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[vlad]

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Morning Cakie! Glad to hear you sounding so positive this morning!

[cymru]

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Things will only get better as time passes queen. It is something we must try not to fight by ourselves to much. Being a dry drunk can be hard work, and can be almost as bad as being a drunk! In my experience, its best to get some outside help of some kind. A support group maybe?
All the best, and keep with us. Im on the army thread alot in general discussion, and you are more than welcome to join us there, if you need to talk with like minded nutters!
Take care.

[lil.michelle]

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it'll take as long as your body needs to detox. Juust do NOT pick up another drink. i highly doubt your body can take much more.
if you find withdrawal to much or worrying go to A&E.
Remember this is your bodys turn to get you back for poisioning for years.
Hang in there!

[CakeQueen]

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vlad;583975 wrote: Morning Cakie! Glad to hear you sounding so positive this morning!

Vlad , I actually do, feel a million times better that yesterday, I have a busy day ahead I have a wedding show at the weekend so need to prepare

How you doing ? ps Cakie lol ..

[CakeQueen]

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lil.michelle;583988 wrote: it'll take as long as your body needs to detox. Juust do NOT pick up another drink. i highly doubt your body can take much more.
if you find withdrawal to much or worrying go to A&E.
Remember this is your bodys turn to get you back for poisioning for years.
Hang in there!

Thanks Michelle , And you are so right my body has had enough yesterday morning scared me half to death and thats no joke, my heart was racing I was shaking sweating metal mouth and very panicky

I am not going to have a drink

[vlad]

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CakeQueen;583989 wrote:
How you doing ? ps Cakie lol ..

I'm good - you'll need to get used to the name alterations - I get called Vladdie, Vladders (sounds like bladders), Vladster, Vladeroonie.

Suppose I could have said Queenie, sounds better.

[CakeQueen]

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vlad;583996 wrote: I'm good - you'll need to get used to the name alterations - I get called Vladdie, Vladders (sounds like bladders), Vladster, Vladeroonie.

Suppose I could have said Queenie, sounds better.

Lol .. Cakie is better and I usually get asked "Are you the Chocolate Baileys Cake... "
its our signature flavour and no kidding customers say that on the phone

[aprilmoon]

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:welcome: Cake Queen,

My poison is rum. I never tasted Vodka and maybe that's a good thing. I wish you the best. You have found a great website with members who are here to pick you up when you are low. I know because they have helped me.

You can do this!!!!:goodjob:

[CakeQueen]

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:stop:
Im struggling a bit now I have been really busy today and only thought about having a drink a couple of times but my head is aching so much I feel rubbish and I want it to stop

[Blue Sky]

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Hi Cakie

Well done on gettting through the last 2 days.:goodjob:

Distract yourself, bake or read, have a bath or anything but drinking.

Put your PJ's on....it's just not right to drink in your PJ's! :H
Are you in the UK? I know it's a bit early for bed but I found I had a lot of early nights at first and my body loves all the proper deep sleep I'm now getting.

And don't sit in your usual drinking chair. The 1st few days I was AF I couldn't even go in our lounge in the evening!

Keep strong, the physical worst is behind you.

[CakeQueen]

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Blue Sky;584342 wrote: Hi Cakie

Well done on gettting through the last 2 days.:goodjob:

Distract yourself, bake or read, have a bath or anything but drinking.

Put your PJ's on....it's just not right to drink in your PJ's! :H
Are you in the UK? I know it's a bit early for bed but I found I had a lot of early nights at first and my body loves all the proper deep sleep I'm now getting.

And don't sit in your usual drinking chair. The 1st few days I was AF I couldn't even go in our lounge in the evening!

Keep strong, the physical worst is behind you.

Hi Blue Sky Thank you I was having a bad couple of hours when I posted

Yes I live in the UK but early bedtime is not my norm I generally dont go before midnight,

As to not drinking in PJ's I would drink in anything (hangs head in shame)

I feel a little better now I think I was hungry so I have had dinner and am now sat messing online

Thanks again Hope you are ok too x

[Boss.man]

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CakeQueen;584376 wrote: early bedtime is not my norm I generally dont go before midnight,

One thing that helped me a lot, was to rewrite my "norm".

I go to bed at a different time now. I have a whole new evening ritual. I got rid of my old cocktail glasses so I can't reach for a glass out of habit. I wear different clothes in the evening now. I read different types of books. I eat dessert now because I crave sweets. I sit in different chairs, and sometimes different rooms. Basically anything that used to be "norm" is something I've worked to change. I drank for 28 years, up to 80 or more units per week. It takes a lot of work to change habits ingrained since Jimmy Carter was President.

Question the norm!

[Sage]

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Vodka here too. I had to quit for 4 months cold turkey at the end of 2007. It was horrible. I couldn't even walk down a set of stairs, sweated profusely, and couldn't sleep for a couple days. I had hallucinations thinking I could talk to inanimate objects, and they would respond by moving. A street light and a fire hydrant sang a song to me that I swore was real while I sat on my porch smoking. I thought I could see ghosts everywhere. I then felt exhausted for about a week, slipped up a few times over the next few weeks, and then I was done with it. I hope none of that scared you. I hope that such an experience is not in store for you or me.

I am now in a similar boat as you. I drink around a pint a day. I drink it throughout the day to curb the shaking and hypoglycemic feelings. I can't bear to come to work looking all twitchy and glassy-eyed--stuttering and stuff, especially with the spectre of the other issues that might arise. I wouldn't drive if I were you, unless you're sure you can do it.

I've heard that melatonin is a good sleep aid if you get insomnia. You might want to read up on GABA, it helps to reduce over-stimulation of your nervous system.

How do people do this that have jobs? Today would be the last day I would try this, knowing I would be a sleep-deprived zombie tomorrow. This is why I've resorted to trying to cut back.

And why do so many people suggest stopping cold turkey, when it can be such a grueling process? Wouldn't it be better to gradually pare it down to half as much or something before making the leap? Do most people fail to cut down instead? It seems to me that cold turkey is ridiculously harder. I need major support too, CakeQueen.. You and I are kind of in this together at the moment. I'm gonna get really aggressive with cutting this down over the weekend. It's gonna suck.

[Evie.Lou]

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Welcome Cakie, You will find a wonderful group of supportive people here to help you reach your goals...Learning to live sober isn't for wimps but it is so worth it. Life will start to feel good again and the BEST PART IS THAT.......It gets better everyday...

[CakeQueen]

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The start of day 4 and I feel better today that alll week , I fingers crossed think I may be over the worst of the W|D I hope eveyone else is doing ok ..and Happy Friday