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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 timeI 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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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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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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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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Originally posted by paulywogg View PostI 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
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Originally posted by Mentium View PostYes. 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!
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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Originally posted by JackieClaire View PostStarty, 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.
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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Originally posted by sunbird2 View PostGosh 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!!
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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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Originally posted by lizker View PostPAWS 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.
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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,mehI 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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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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