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    Help! When does the fog finally lift?

    I'm on day 4 AF. Last night, didnt get to sleep until 8:30 AM this morning. Hands still shaking (especially when I drink coffee). Head is in a fog. I thought I would feel better by now. I am just sitting around doing nothing, surfing the web. I have so much to do...but do not have the energy. Isolating myself in the house...I don't want to see anyone. I do have to go out today, and can't even seem to get myself in the shower. I look pale and tired. Also feeling quilty. My son has a friend over, and I'm just kinda "here". His mother is bright and bubbly, always on the go. Why can't I be like that?

    It would be so easy to get a 12-pack tonight, get the color back in my face, quit shaking...and sleep. When will this get better?
    This is no longer a drinking problem...it's a matter of Life or Death!!!
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    #2
    Help! When does the fog finally lift?

    I'm going to go take a damn shower. I feel so angry!
    This is no longer a drinking problem...it's a matter of Life or Death!!!

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      #3
      Help! When does the fog finally lift?

      I know all to well how it seems easier to just drink to feel better. You have 4 days it should be subsiding very soon. I know you can do it. Then you'll be the mother who is bright and bubbly and on the go.

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        #4
        Help! When does the fog finally lift?

        I totally know where you are coming from, but I promise you that if you stick with it you will feel better sometime soon.

        This might sound odd, but make yourself do something that is energetic, I used to dance around my kitchen to the radio, this apparently produces something in the brain that makes us feel better .....

        PLease hang in there .....
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          #5
          Help! When does the fog finally lift?

          Hi Looking: the times I've tried to quit, it has also made me SO angry!!!!! Why do I feel so much WORSE!!!! I remember getting the best night's sleep I'd had in many months, waking up the next day and feeling so exhausted and lethargic I felt like I had lead weights all over my body .. and awful, terrible moods. this is partly why i haven't managed to go AF yet, so afraid of going thru that again. But everyone here says you DO eventually feel better ..!!
          :boxer: Get the hell out of my house, Al, you worthless bastard!!

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            #6
            Help! When does the fog finally lift?

            Hi Looking

            I'm on day 12 AF
            It took about 7 or 8 days to feel somewhat normal, until then I felt like I had a slight flu.
            I still have cravings but at least my headache is gone and I have some energy.

            Keep at it!

            Hugs
            K
            Nov 1 2006 avg 100 - 120 drinks/week
            April 29 2011 TSM avg 70 - 80/wk
            wks* 1- 6: 256/1AF (avg 42.6/wk)
            wks* 7-12: 229/3AF (avg 38.1/wk)
            wks 13-18: 192/5AF (avg 32.0/wk)
            wks 19-24: 176/1AF (avg 29.3/wk)
            wks 25-30: 154/10AF (avg 25.6/wk)
            wks 31-36: 30/37AF (avg 5/wk )

            I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.
            http://www.thesinclairmethod.net/community/

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              #7
              Help! When does the fog finally lift?

              Dolly, TY for the support, I so want to be that bright and bubbly person I used to be. Have to want it bad enough, to give up the poison that brought it all down.

              Betty, I will stick with it, there is hope, I know there is. Took a shower, will get out of this house. I used to dance in the kitchen, but lost that inner happiness somewhere along the way. Maybe dancing without falling would be nice.

              Dexter, oh boy, can I relate! Seems that is what takes us back, huh? We're supposed to feel better, but we feel more "weighted". Have also went through that experience of not drinking for a few days, and being so tired! Having a good nights sleep and wishing I would have got drunk instead so even though the hangover was there, I would feel better. Is the anger simply emotions we have been drowning? Are we angry at ourselves? Are we angry at alcohol? Hell...who knows. Maybe if you go AF with me tonight, we can get through tonight?
              This is no longer a drinking problem...it's a matter of Life or Death!!!

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                #8
                Help! When does the fog finally lift?

                Katie, 12 days AF...wow, outstanding! I really appreciate your re-assurance that this will pass. I can't imagine how 12 days sober would feel!!! Again, congrats...I will be joining you soon.
                This is no longer a drinking problem...it's a matter of Life or Death!!!

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                  #9
                  Help! When does the fog finally lift?

                  I just really wanted to thank everyone here who may be reading this, for all of the threads, posts and support to each of us here. There is absolutely no way I could have gotten to even this 4-day AF point without the support of MWO. I have been a member for over a year, and have kept "watch", which has finally helped me get to this first big step. And Roberta Jewell, Thank You...this has been something sent from God.
                  This is no longer a drinking problem...it's a matter of Life or Death!!!

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                    #10
                    Help! When does the fog finally lift?

                    Looking, I'm on day 12 and the first few days were rough. Everyone says around day 4 is the worst, so you're about to pass that. Are you taking the B-Complex vitamins? That seems to help me more than anything. Hang in there!

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                      #11
                      Help! When does the fog finally lift?

                      Juli...Have actually got all my make-up on, hair done, and a complete set of clothing with shoes, so while I'm at the store, will get B-complex vitamins along with the Melatonin. I have been stubborn about taking vitamins, but its time. Congratulations on your day 12 AF! This is looking more hopeful every day....
                      This is no longer a drinking problem...it's a matter of Life or Death!!!

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