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[DeeBee]

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Hi DAC,

A warm welcome!! Welcome to another type of club.

[gm4life]

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Hey you....good luck tomorrow. This is my first post. Your post hit me in the gut because, I too, am in law enforcement. I quit being a cop two years ago and went into administration thinking that the stress would release and I'd quit drinking. NOPE. Still drinking. Still hating myself. I quit smoking 10 years ago with a huge help from online forums, so I'm hoping that these forums might be a big help to quit drinking also. Being a cop is an incredibly rewarding career, but I know first hand what an incredible toll it takes on our personal lives.

We'll have to keep in touch. I haven't set my quit date yet...but I was starting to really get into the September 1st club idea.

Again - good luck tomorrow. We're all pulling for you.

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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Thanks bro and thanks everyone. Wife is going out to get some burger king junk food right now. Took my first kudzu pill. It is actually working! May be all in my mind but who knows. I just want my whopper and fries right now. Have not had real food in days now. Gm4life, my brother do what you have to do, this sucks to be where we are but we must reach down and pull ourselves out. I am getting up at 4:40 am and draggin my butt back to the job.

[A Work in Progress]

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Hoping all goes OK... maybe even pretty good... for you tomorrow! And, hey, enjoying real junk food! Hot damn, you're on the mend!

wip

[sothankful]

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Hi Dazed, So happy you are on the mend. I wanted to tell you that I took kudzu over the weekend for the first time, it's not in your head. I felt the same way. I just didn't want to drink. That is such a great feeling. it's a great tool. Hope to hear from you soon. so glad you are here...


Day 8

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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Woke up at 4:40 and puked in the shower. I am shaking so bad that I have to use both hands to take a drink of water. But no beer!

[Seacailin]

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Sorry that you are not feeling well. Withdrawal is the toughest part. You may want to call your doc for something to help you. I could not do the physical withdrawal without medication. I was shaking so bad that I thought I was going to have a seizure. You Never have to do this again!!! Keep up the water. We have "Water Police" here.lol. I wish u well today. Please let us know how u r doing.

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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Doc offered me some xanax but I said no. The kudzu is working on the urges pretty well. The physical stuff is bad though.

[Seacailin]

New guy

Xanax or Ativan would be very helpful. You will probably only need it for 5 days, and then can taper off. No need to suffer so much when there is help. It is entirely up to you. There are also supplements that help with withdrawal. You can check them out in the MWO store. Hang in there and let us know how you are.

[A Work in Progress]

New guy

Dazed, you going to work today? Or this evening? Shaking and throwing up? Is that gonna work out?

wip

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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Im very weak and exhausted right now. Keep having episodes where I lay in bed and shake and sweat. No hallucinations or anything mental still all just physical stuff.

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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A Work in Progress;371390 wrote: Dazed, you going to work today? Or this evening? Shaking and throwing up? Is that gonna work out?

wip

No, spoke to my doc and he told me not to work or even drive while this is going on.

[A Work in Progress]

New guy

OK good you are in touch with this doc, and not trying to show up for work like this, and maybe you would re-consider the xanax????? Just get a 3-4 day scrip????

wip

[Dazedandconfoosed]

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17 hrs so far.

[Dazedandconfoosed]

New guy

If there is a way to suffer goodly I havent found it. ehehe