If you're in the first 72 hrs of stopping definitely seek medical help. You can seize and other bad stuff. That mistake cost me 18 days with a tube down my throat. If you're past the medically dangerous part stay around people you trust and find yourself some AA meetings. Whether or not you can do the 12 step routine, the people there will love you up and make sure you have resources. Best of luck
And, whatever City you live in look up closest A.A. meeting to your house and phone, leave a message and/or walk in there until someone talks to you. I am certain someone will get you where you need to go readily and help you right on through desire until you're sober.
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Because you keep believing the Big lie; that this time, everything will be OK. But it never is, is it?
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
1...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
2...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
3...an entire psychic change
there is very little hope of his or her recovery.”
1= why we drink
2= why we can't stop
3= the solution
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Most hospital detoxes and other programs have payment plans that you don't have to pay off right away. Still might be worth looking into if it saves your life.
Meditation always helps me
Meditation and exercise are helpful. So is thinking this is normal. The alcohol is wearing off and your nerves are working in over drive because you were drinking. Sometimes nowing why my body is doing something helps me get through it. Good luck
1 go to a hospital.
2 go to a detox for two weeks
3 get into a good program that holds you accountable.
4 get involved in AA.
Preferably for a good year.
You CANNOT do it alone without help. Your willpower will fail you.
You need to accept the fact that you are powerless over alcohol or it will kill you.
When you hit bottom this will be your only option.
Have the courage to save your life. Make no mistake, your life is on the table.
I know this sounds impossible and it’s going to be hard but you are worth it.
Good advice Dave.
It depends how much you drank. Can you give a clear idea for me how often and when you drank.
Are you feeling any other symptoms? I have detoxed myself and been detoxed by medical professionals before after relapsed before. When symptoms have been mild, I have detoxed myself safely by staying home, drinking as much fluids and eating as much as I can, resting and sleeping, vitamins, and Tylenol for headaches. When severe, I’ve gone in for detox and they put me on benzos and other meds, IVs, and vitamins. You can go to a county detox and they will evaluate your symptoms and recommend whether you need to be admitted. If you agree to their recommendation to be admitted, you are their’s until they choose to discharge you, usually 3-7 days depending on your progress. There is a risk of seizure or death in bad cases where you get the DTs so I would recommend you go in and at least get evaluated and go from there. Last time I went in they actually sent me home because my withdrawal symptoms were not bad enough.
Don’t fall into the gap that a lack of alcohol creates; fill it with something that replaces the effects of alcohol with something beneficial to you, i.e. drink water (not just a glass, but about your body weight in ounces of water). Be mindful that while drinking water is beneficial, when you are detoxing from a substance, it may feel physically uncomfortable (when I did it, it felt like my kidneys were being scrubbed from the inside out). If your anxiety is getting bad, seek medical attention prior to detoxing so folks can aid you in a healthy and safe transition. Other things to consider are your mindset; keep at the forefront of your mind the main reason for wanting to stop drinking, visualize it, make a mantra out of it, guard it. Lastly, find some friends to be there for you that won’t judge you and will respect you during your healthy transition. For instance, there is a place here in Nevada called the Healing Sanctuary that is a restorative retreat in a Home environment; there are probably others similar to them in your city as an alternative to being in a hospital environment if that is something that you’ve already tried. Good luck to you, Corinne.
Hey everyone, she's "ALREADY GONE TO AA, HER ADDICTION RUNS DEEPER THAN AA", stop it with your "malicious" comments!
Meditation is what has helped the most for me. There are tons of good guided meditations on you tube.
I echo anyone who said inpatient detox. Its the only thing that kept me from giving in to drinking or I would have ripped my hair out of my head. Pride out the door, I needed the comfort meds and a physical wall between me and the ability to go to the liquor store for a few days. I'd recommend longer than just detox, as I eventually did, but its a start.
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This is a great comment!
I needed medicine and counseling but meetings help a lot too. AA helped me a lot
If you are struggling financially I’d recommend applying for Medicaid so you can get a doctor and services to help you in your recovery!
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There are pathways in our brains that are set like ruts on a snowy hill. You need a new snow fall to interrupt the ruts.
Look into Ayahuasca or mushroom ceremonies. I hadn’t had much luck with sobriety. After my first ceremony drinking alcohol stopped making sense. I haven’t had a drink since.
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It just takes some time, I got sober a little over 100 days ago and that anxiety was helped a lot by meds I got prescribed in my rehab, but even still those feelings are still calming down..
Just remember you’ve numbed it all for so long, and those feelings don’t go away they just get stored and build up, so there’s no way but through so endure and use this time as a reminder as to why you shouldn’t go back to using
Hi Corine! Thanks for sharing. As you can probably tell, what you're feeling is pretty normal for early recovery. It took a lot of experimenting with different recovery groups and tools before I could figure out what worked best for me. The key for me was that I kept trying.
Yes to all of this, and more! We can only share what worked for us, it's up to you to figure out what works best for you. I feel like the biggest factor that helped me was SUPPORT. Seeking advice and sharing. I did it online through apps, by lots of video meetings - AA and secular AA (I'm an atheist) and even checking out non AA programs like LifeRing. I journaled, and kept in touch with lots of people, even making a 4 am phone call to a recovery hotline once. Sometimes it's an hour at a time, and I'm eternally grateful to those who TOOK TIME to support me in those early days.
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