took over my life I packed in doing everything I used to love including playing sport and going for walks. My weight, which had largely been the same from around 16 to 23 (when my drinking problems really took off), suddenly shot up. Not only was I drinking to excess and not exercising but I was also going home most nights with takeaway food which I would eat close to midnight.
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Evil acid reflux! I’d drink the best part of a half bottle of Gaviscon before bed or I’d wake up with pressing stomach pains. I also had the common right side rib pain, which a doc suggested was due to fatty liver.
The acid reflux, though, was starting to affect my everyday life. It seems bizarre that anyone would continue to drink with such problems, but hey that was me.
All fixed now! The acid reflux went if I didn’t drink anyway. The rib aches hung around for a lot time after I quit, but a liver fibroscan check confirmed all was ok.
The acid reflux, though, was starting to affect my everyday life. It seems bizarre that anyone would continue to drink with such problems, but hey that was me.
All fixed now! The acid reflux went if I didn’t drink anyway. The rib aches hung around for a lot time after I quit, but a liver fibroscan check confirmed all was ok.
Gout, morning sweating, night sweating, day sweating, organ pain, erections gone, tortured "rest", hangovers, I smelled, my breath smelled, my teeth were rotting, corpse appearance, eyes shot, taste shot, smell shot, chest pains, stomach pains, weight gain, red face, posture shot, nails discolored, pissing blood, arthritis, Achilles tendinitis, loss of bladder control at night, shat myself driving the car, cannot tie my shoes or put socks on, etc.
I'm sure I missed many.
ALL resolved since I stopped drinking 2 years ago. I had to pay to fix my teeth, but the rest healed on their own.
I'm sure I missed many.
ALL resolved since I stopped drinking 2 years ago. I had to pay to fix my teeth, but the rest healed on their own.
Gout, morning sweating, night sweating, day sweating, organ pain, erections gone, tortured "rest", hangovers, I smelled, my breath smelled, my teeth were rotting, corpse appearance, eyes shot, taste shot, smell shot, chest pains, stomach pains, weight gain, red face, posture shot, nails discolored, pissing blood, arthritis, Achilles tendinitis, loss of bladder control at night, shat myself driving the car, cannot tie my shoes or put socks on, etc.
I'm sure I missed many.
ALL resolved since I stopped drinking 2 years ago. I had to pay to fix my teeth, but the rest healed on their own.
I'm sure I missed many.
ALL resolved since I stopped drinking 2 years ago. I had to pay to fix my teeth, but the rest healed on their own.
Seriously, I'm glad you're out of that nightmare.
Grateful every single day samwitch. I look at my list from time to time. On average, my pulse goes from my current resting rate of 62 to about 110 very fast just reading the list. I still cannot believe I did that to myself. The scariest parts of addiction are the parts I will never understand.
I had everything mentioned in varying degrees. Chronic campiness in my left side had been getting worse for a few years, but soon went away after quitting along with the hangover symptoms. Quitting after so many decades was a shock to my system and there were some new symptoms, like pain/soreness in my feet after work. These have slowly gotten better.
Lack of appetite, night sweats (not due to menopause), gastric distress pretty much every day (bloating, diarrhea, heartburn, nausea), poor sleep, puffy face, blotchy skin. Never got my liver tested but I bet it was starting to suffer.
All of that on top of a constant feeling of dread and fear, crippling anxiety, hating myself, and toward the end, hating life.
Thanks for the reminder that alcohol is poison.
All of that on top of a constant feeling of dread and fear, crippling anxiety, hating myself, and toward the end, hating life.
Thanks for the reminder that alcohol is poison.
Today I look fit and put-together, my skin is clean, I look younger at 37 than I did at 27. When I was active in my drinking, I was overweight, my face was red and puffy all the time, I had skin issues, I had stomach/liver pain, chronic anxiety. And ironically, a lot of my drinking was to try and "feel better." Of course, it never worked - because drinking large quantities of straight poison to feel better is illogical.
Because of alcohol I had actually lost the ability to feel or understand what my body wanted/needed. I wasn't able to properly discern what my body/mind needed because I was always numb from drinking. No longer .
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Way out of bounds liver enzymes from a routine blood test which scared the hell out of me since it would only get worse ending in an alcoholic death. Rosacea, that red, blotchy face with the busted capillaries. Finally, just a general "unwell" feeling.
Seizures from acute alcohol withdrawal (which can be fatal without prompt medical attention). I never had hangovers probably because my walking around BAC was above the legal limit, which in hindsight is way scary. There were years that I should have never operated a motorized vehicle even though to outwards appearances I was fine (f***ed, insecure, neurotic, egotistical).
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