Hi. I’m struggling with withdrawal. Should I look for a hospital? Should I white knuckle it?
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I had to do medical detox. If you are having seizures definitely seek medical help
No seizures yet. Anxiety attacks for sure. Some shakes. It’s from alcohol.
If you can. You should go to a meeting
I’ve done an online meeting. Getting out is hard right now
If u feel in ya gut u need to go to a hospital just go better than to b safe than sorry love
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Thank you Ashton. I honestly don’t know. I feel like I can survive the withdrawal because I’ve been thru it before. But there is always that gut feeling that the anxiety is gonna be worse or gonna be a seizure. Ya know?
What day are you on? This can be dangerous, if it’s in your mind maybe you need assistance then my suggestion is to seek assistance
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I’ve gone thru withdrawal and survived a few times. My fear is seizures
I’m sipping right now to keep the shakes away
It can be serious, if you have gone through a few times and have the pattern of coming back, what are you going to do different to give you a chance at long term recovery? I did the same several times and did things very different this time and it has created a solid sobriety and reasonably happy life.
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What did you do? I was able to piece together a couple years a couple times.
First I was willing to do whatever it took to save my life, I was ready and willing. I had some hesitation to go to aa but I was out of options, I promised my self I’d go to 90 meetings in 90 days and would not form any opinion until then. If I relapsed in the meantime I was going to check into a 90 day rehab. I did not but I worked the AA program as my life depends on it (it did) I went to 124 meetings in 90 days and started to like the program. So at that point I dove into the work to change my alcoholic behavior and learn to deal with life by working the steps. I completely immersed my self for the first year. I now have 3 years 4 months and have the tools to not have to drink and have broken the cycle of alcohol dependency. It takes work and by a miracle I new I wasn’t going to achieve sobriety doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
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Pray take the mental part out of it... just a physically sober today you might make it through if not go to the hospital
Alcohol u can’t do at home. That’s very dangerous
You are worth taking care of yourself and it’s not weakness to ask for help. Just the opposite!
I did medical detox this time and couldn't recommend it more. They actually want you off the alcohol for 24 hours prior to admittance if possible. These places are all over if you Google but if you go to ER they will either admit you or transfer you to another level 4 facility for detox. Either way , they'll likely give you librium, hydroxyzine, clonidine, maybe seraquel to essentially get you to sleep as you detox. My place even let me have my phone. It was by no means fun but It was as pleasant as it could be and it's nice to be free of anxiety knowing they can resuscitate you if the worst occurs. Personally, I just googled hospitals that have alcohol detox in particular and went to the closest one with good reviews on Google or what have you.
Good luck my man.
1000% go to the hospital. Tell them you are withdrawing. It’s super dangerous and they will help you.
They will give you medicine to treat the anxiety and prevent seizures
I can’t say, I have tried that grout in the past, but it’s never helped. I think you just have to put the drink down completely and walk away and ask for help if you need it. Drinking in any form is never the answer… Praying for you.