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Im currently sitting in a hospital room at emergency with my son. He spiked yet ANOTHER fever last night and appeared really unwell. So i took him to the hospital earlier this morning. Hes resting now on his ventilator and seems to be a bit more comfortable. But we are being admitted for probably at least the weekend. He had a ECG done bcuz his heartrate is 170, had a chest xray done, has shortness of breath, fever, body chills, and lots of chest conjestion. I hope they can figure out whats wrong. Thankful for the Drs and nurses here. Praying things get figured out.
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Hey guys Iām back to day one I drank heavily yesterday before dumping the rest of what I had left of a bottle I almost finished in two daysā¦Iām getting really nervous about the whole quitting cold turkey thing bc of how heavy I have been drinking. Like I just want to be completely done and then people say donāt quit cold turkey or you can have a seizure and dieā¦Iām confused on if I was drinking THAT much where that could happen. Most days I do drink many shots of liquor though. I feel terrible today. Not even hungover terrible, feels like withdrawal is already happening racing heart headache & im so tired.
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Prayers for your son (and you) 
my son only has a very mild cold right now, I canāt even imagine. š«¶š»
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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family 
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When youāre worried about the consequences of quitting cold turkey please seek medical advice friend! Youāre right it could be dangerous, but I have no idea how much you drank, how you ate lately, how youāre overall physical and mental condition is. And I canāt know that either, talking to you on this forum. Iād like you to stop right here right now and be quit forever but I canāt tell you to do so.
The most safe thing to do is to seek medical assistance and I strongly advise you to do that. A doctor can help you with safety and assessment. With medication if needed. If you absolutely canāt do that maybe it is safer to reduce your daily intake by no more than 10% per day to minimize danger of seizures etcetera. So that way itād take 10 days to totally stop drinking. Hard but not impossible. Wishing you all success. Hugs.
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Thank you! And welcome back friend. Keep trying. I know u can get sobriety hugs
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Thank you friend hugs
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Sending many positive thoughts and vibes your and your sonās way dear Dana 
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Awe thank you Menno 
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Oh Dana I canāt even imagineā¦ My thoughts are with you and your boy. Stay strong
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Awe thank you friend
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Oh no, not again Dana! Sending lots of love and healing vibes. 
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Dana I am sorry to hear this. Prayers he feels better soon!
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Checking in. I worked a lot today, but honestly I donāt know how I will finish everything in time. On the other hand Iām glad to have my day fully booked with that, I have quite a lot of things to be distracted from. Otherwise I just went for a run and took a long evening walk, had a little chat with my buddy in writing, and even wrote some anger-journal. Iām not sure if the journal stays in my daily routine as I have never been good at that, but it does help, so now I do it in the evenings and see if it becomes a habit or I should do something else instead.
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Praying everything works out and they find out how to treat.
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Iām so sorry to hear that, Dana. Hope your son is feeling better soon and doctors find out whatās causing it and can help quickly.
Sending love and strength your way 
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All good on Friday night, Day 21 almost done. This has been my first very good day since I started. Iāve been in a fog that is just beginning to lift. Finally! Was also a perfect sunny day. 
I like what I see, today! So glad I stepped out of that dreary world and into this one. I donāt want to go back.
Much love and thanks!
PS Dana I hope itās a quick recovery. Lean on us
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Thanks so much Jim! 
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Made it bed sober so Day3 
itās midnight here.
I fell asleep in the middle of a movie and my dream was me in the movie running and protecting and hiding a child from baddies.
Weird but makes some sense 
Just weird altogether, going to finish watching the film and fall back asleep.
Thinking of you all
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@Lisa07 @Doreen1 @Lighter @tailee17 @happyfeet
Thank you all so much for ur thoughts and prayers and wishes.
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