Posted by adagiolover1 on February 4, 2005, at 8:18:17
In reply to NEW -?s help re: alcohol withdrawal (long,sorry), posted by marjorie on January 4, 2005, at 12:50:52
> Therefore, I want to post here myself and say thank you to those of you who have already helped me without even knowing it. I would very much like to become part of this community and continue to benefit from your support and experience and hopefully be able to provide some of it myself at some point.
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> Today is Day 3 for me, and so far, I feel pretty good. I have had some moments that have been scary, and one thing I would like to know is whether or not some of the symptoms I have been having are caused by alcohol withdrawal or something else. The reason I ask is that I am surrounded by people who have the flu, and I don't know if I'm getting it too. I don't really think so though, because my symptoms are mostly different from theirs.
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> Thankfully, I have not yet craved a drink. In fact, the thought of drinking turns me off right now. I have had steady headaches, but they are relieved by ipubrofen. I have had what I imagine must be "hot flashes", where all of a sudden I feel like I'm going to catch on fire. I sweat and become short of breath when this happens. I go stand under the fan and it usually goes away in ten or fifteen minutes. I have had insomnia, but I had that before. I don't have the bladder and kidney discomfort that I used to have all the time. I do find that I have more frequent bowel movements. I have moments of irritability, but I had those before. One time, late yesterday, Day 2, I had an extremely dizzy spell that scared me, but it probably lasted only a minute or so.
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> Is any of this anything to be alarmed about, or is it all par for the course? What else can I expect? What should worry me and what shouldn't? What are some of the things that I can do when these things happen? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks,
> Marjorie
heh heh, I must have subscribed to this thread on accident, as a letter notifying me of a response to it was there this morning when I signed on. I am sure you have gotten lots of good responses, I will add mine briefly:
Those DT's and other withdrawal symptoms are hell...I went thru them several times in my 20 yr drinking career. Personally, I was never able to sustain the 'quit' alone, as once the physical symptoms subsided, the craving was there, the mental obsession.
But it's now 7 plus years sober, and my life has been more good than I would have ever guessed, even the sad and bad things. I hope at this point, over a month sober, that you, marjorie, are finding your way, but not alone.....good luck to you.
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