Brief background ... A couple of months ago, my schedule changed, and my drinking habits were "adjusted", for lack of a better word, though not necessarily for the better ..... So, my days now go something like this ... Mon.-Fri .. up at 5:30/6:00 a.m. ... one drink of vodka around 7:00 a.m. to feel calm ... then work most of the day, 8:00 a.m. to mid-afternoon (just fine without a drink) ... then go home in the afternoon, and have a drink as soon as I get home ... and from there, an ongoing "glass of something" into the evening, until I go to bed at 10:00... Not sure how much that adds up to. Probably a pint - and I'm sure sometimes closer to two - (of hard liquor) per day during the work week.... I actually look forward to the weekends now because I am drinking much less on the weekends - It used to be the other way around.
Anyway, I think I am ready to stop this foolishness now. An acquaintance's husband passed away the other day. He was an alcoholic. She hadn't told anyone that he was, and she didn't realize how bad his liver, etc., were. He had an ulcer which apparently started bleeding, and because of his liver troubles and alcohol, his blood pressure went too low, and he had a fatal heart attack. Scary stuff, especially when you don't really know what's going on inside your body.
...... (Oops, I guess that wasn't a very brief background afterall - lol ... Apologies for my long-windedness.)
Anyway, my questions:
(1) These days, even though I'm having a fair amount of alcohol, I don't usually feel horribly hungover, super sleepy, or have bad shakes, etc., and I seem fine if I manage to go a full 24 hours without a drink.. I just wake up and feel pretty much normal (or at least what I think is normal?) - except for the guilt and shame part of things, that is .. that's the part that really gets to me..... Does this mean that if I stop the alcohol all together, cold turkey, I may not go through the usual withdrawal symptoms? (Or am I just hoping too high there?)
(2) I read somewhere that a warm bath helps to draw the toxins from your body. Does anyone know if this is true?
Thanks a lot for your input. I really appreciate it.
Anyway, I think I am ready to stop this foolishness now. An acquaintance's husband passed away the other day. He was an alcoholic. She hadn't told anyone that he was, and she didn't realize how bad his liver, etc., were. He had an ulcer which apparently started bleeding, and because of his liver troubles and alcohol, his blood pressure went too low, and he had a fatal heart attack. Scary stuff, especially when you don't really know what's going on inside your body.
...... (Oops, I guess that wasn't a very brief background afterall - lol ... Apologies for my long-windedness.)
Anyway, my questions:
(1) These days, even though I'm having a fair amount of alcohol, I don't usually feel horribly hungover, super sleepy, or have bad shakes, etc., and I seem fine if I manage to go a full 24 hours without a drink.. I just wake up and feel pretty much normal (or at least what I think is normal?) - except for the guilt and shame part of things, that is .. that's the part that really gets to me..... Does this mean that if I stop the alcohol all together, cold turkey, I may not go through the usual withdrawal symptoms? (Or am I just hoping too high there?)
(2) I read somewhere that a warm bath helps to draw the toxins from your body. Does anyone know if this is true?
Thanks a lot for your input. I really appreciate it.
... but we'll fight him.
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