Is it normal to have flash backs?

[Rocks]

I have not drunk any alcohol for 9 days, I am finding myself remembering all the awful things I have done, the way I have behaved ect!

Is this a normal process we have to go through? In the past I would have another drink and then not worry about it.

Rocks xx:butterfly:

[JackieClaire]

Is it normal to have flash backs?

Hi Rocks,

Don't think I've said hello so :welcome:

Completely normal, hun. They'll become fewer and farther between so don't worry.. I still get the rare internal shudder thinking of some of things I have done, but it does pass.

Oh and BTW 9 days AF is cracking along.:goodjob:

J x
:l

[tiptronic_ct]

Is it normal to have flash backs?

:hallo: Rocks!

I agree with what the dog lady said.

Happily, these issues go away. I can now even joke about some of the stuff I did when I speak about it with my wife.

[Lavande]

Is it normal to have flash backs?

Hi Rocks,

I think that happens as the your system clears the last of the AL & your thinking & memory suddenly become much clearer
Try to not dwell on it though........just use those thoughts & memories as a tool to keep you from picking up another drink

[daisy45]

Is it normal to have flash backs?

Rocks, I am so with you on this. I went swimming tonight and while doing so I remembered a thing that happened over 20 years ago when I was soooo drunk. Then another from only 2 years ago..........both brought as much humiliation and embarrassment, even to this day! I could never tell ANYONE and NEVER WILL. I could feel my face going red just thinking about it, even in the cold water. I started wondering if I was so drunk I only 'thought' other people didnt know and that maybe I had been discussed and laughed about.....oh, the shame.
There is nothing I can do about any of it now, just try to create enough good things to be remembered for instead.
You spoke exactly what I had been thinking today, thank goodness because I thought it was just old paranoid me! And yes, wine would have been the next stop.......
So glad you posted this; part of the journey I guess....
AND they werent 'all' bad......some things I done give me a good laugh...

[choice]

Is it normal to have flash backs?

I think it's really normal Rocks. My first 30 days AF were kinda surreal with tons of memories. I still have flash backs now, but I'm use to not drinking so it's not as strange. I think remembering some of my behavior when I was drunk was kind of a motivator not to drink. I just got tired of wondering why I acted the way I did when I was drunk even if it wasn't "that bad".

[lil.michelle]

Is it normal to have flash backs?

Hunni, I'm 9 month + AF and I have them everyday. Some days it's all I can think about. As horrible as it is, it's the main thing that keeps me from drinking! I'll never hurt people like that again, act or say things like I did when I was drinking. Urg! But I always try keep myself and mind occupied. In the end, we can't change the past but we can control our future!