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Thanks Jar, foxman and burningbeard for your reply. I survived last night with a movie, knitting and a bag of chips.....and you guys! I am pledging to stay sober tonight. Sooooo glad you are there.
\Been taking multi vitamins and 100mg of B complex vitamins for years. I drink so much herbal tea that I am getting up to go to bathroom all night. Find it hard to focus on anything, eating distracts me the same way drinking does.
This is the spiritual malady the book called alcoholics anonymous talks about. Here is an excerpt from the Doctors Opinion chapter:
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks-drinks which they see others taking with impunity. After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.
Hi Fran! So sorry you are feeling so stressed out, but I can certainly relate. I get the feelings of being very lonely as well. I always tell myself the feelings won't last forever, and going through that anxiety just means your body is healing! You certainly won't feel like that forever. I always grab some hot calming tea. Always having something to sip on helps, and it can be very relaxing! You can stay sober tonight! Besides you will wake up feeling better than you did today! Let us know how your evening goes.
I was having a very strressful early evening. I really wanted a drink. Did some EFT on cravings and it took my anxiety down quite a bit.I have started eating at night...a whole bag (big) of chips. Never use to eat that. I guess it's part of being on this journey to sobriety. I'm lonely tonight, I guess that's why the anxiety tonight.... So glad you guys are there, needed to vent... Namaste...
Grats David, it feels great hearing your encouraging words! Stick with it Jar, grab a multi-vitamin and some B-complex, I think it will help some (they are relatively cheap, and they help me for sure). My goal today has been to keep my anxiety at bay, and so far I have. Worked out, had a nice bath. Been keeping up with my vitamins and eating fruits and veggies. Every day seems a little better than before. There will always be something to look forward to, and things will ALWAYS get better!
My goal for now is never consecutive days drinking-yesterday I did so today I cannot...but instead I want to eat and eat and eat some more. Not much better.
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