Day 4 of tapering .. kinda bloggy
Sohappy, I am glad you have joined us. :welcome: There are lots of tools to help you beat the bottle here. I look forward to getting to know you. Stay close and post often!
sohappy;1451283 wrote: Cat
I just wanted to say thank you! Vodka mixed with water was my poison. A little more than 1/2 a 1.75 bottle a day.
It nearly destroyed my career and has possibly destroyed my marriage.
I am on day 3, only one beer this morning. Day 1 was 1/2 the bottle, Day 2 was a quarter of the bottle. Today Day 3 at 5 am my heart was racing just at 100 beats a minute so I drank a 1/4 of a beer slowly. That helped. Then around 10AM it was coming back with stronger shakes so I finished the beer. It is now 12AM, I have not had anything to drink since this morning and the only symptom I have is the crawling skin and that I am still awake...I am going to slowly drink a beer so I can sleep without worrying I went too fast.
One tip I might be able offer others new to the process: during t night 1 and night 2, I was miserable. The typical symptoms, insomnia, shakes, sweats, racing heart...but in addition I was hearing music that not playing anywhere. So I figured if I am hearing music I might as well listen to it. ( music helped me thru labor) so I listened to my hear buds and it seemed to help calm me and distract me from obsessing over what I was going thru. I would also eventually stop fighting the lack of sleep and watch a movie.
Once again thank you so much! This was my only option....rehab would have potentially caused me to lose my family. I am hoping tomorrow is going to be my first real AF day. And the first day to begin repairing the damage my drinking has done to me and my family.
I just wanted to say thank you! Vodka mixed with water was my poison. A little more than 1/2 a 1.75 bottle a day.
It nearly destroyed my career and has possibly destroyed my marriage.
I am on day 3, only one beer this morning. Day 1 was 1/2 the bottle, Day 2 was a quarter of the bottle. Today Day 3 at 5 am my heart was racing just at 100 beats a minute so I drank a 1/4 of a beer slowly. That helped. Then around 10AM it was coming back with stronger shakes so I finished the beer. It is now 12AM, I have not had anything to drink since this morning and the only symptom I have is the crawling skin and that I am still awake...I am going to slowly drink a beer so I can sleep without worrying I went too fast.
One tip I might be able offer others new to the process: during t night 1 and night 2, I was miserable. The typical symptoms, insomnia, shakes, sweats, racing heart...but in addition I was hearing music that not playing anywhere. So I figured if I am hearing music I might as well listen to it. ( music helped me thru labor) so I listened to my hear buds and it seemed to help calm me and distract me from obsessing over what I was going thru. I would also eventually stop fighting the lack of sleep and watch a movie.
Once again thank you so much! This was my only option....rehab would have potentially caused me to lose my family. I am hoping tomorrow is going to be my first real AF day. And the first day to begin repairing the damage my drinking has done to me and my family.
This time 4 SURE!
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