Forever Grateful to you
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For all of you that have been there with me while I struggle this week.
I'm finally on Day 4 sober.
All of your replies kept me as positive as I could be that I was capable of doing this. I don't have any family or friend support and you acted as thou you had known me for years...holding me up each day I was spiraling in despair.
That was such a ride and its not over..but I see the light now.
Food is tasting better
I have taken a shower
I have been able to watch tv
I have been able to have a conversation
I have been able to walk to the bathroom without feeling like I was going to die.
I still look like death...but I no longer feel like I look. I am still having struggles and not 100%. On a scale of 1-10.....I'm a solid 7 now because of my hard work and ALL OF YOU.
I want to tell anyone that is about to get sober...IF you can afford or obtain medical detox...do it...it is in your best interest and you will be more comfortable.
If you can't...when you plan your quit day...ensure you have some very important things in your house (because I was unable to get some until Day 3 and I was in serious need of many of them):
Vitamins (B1, B12, Vit C, Zinc, Folic Acid)
Get the energy drinks to replace your electrolytes...I used Gatorade and Pedilyte.
Bananna
Rice
Chicken broth or soup
Asprin
A tranqualizer of some kind
popsicles
Peanut Butter
Oatmeal
The drinks that make up for a meal (shakes - Ensure)
AND plenty of water
I wasn't able to actually EAT many of those things...but the ones I did were extremely helpful. Today I managed a grilled cheese. And I just received a phone call from my b/f who is out and he is picking up a smorgesboard plate of food...he gave me some choices...and a piece of baked scrod..sounded good to me!
I am living again...and for anyone that is not....you are NOT alone....I especially know what your going thru at this moment....and those of you again that have made it thru and have helped ME....THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!
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Paper_fairy Misssy2
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Paper_fairy
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Another think. This forum is helping us all get better in the comfort of our own home. Unlike aa where you have to drag yourself out for a whole evening and feel pressure to share with people you know and don't know. However there are a lot of great thinks I've picked up from it and it's literature like living in the day...don't worry about tomorrow, don't dwell on the past, just live in the day. The rest is just wasted energy. If I thought I couldn't ever have a drink for the rest of the day I think I'd go mad! So I just say "today I'm not going to drink" and not worry about tomorrow or a week away or a year etc. It helps me.
Its only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis...
bye for now. Day 4 and out all afternoon, evening. Catch up later xx
Paper_fairy
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Misssy2 Paper_fairy
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Thank God!
Have fun
Paper_fairy Misssy2
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h1954 Paper_fairy
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susan60053 Misssy2
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Misssy2 susan60053
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I'm glad that you are doing better too. I thank God at night now and in the a.m. when I wake up....I feel "free" from the bondage of alcohol...needing it...the yucky taste in my mouth in the mornings...the regret and guilt...(in my case no food).
I had a couple really decent meals yesterday. My sister is coming over today - I need to help her with a document. I'm picking my Dad up this afternoon. Going to a craft show tommorow with my mother. None of this was possible for me when drinking!
vickylou Misssy2
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Misssy2 vickylou
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And I also think that bottles tossed out near schools...should carry a higher fine...than the regular litter charge. Like what if....there's some alcohol left in some of those bottles.
I know when I was 12 or 13...my girlfriend and I found a beer on a golf course..opened it and shared it!
Robin2015 susan60053
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eliz89662 Misssy2
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melanie46211 Misssy2
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Misssy2 melanie46211
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