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#1
Jun 07, 2017, 06:54 PM
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Anxiety....insomnia....restlessness.....hypochondria....depression....
how many times have I been there... Relapsed again....its been 72 hours....I justify it by saying its only weekend beer binges at night.... ...sigh... in recovery.....again.... 
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 Moogieotter, Squaw
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#2
Jun 07, 2017, 07:27 PM
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My unsolicited suggestion: Drop the idea of "Don't drink one-day-at-a-time" in favor of actually taking the Steps as they are in the book in order to find a "sufficient substitute" (page 152) for alcohol. "Don't drink one-day-at-a-time" until you again end up drunk again and then rinse-and-repeat until dead is the insanity of today's AA killing real alcoholics one-debacle-at-time.
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| manic-depressive with psychotic tendencies (1977) | chronic alcoholism (1981) | Asperger burnout (2010) | mood disorder - nos / personality disorder - nos / generalized anxiety disorder (2011) | chronic back pain / peripheral neuropathy / partial visual impairment | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (incurable cancer) | |
 Introvrtd1, Squaw
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#3
Jun 08, 2017, 02:54 PM
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Intro Ma Man! Hang in there - it's a battle!
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Current Status: Stable/High Functioning/Clean and Sober Dx: Bipolar 2, GAD Current Meds: Prozac 30mg, Lamictal 150mg, Latuda 40mg, Wellbutrin 150 XL Previous meds I can share experiences from: AAPs - Risperdal, Abilify, Seroquel SSRIs - Lexapro, Paxil, Zoloft Mood Stabilizers - Tegretol, Depakote, Neurontin Other - Buspar, Xanax Add me as a friend and we can chat 
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#4
Jun 09, 2017, 07:15 PM
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day 5 .....things are much better now....ive been here before and relapsed....this weekend will still be dry...for sure����
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| benzenering, Moogieotter, Squaw
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#5
Jun 10, 2017, 05:31 AM
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Way to go on 5 days. You can get through the weekend. Just take it one day or one hour at a time. You can totally do this.
splitimage
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 "I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba 
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| Introvrtd1, Squaw
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#6
Jun 10, 2017, 07:12 PM
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day 6....no symptoms of withdrawals all day....but theres a minor pang of anxiety and palps that came and lasted 5 mins...
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| Moogieotter, Squaw
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Jun 11, 2017, 01:20 AM
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We got your back!
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Current Status: Stable/High Functioning/Clean and Sober Dx: Bipolar 2, GAD Current Meds: Prozac 30mg, Lamictal 150mg, Latuda 40mg, Wellbutrin 150 XL Previous meds I can share experiences from: AAPs - Risperdal, Abilify, Seroquel SSRIs - Lexapro, Paxil, Zoloft Mood Stabilizers - Tegretol, Depakote, Neurontin Other - Buspar, Xanax Add me as a friend and we can chat
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#8
Jun 11, 2017, 11:06 AM
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Hang in there. Withdrawal sucks no question, but sobriety is so much better - eventually. Won't lie, it took me a while to see that being sober was better than drinking, but now I've got just over a year sober I see it, and wouldn't go back. You can totally do this.
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"I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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#9
Jun 12, 2017, 03:44 AM
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day 8....mornings are better....afternoons well...
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| Squaw
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#10
Jun 13, 2017, 08:54 PM
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It always takes me 14 days to feel anywhere near normal...keep going...try to remember the feelings you had 8 days ago....
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"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell" (My girlfriend had this ringtone for my phone calls...lol) Bipolar 1 Anxiety Current Medications: Lorazepam Zoloft Abilify Gabapentin 
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Jun 14, 2017, 03:46 AM
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Jun 14, 2017, 03:48 AM
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day 10....sleep slowly getting better
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| Squaw
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Jun 14, 2017, 06:18 AM
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Yes sleep is another area of disturbance when we binge....I too take about 14 days to start sleeping "better". I never sleep great..which is another trigger for me to drink...but I should realize that drinking makes it worse after the binge...
Yea, you pass out the first night...and sleep but after that for me its all about withdrawals..and thoughts of how to get more...and then thoughts of how I'm going to stop without horrible withdrawals...
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"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell" (My girlfriend had this ringtone for my phone calls...lol) Bipolar 1 Anxiety Current Medications: Lorazepam Zoloft Abilify Gabapentin
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#14
Jun 15, 2017, 06:26 PM
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11 days now....7:22pm.... all day been having slight palpitations.....difference is, they were very slight and didn't bother me much....just enough to notice they were there....no real intensity to them just a tiny bit noticeable....
Someone else may be having similar symptoms at this stage...hopefully it goes away entirely....maybe just part of the healing and recovery process....
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#15
Jun 16, 2017, 01:07 AM
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When I was going through alcohol withdrawals, my blood pressure always shot up really high, and did weird things to my heart rhythm. Things usually settled down after a couple of weeks.
Hang in. It gets better. splitimage
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"I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn. "If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba
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Jun 16, 2017, 03:39 AM
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Jun 17, 2017, 08:00 AM
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Intro...awesome to see you are still hanging in there...its not easy...
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"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell" (My girlfriend had this ringtone for my phone calls...lol) Bipolar 1 Anxiety Current Medications: Lorazepam Zoloft Abilify Gabapentin
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Jun 17, 2017, 08:34 AM
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Thanks Misssy.... |
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Jun 17, 2017, 08:36 AM
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Saturday mornin....day 13....omg....the psychological cravings (not physical) are coming on strong today....
sigh....
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| Squaw
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Jun 17, 2017, 08:45 AM
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I just got over my sugar binges....its like i never stopped drinking.....sugar and alcohol withdrawals have a similar effect, but sugar is not as potent for symptoms.
I mean....alcohol puts on the weight gain, and the sugar did too....I feel like Im over both now...so on to the healing and recovery of day 13.... My immediate goal is to get thru this weekend....my next goal is 21 days....I read where 21 days is the bodys response to habitual changes....lets hope that sticks... My goal after that is 30 days....one month...that would be a proud day... These goals are not only to abstain from alcohol, but processed sugar foods.   more rain please.... 
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#21
Jun 17, 2017, 07:22 PM
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day 13....
I came so close to cracking a case of beer....needless to say, i didn't open a single bottle or take a single sip...but i wanted to sooo bad... its almost bedtime in a hour....i have a slight headache...nothing major just slight....almost like something thats symptomatic of protracted withdrawal... |
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#22
Jun 17, 2017, 07:49 PM
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The original A.A. can fix that where today's AA cannot.
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| manic-depressive with psychotic tendencies (1977) | chronic alcoholism (1981) | Asperger burnout (2010) | mood disorder - nos / personality disorder - nos / generalized anxiety disorder (2011) | chronic back pain / peripheral neuropathy / partial visual impairment | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (incurable cancer) | |
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Jun 18, 2017, 03:51 PM
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im poering thru all these cravings....im determined....im also learning a lot
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Jun 18, 2017, 04:00 PM
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im learning that with each and every craving i nearly give in to.....i began to reason with myself that i deserve to have a few drinks....after all...ive made enough progress right??....theres nothing wrong with having these drinks...i mean who wants to be sober for all those days anyway??....
but then i remember the pain....the sickness....the scary palpitations....the anxiety....the depression....etc....etc....etc....did that help me keep from drinking?....no something else did.... physical cravings were due to the HALT theory for me....Hungry Angry Lonely Tired I was notAngry Lonely or Tired...i got Hungry...i fixed that and the cravings went away... I learned an important lesson today... |
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Jun 18, 2017, 04:38 PM
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| manic-depressive with psychotic tendencies (1977) | chronic alcoholism (1981) | Asperger burnout (2010) | mood disorder - nos / personality disorder - nos / generalized anxiety disorder (2011) | chronic back pain / peripheral neuropathy / partial visual impairment | Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (incurable cancer) | |
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