A little bit over 48 hours of no alcohol and its been a struggle. First day, I was looking everywhere for anything to drink, found about less than half a cup of hard liquor and I was shaking, I felt relief as soon as I had a sip but felt great shame and guilt after I was done drinking it. I almost went and bought another bottle but I stopped myself realizing that I would just be back in that fiending state again after I was done with it. My anxiety was/is at an all time high but I know I don’t want to live this way anymore. Any tips on how to continue surviving these withdrawals? I’ve been nothing but productive these past 2 days, I’m also planning on going to my first AA meeting tonight but it’s not until 5 more hours and it’s been hard to focus on sobriety when I could easily get a bottle right now to find quick relief. I downloaded this app yesterday when I was in that “maybe I should buy it but I don’t want to” state and read peoples success stories and thought to myself, I wanna be like them. I just want to feel normal again. Any tips are welcome, thanks in advance.
I wish there was an easier way but I don’t know of one
Rehab if you can afford it (I couldn’t)
Stay home shower often (lots of sweat)
Drink lots of water
Eat something when you can
Good luck
You’re doing this for you
The first week is hard. Procrastinate that bad habit feeling and do anything else and keep on doing anything else. Do it for you like Pat said. We're only getting older and more decrepit. It will hurt more later on if you don't quit now. Like physically. Our bodies aren't 21 anymore.
Imagine all you have lost including your self respect taking care of that alcohol addiction , now imagine all you have to gain staying sober taking care of yourself first in a positive way and realizing how much better you are 100% yourself and continuing to work on yourself making your life so much better than before.
Depending on how far along you are in your alcohol and detox at home can be very dangerous. Little more than five months ago my fiancé tried detoxing herself at home and she died. Go see the doctor alcohol does so many bad things to your digestive system. You could be in a lot more danger than you know. Detox should be done by a medical professional.
I’m sorry for your loss. I am thinking of going to the hospital if it doesn’t get any better but so far, I’m feeling pretty optimistic as I’m feeling less symptoms but anxiety and brain fog are the number one things that are being persistent. Thank you for your suggestion.
& also thank you to everyone else for your help as well, I’m pretty scared to go to AA today but I know it’s something I need to do, 2 more hours 