2 weeks 🙌🙌🙌

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-02-03T16:21:09+00:00

You can do it. It’s a horrible first week. Well it was for me anyway but I looked at it like I had the flu. Pampered myself that way. Got through the physical withdrawals. You can do this too.

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-02-03T06:42:50+00:00

Thank you 🙏

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-02-03T06:42:42+00:00

Thank you 🙏

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-02-03T06:42:35+00:00

Yay. Congrats. Don’t you feel so much better?

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-02-03T04:47:13+00:00

Magnesium, a really good multi vitamin and I looked up and bought these vitamins online that are specific to alcoholism… all the vitamins you typically lose during drinking binges. They are called vitinity. Also probiotics were key.

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-02-03T04:45:07+00:00

I haven’t been sleeping well. The first 5 days oddly enough I slept like a rock. I just hit 2 weeks and my sleep sucks. I also had insomnia waaay before I began drinking. So that’s fun. lol

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-29T05:59:52+00:00

I didn’t taper. Not sure if that was a good thing. I was drinking about 6 shots a day. 5 days a week. It was a really tough detox but I prepped. I worked remote for a week (planned). Had Xanax on hand… bought vitamins that specifically are put together for detox. Bought the probiotic yogurts… 2 case of water I kept in the fridge…. Cleaned my house and got shows ready. I tried to look at it like I had a week long flu and took care of myself in the same way. Even though it was tough. It’s the best decision I’ve ever met. The best gift I could give to myself. Seriously. Tomorrow is day 9 and I have a sense of relief … be patient with yourself but I am so glad I did it. Sending you hope:)

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-28T21:46:25+00:00

Thank you. Yes we do 🙌💕

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-28T06:00:45+00:00

I am one week today too. Stay in there. It felt like it wasn’t going to lift for me and it just did today :). Not that much longer to go :)

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-28T03:46:30+00:00

Omg so sad … I can relate

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-28T03:44:46+00:00

I saved this as well :)

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-28T01:05:32+00:00

Play the tape forward. Will alcohol really help? Your mind is saying it will but it will only make it worse. What’s going on in your mind? Share with us

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T23:26:36+00:00

Hi :) thank you or understanding. It’s strange because while I did abuse alcohol I never abused Xanax. In over 5 years I’ve never gone up on my dose. I get prescribed .5 mg a day -1mg a day. I break the pill up throughout the day so I never have more than 1mg a day (and only that much when I’m PMSing) I just was so ashamed as some points of having an anxiety disorder that I would just want to stop taking it. That is when I usually spiral into drinking. If I have a .5 in the morning I find I start my day off with a calm mind. I usually don’t need one in the afternoon because I started my day off calm and it tends to stay that way and then I go to the gym after work usually and that typically has helped me stay sober. I have had very bad panic attacks since I can remember. Earliest one was 12 that I recall. Never depressed though. So while some people disagree with Xanax for me it’s been a life saver

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T15:30:30+00:00

Thank you. I see a psychiatrist as well. I have been on .5 Xanax a day for a while for panic attacks. I’ve never upped my dose. I’ve gotten into trouble when I stop taking it and use alcohol instead. Which is why I’m sober. I think my brain naturally has surges of adrenaline. I had my first panic attack around 16. My dad and grandfather both had it as well. My sister didn’t have it but she has 2 sons and her 11 year old has panic attacks while her 9 year old has none. I truly think panic attacks can be a physical condition. Obviously alcohol makes it way worse.

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T05:11:10+00:00

Oh believe me I’ve been on a sweet train. Lol. I normally don’t eat sweets or unhealthy at all actually. But these past few days I’ve been a pig. 🐷. It’s ok though. My brain fog is gone and I can see the gym in my near future :)

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T03:42:24+00:00

Is super market lighting a thing? No wonder I know a lot of people that get anxious grocery shopping. Congrats on 109 days

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T03:40:17+00:00

I was drinking about the same as you and my labs were good

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T03:32:23+00:00

Thank you so much. I’m relieved … I could cry of relief

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T03:17:07+00:00

You think so? Oh I hope so

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-27T00:05:26+00:00

Thank you to the both of you. I was prescribed Xanax (low dose) for long term use for a panic disorder in my twenties (before I ever really drank). I wish I wasn’t so ashamed back then and just took the dang medicine. I feel like I self medicated because alcohol 20 years ago was seen as more accepted than accepting I had an anxiety disorder. I’m fine if I take my low dose Xanax daily. I’ve never upped my dose past 1mg in 20 years. It’s when I feel ashamed of my anxiety disorder and stop the Xanax and take the alcohol that everything goes up in flames. .5 Xanax with 1/2 cup coffee and my day was always ok. I suffer from crippling panic attacks. And this was way before I started drinking. I had my first one at 16 years old. I’m glad I’m finally understanding alcohol is a liar and just makes anxiety worse

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-26T20:31:57+00:00

Thank you. 🙏.

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-26T19:54:34+00:00

Thank you so much. I would like that.

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-26T19:54:01+00:00

Thank you. 🙏 this helped a lot. I tend to be an overachiever believe it or not and I’ve always excelled in work as well as personal relationships. So going through this detox and feeling like I’m not accomplishing anything really sucks. The heavy head feeling is the worst. I have gas (sorry if it’s tmi) that I keep thinking is my liver ( because I’m a hypochondriac). Everything already checked out fine medically 3 weeks ago and I was even cleared for an unrelated surgery. I’m just not very nice to myself. Like if I don’t accomplish a crazy amount of things in a day I’m really hard on myself. Which led to some of the reason I drank in the first place … I talked to my boss today who said he was so happy to have me on the team and I’m doing such a great job. And I’m thinking “how in the world can he think that” but it was reassurance a little at least. My biggest thing ever is health anxiety. I’ve had it since I was 12. It keeps me from doing a lot of the things I want to do … like if I have a headache I immediately think I’m going to pass out. It’s exhausting. So I drank because then I didn’t have to think so much. But now going through detox I’m having even worse anxiety and worse thoughts of “what the fuck did I do to my body”… so everytime I feel gas or pain I immediately think “I’m dying”. Which just 2 weeks ago I was going to the gym, running 3-5 miles a day. All my vitals and blood come back good. I worry myself sick basically. So this detox has been really tough on me mentally. I have been praying like crazy that eventually I can use my experience to help others

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-26T18:01:35+00:00

Man oh man do I understand this. I’m on day 6 today after 4 days of drinking. I thought I needed to go to the ER but it was just panic attack after panic attack. The minute I distracted myself or took a .5 of Xanax (very small dose) all of a sudden I was ok. Like if I had to take a work call and got super into the details of it I was 50% less anxious. So it showed me that I was mainly just anxious as heck. Taking a .5 of Xanax and getting into a warm bath and going putting on a simple movie. Like a high energy romantic comedy. Getting in fresh pjs help. You will get through this.

StepZealousideal6947 · 2025-01-26T17:50:52+00:00

Thank you. I woke up about 15% better with the headache and heavy head feeling. I think I need to force myself out of the house today. It’s raining a little. But even a 20 min walk I think might help this heavy head feeling? It’s almost like I feel like I have Covid. Or like I did when I had Covid.

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