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    Hi all, has anyone suffered this at all? I am about 6 weeks clean and sober and all of a sudden I am achey with shivery skin on and off. And very tired. Its not a bug but it feels strangely like the WDs I went though.

    Any thoughts or advice?

    #2
    I feel like I have this eveyday Starty that's why I'm trying to work on my health, its not normal to feel like crud almost all the time
    I have too much shit to do today and tomorrow to drink:sohappy:

    I'm taking care of the "tomorrow me":thumbsup:
    Drinkin won't help a damn thing! Will only make me sick for DAYS and that ugly, spacey dumb feeling-no thanks!

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      #3
      Yes. It's a few weeks since I last drank now and I am finding life flat, a bit depressing and nothing much interests me. I feel like just sleeping all the time. I have felt like this before in periods of sobriety and I suspect what is happening is that the old alcohol driven brain chemistry has gone but the healthy new stuff hasn't kicked in. I also think that addicts sometimes feel crap because they aren't 'allowed' to have what they think they want!

      I'm a bit suspicious of the term 'Paws' as I think everyone's experience when they have been abstinent for a while varies. It seems to have caught on though.

      Long term sober people I have known - ex drinkers - tell me it passes and I have to believe them. If I didn't being sober wouldn't feel worth it at times.

      I will add that I'm going to the gym four or five times a week and that helps quite a lot. Feeling better than during previous sober periods I would say. Wish it was a few notches more though!
      Last edited by Mentium; February 11, 2016, 10:11 AM.

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        #4
        Starty, love. Blooming awful isn't it. I felt as flat as a leftover pancake from Shrove Tuesday at about 6 weeks AF.

        Anyway found this article..........http://www.addictionsandrecovery.org/post-acute-withdrawal.htm don't need to buy the book

        I had the full on symptoms of PAWS at around the 10/12 month mark.........it was the crying and anger that bewildered me the most. But recognising that I wasn't alone was the saving grace.........

        Also in my searching round the Tinterweb found that coming off or reducing anti-depressants can cause similar symptoms.
        It could be worse, I could be filing.
        AF since 7/7/2009

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          #5
          Gosh Starty,

          I thought it was just me....or the op I had...but feeling just so dragged down! When I wake up it feels as though I have hardly slept, and I feel as though my whole immune system is shakey...weird!!
          “It always seems impossible until it's done”
          ― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

          AF 1 July 2015

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            #6
            Originally posted by paulywogg View Post
            I feel like I have this eveyday Starty that's why I'm trying to work on my health, its not normal to feel like crud almost all the time
            Good for you Pauly. I must say its only been the last few days for me. I don't feel like crud but defo could feel better Keep up the good work my friend

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mentium View Post
              Yes. It's a few weeks since I last drank now and I am finding life flat, a bit depressing and nothing much interests me. I feel like just sleeping all the time. I have felt like this before in periods of sobriety and I suspect what is happening is that the old alcohol driven brain chemistry has gone but the healthy new stuff hasn't kicked in. I also think that addicts sometimes feel crap because they aren't 'allowed' to have what they think they want!

              I'm a bit suspicious of the term 'Paws' as I think everyone's experience when they have been abstinent for a while varies. It seems to have caught on though.

              Long term sober people I have known - ex drinkers - tell me it passes and I have to believe them. If I didn't being sober wouldn't feel worth it at times.

              I will add that I'm going to the gym four or five times a week and that helps quite a lot. Feeling better than during previous sober periods I would say. Wish it was a few notches more though!
              How long are you sober Mentium ? Exercise definitely helps I think. Sweating out all that rubbish from our bodies. For me it is not so much the mental symptoms. I don't want a drink or to use it seems to be the physical of shivery skin and aching. Oh and a bit tired. I am running too that does really help.

              I was sober 7 years and I remember having off periods but don't really remember the physical symptoms

              Keep up the good work, I am sure we will all feel better soon!!

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                #8
                Originally posted by JackieClaire View Post
                Starty, love. Blooming awful isn't it. I felt as flat as a leftover pancake from Shrove Tuesday at about 6 weeks AF.

                Anyway found this article..........http://www.addictionsandrecovery.org/post-acute-withdrawal.htm don't need to buy the book

                I had the full on symptoms of PAWS at around the 10/12 month mark.........it was the crying and anger that bewildered me the most. But recognising that I wasn't alone was the saving grace.........

                Also in my searching round the Tinterweb found that coming off or reducing anti-depressants can cause similar symptoms.
                That is very interesting Jacks. I also remember the depression side, but not so much the physical. Yes good point about the reducing ADs I will definitely keep an eye on that.

                Dunno why but the link won't open. I will have a goggle and see if I can get to it another way.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by sunbird2 View Post
                  Gosh Starty,

                  I thought it was just me....or the op I had...but feeling just so dragged down! When I wake up it feels as though I have hardly slept, and I feel as though my whole immune system is shakey...weird!!
                  How long have you felt like this Sunny? You are much further ahead than I am but I do remember around the 6 month mark I felt very flat and a kind of "ok, so I did it, now what?" feeling that was tempting to just say f*ck it

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                    #10
                    PAWS can drag on for a while. Iam at 8 months but still experience flat emotions, depression at times and not very social. It comes and goes though. I noticed some things are getting better like the quality of sleep and not nodding off after eating. I used to doze off a lot in the day time. I drank very heavily every day for 10 years, it surely will take more than 8 months to undo all that damage. It's not fun dealing with PAWS but it could be worse. I could be doing even more damage if I kept drinking.
                    Its for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and DO NOT let yourself be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:1

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by lizker View Post
                      PAWS can drag on for a while. Iam at 8 months but still experience flat emotions, depression at times and not very social. It comes and goes though. I noticed some things are getting better like the quality of sleep and not nodding off after eating. I used to doze off a lot in the day time. I drank very heavily every day for 10 years, it surely will take more than 8 months to undo all that damage. It's not fun dealing with PAWS but it could be worse. I could be doing even more damage if I kept drinking.
                      Hi Liz, you are so right. I guess I am only 42 days in and I need to give myself time to get used to this life. I think because I had such a long time previously I forget I am still in early days and still learning to live a different life. Go with the flow is going to be my new mantra. I still pressurise myself about the social thing that is definitely not helping

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                        #12
                        Starty,I too worry about the social aspect of all of this,I just feel like I'm hiding away I certainly don't want to drink but I also don't feel like doing much outside of work and home either but then I was never really a social person before I started drinking anyways,just read in the Army about"dry drunk" hope I'm not one of those,Liz,I still feel like nodding off after I eat,thought I was weird but I guess you experienced this too?and I'm also still tired throughout the day,meh
                        I have too much shit to do today and tomorrow to drink:sohappy:

                        I'm taking care of the "tomorrow me":thumbsup:
                        Drinkin won't help a damn thing! Will only make me sick for DAYS and that ugly, spacey dumb feeling-no thanks!

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                          #13
                          Hi Pauly, I am beginning to think that some of us are simply just not that social. I have never really liked partying. I love doing things that interest me like going to mind body spirit expos, looking at crystals and walking the dogs but I am simply not one of those that likes to go out and meet up with a load of folks just for the sake of it. I have always felt guilty about that and maybe I just need to accept it. I do have a few friends who I enjoy spending time with, but that is a few times a year and not on a regular basis. I think that must be my norm. I don't think either of us are dry drunks. They are usually cantankerous argumentative folk who are sort of bitter about their lot. I am certainly not that and I don't think you are either. I love snoozing in the day when I get a chance just for a while and it recharges my batteries. I need a lot of sleep anyway so maybe that is just me. I am going to try and embrace me rather than question it and simply try and accept I am who I am. If I wanted something else I would surely just do it. So would you

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