DAY ONE

[struggles]

I am so ashamed of myself. I am a raging alcoholic who cannot control my drinking. I drink between 20-30 beers daily and feel like I'm out of control. My husband has been seeing another woman for 2 years and we are going through a nasty divorce. He just confessed to my 8 year old daughter that he loves this woman and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. My reaction? Another 12 pack down the hatch.

I woke up hungover today and realized that I MUST stop this behavior. I have not been AF in years! I am extremely overweight, have dry patches all over my body. I have let myself go to shit, all for Miller lite. I tell myself it will only be 2 today and then it's 20. I am wasting money that I really can't afford to. I am begging for help.

I have the book and the cds. The cds are very unnerving to me as I can't get into that relaxation spot and I'm always at the bottom of the stairs, elevetator, escalator before I'm supposed to be there!

So, since I am so hungover, I am determined not to do hair of the dog as I do so many other days and begin day 1.

I have a headache, the shakes, my head is fuzzy and I feel lousy. Is there something I can take to ease some of this....besides another 12pk?

What did some of you do to make it through the first few days?

Thanks for listening.

Struggles:upset:

[Tulipe]

DAY ONE

Hey Struggles,
Good for you for coming here and beginning to make changes. If you are drinking that much, you may have some withdrawals. It might help you to read through some of the discussion on it so you can have information to help you get through it. Not everyone has it, but some do and it is good to be prepared. Otherwise, if you are ready, water with lemon juice does wonders, for a start.

[struggles]

DAY ONE

Where can I find the discussions on withdrawal?

Thanks for your support.

[mario]

DAY ONE

welcome struggles, If you read as many threads and posts as you can you will see that you are not alone fighting this disease,you will find great support & advice here ,re withdrawals check out the starting out thread and they should help you out.goodluck hope you stick around as it is worth it.odaat.:-)

[Dolly Sunshine]

DAY ONE

Eat something with sugar preferably fruit or some fruit juice. I found for me the drop in sugar after drinking caused ALOT of my w/d symptoms.

[JackieClaire]

DAY ONE

:welcome:

Hi Struggles,

If you click on 'Our Community' then go to 'Research' you'll find mounds of advice in there.

Just wanted to say hello.

J x:l

[Tulipe]

DAY ONE

here:

Need Help ASAP! - My Way Out Forums

first on list.

[savon19]

DAY ONE

Struggles - all I can say is: Godspeed, God Bless.

You're now on this Wonderful forum where you can find so much support and information. GREAT move.

I think what has helped me past the first few days is: DISGUST.

Good luck - one step at a time.

[My New Beginning]

DAY ONE

Welcome Struggles...it's so good you found MWO
Drinking lemon water first thing in the morning and then a couple glasses of orange juice during the day really made me feel better.
You will find so much support here. I just wanted to say 'Hi'

[UrbanFool]

DAY ONE

For me, hot baths with Epsom salts. Welcome to MWO!

I'm not so great with the hypnosis/meditation stuff either.

[struggles]

DAY ONE

Thank you all. I have successfully made it through my first day AF! I had heart racing today, shaky and off and on sweats, but I rested most of the day while the kids were in school, drank a lot of soda, not sure if that's a good thing and took kudzu and milk thistle along with aspirin for my hangover. I had a good dinner and went to church with my kids for a nativity play they were in. I am now home and ready for bed.

I hope and pray I will be able to get through tomorrow as well. I need to go get the L-Glutamine. I did have a rough period where my brain said go buy a 12 pack and just have a couple. You can cut down...blah-blah. I purposely did not go to the bank today to get cash and therefore have no means of buying any beer, but it was rough for a while.

I know this may sound ridiculous, but since I have been 24 hours AF, my liver actually hurts. Could it be I have been so saturated with alcohol that I never felt it was sore? I will definitely up the milk thistle and do the lemon in water.

I'll post tomorrow. Again, thank you all.

[BILLYJACK]

DAY ONE

For me, the first week of being AF was the hardest. I was once AF for a year and a half and than I allowed boredom to sit in, now im worse than I've ever been in my entire drinking career at 52 years old. I've been AF for the first time in a very long time,since November the 21st-2009 [ only 2 weeks ].. If I can do it, you can too.

You will indeed feel the effects of AL on your liver when you quit drinking. Go to Dr Sandra Cabots website @ Dr Sandra Cabot's Liver Doctor - Love your Liver and Live Longer for valuble information regarding your liver and a product she sells for liver detoxifcation called LIVATONE PLUS. Buy some L-Glutamine too.Dr Cabots LIVATONE is loaded with B-Complex vitamins so you wont need to buy them if you were to purchase her product.

No matter how down we are on ourselves, there IS help IF we really want to quit hurting ourselves and the ones we love. This is a terrible disease and we deserve the chance to give ourselves a better way of living our lives.

After you get the foggyness out of your brain, surround yourself with people who are recovering Alcoholics and seek/ask them what and how they stay AL free. This site is very quick when you need some quick assistance, also try the local AA in your area, if you already have'nt.

Best of luck, and remember, you are NOT alone in this Journey so dont try and do things all by yourself.

[Pan]

DAY ONE

Struggles, lemon cordial, iced cold (diet is fine) with lots of ice cubes and making a conscious effort to remember how you feel when you (1) drink and not feel so good and (2) how you feel when you awake the next day and (3) what time you actually arose out of bed.

Then make a list of what you COULD have done with your day.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

DAY ONE

Hello Struggles and welcome. Well done on day 1, keep strong you can get through day 2, stick close to the boards and come and talk to us when that little voice in your head says it ok just to have a few. There are lots of people here who have been through this and we can and will try to help.
Keep safe
KTAB