Pins and needles
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Hi everyone I can't write a long Text because i don't feel too good.Basicly I've been drinking on and off since Xmas ( mostly on) Now the Pins and Needles and cramps are so bad I'm starting to Panic.I'm taking all the relevant vitamins and not drinking too much.Had a sip of wine yesterday (it tasted like vinegar) so nothing today.I did some googling yesterday but did'nt really understand it probably have a wet Brain by now.What I would like to know is will these sensations ever go away or is the nervous damage permanent? Hope someone out there can help.Thanks
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Paper_fairy susan60053
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Hope you are staying safe and strong. Take care xx
susan60053 Paper_fairy
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Misssy2 susan60053
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I could no longer say NO to alcohol. I had to be physically restrained from my surroundings (by going to hospital). When I got there..my body was so depleted of fluids and nutrition. Me making the decision to go there saved my life.
Then and only then was I able to say NO to alcohol. Some people here..including paperfairy..have used a taper system (drinking less each day until stopping does not become so painful).
So if you do start counting what you drink...and cut it down by a couple a day...so if you drink say 3 bottles of a substance...drink 2.5 bottles for a week. Then move to 2 bottles for a week....Then 1.5....this is really hard to do. I was succesful one time at tapering.
I did drink bottles of beer at the time....I cut down....and kept cutting down...the day I was down to 3 beers...the next day...I did not drink at all. I got thru that detox alot easier than previous detoxes. But, this last time I was on a binge..I could not stop or taper.
I was dying inside (I felt it) and it was visibily apparant I was dying on the outside.
3 weeks after stopping and leaving the hospital. My boyfriend wanted a bottle of booze...he doesn't drink alot...I asked him if I could go in the store. Because it was a local store which I went to every morning. I wanted the people on the cash register to see me looking well. I told the girl...I had gone to the hospital...and I wasn't drinking and this BOTTLE was for my Boyfriend. She responded...She said I AM SO GLAD.....YOU LOOK SO MUCH BETTER...KEEP IT UP.
Some of us think we function...but others do notice. I was beyond looking horrible or functioning....I literally was shuffling into the stores on my last days in the mornings in pajamas I had worn for 25 days.....I was a mess.
Please either try to taper....or get yourself to a hospital. You can do it.
Paper_fairy susan60053
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