Day 2. Exhausted, yet had a massage last night and slept relatively well. I manage chronic pain, so it all feels too much. Taking care this weekend. Cleary I need it.
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I too manage chronic pain. Occasionally it manages me. Prior to sobriety it managed me 90+ percent of the time in the last 15+ years which is no way to live at all. I learned about 5 yrs back that alcohol was severely worsening my conditions. With severe skeletal damage, nerve damage and muscle damage the added inflammation, poisoning of my muscle tissue and retardation of my circulatory system it became evident that a few hours of numbness turned to hours of worsened pain and eventually days. I eventually ruined to Fentanyl which is a horrible way to go. I must admit that the last 4+ years practicing almost complete abstinence from alcohol has allowed my muscles to rebound from decades of intermittent alcoholism even as I age. Exercise and diet/holistic supplementation has also played a huge part and has made the mental portion of sobriety so much more manageable as well. I wish you great success on your journey and if you don't give up on this app you will also never give up on sobriety and you WILL be successful. Do your daily gratitude DAILY!
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Wow. There's my complete truth right there in your words. I've never spoken about this. Thank you for sharing that honesty. I'm not as honest.