Been 15 days without real alochol or binge drinking. I had 1 light beer 5 days ago and felt bad
Just curious. What are some of your symptoms of detoxing from alochol or any drugs:thinking:
and how long did it take to subside ???
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Oh geeze. That’s a bit difficult because it’s different for everyone. For me personally… I binge drank and used cocaine and crack for the last 6 years. My withdrawal off all 3 lasted 3 days straight. Vomiting, headaches, body pain like the flu, severe mood swings (anger to depression to panic attacks to crying), hot flashes, night sweats, kidney infection, couldn’t concentrate (foggy). I lost my appetite the first 2 days then on day 3 I started eating like crazy. On day 4, I felt amazing…like the real me. But my sleeping patterns were messed up for the first month and I still had concentration issues (paws) It got better over time but I never forgot the hell I went through to get here. Today, at 140 days…I am so grateful, happy, and becoming content in my own skin. Enjoy the journey.
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2 weeks w/out alcohol here… i have experienced shakiness, insomnia, anxiety, forgetfulness, gnawing hunger, & irritability. It was intense for about a week, now has subsided quite a bit. Now i sleep like a baby & my mood has pretty much stabilized. I am not shaky anymore either
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My drug of choice is alcohol. Terrible night sweath the first 5 days; gone on day 6 and did not return… i always slept well, but i can sleep now for hours:woman_shrugging:. The first 3 weeks i felt very tired during the day… now its getting better. Anxiety decreased slowly… away after about 2 weeks… i still can be in an overthinking and worrying mood:thinking:
but i think that’s the “normal” me. Lots of succes, it GETS better!!!
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Merv. Alcoholic.
Depends on how long I was going at it, which, towards the end was at least 1/5th a day + beers and god knows what else.
Definitely shakiness, tremendous anxiety or full blown panic if I didnt have a drink for about 6 hours. massive naseau and vomiting, even if I had nothing in my stomach. Just bile. Very painful. Zero appetite, unless I was drunk enough. Sleep is non existent. Sweating. Crippling depression.
I’d white knuckled a couple detoxes on my own like that and it would last about 2 days. My last bender was just too much. I chose to medically supervised detox in rehab and it was only slightly better, but much safer. Didnt feel fully normal until at least day 4 in there. Truly nightmarish.
General anxiety lasted for another couple weeks but by then my SSRI’s were actually able to properly work. Much love out there.
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Increased temperature… I was always hot! I had anxiety, depression and insomnia… But i wouldn’t call that detox symptoms as i had those troubles during my drinking career. So yes, apart from increased temp i had no symptoms…
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Congratulations on making it this far. That is amazing that you were able to detox from all of that and make it out
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I hated the increased temperature because i already live in a hot place so it made it worse
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I only had the vomiting and stuff following the next day but i cant imagine anything more than that. Sleep deprivation is what honestly got to me the most. Im glad you got a medical supervision this time around it is definitely much safer
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Yeah i felt very tired also during the day and it was driving me nuts but at least i could just stay in bed. Im going to push myself to go as long as possible now to stay sober cause i hate going through all of these detox symptoms over and over again
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Your detox symptoms sounds alot like mine. Im ready to push myself now and go fully sober. No more relapses
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I had restless legs at first with drinking alochol but now it has subsided. Im trying to get back to restful sleep at a good time. Im trying to get to 14 days then make it to a month. Dont want to experience those withdrawals again
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Symptoms for me range mostly from feeling very depressed, anxiety, lack of motivation and feeling outta control. Just keep reminding yourself its all temporary. I ended downloading a bunch of devotional apps to keep me distracted when im feeling down or get the urge. The insomnia annoys cause it gets me overthinking and then i feel really down, and im just stuck in bed tossing and turning praying really hard to fall asleep so i stop thinking.
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Same here except for the kidney infection. Like hell and back!
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For me the symptom is irritability. It will be 60 days without alcohol tomorrow and I still get irritated from time to time. The cravings aren’t bad. Maybe once a week.
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The key is to remember all of this so you don’t go through it again and again. It never gets better. Sobriety is what makes you feel like you again.
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Insomnia is what affected me the most also because i felt as if there was no hope for the next day because i knew i would feel bad
Just do it one day at a time, don’t think avout tomorrow: stay clean for this day, focus on that! In that way you keep it simple, and the days clean start to count… the symptoms dissapear ( one slowlier than the other but that’s ok…) the tiredness lest the longest for me. Stay strong, if we can do it, you can do also!!
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Me too lots of body heat, but i had lots of signs and symtoms.
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Hey Melrm im going through that right now, actually this is my second day without drinking alcohol and without doing cocaine, or mariguana, i used to drink everyday, at least a quarter of a bottle of whiskey and 1 to 3 sniffs of cocaine per drink, i started to loose the pleasure, i started being emotionally flat, then one day i went to a party with my addict friends which by the way all of my friends are addicts, well they were sniffing crystal so i tryied it, just after that moment i did not like it or hated it, but i knew i was crossing a line, i knew that was a break point, i got very depressed i did not want anybody to see me i went to a motel, i wanted the effect of all the drugs or alcohol to vanish, but i started feeling the guilt, it was so strong… that in a way made me realize i wanted to quit drugs and alcohol, i needed to make the decision to quit, i no longer had any pleasure when i started drinking alcohol and doing drugs they produced me euphoria, lots of pleasure, after all these yoears i no longer feel any pleasure i started to see the real face of all the things and people that i sorrounded myself with, i no longer had any plasure i was just losing my limits, this is my second day without using drugs or alcochol, im living that very moment that you shared with us, i have panic attacks just before going to sleep, i have night sweats, anorexia, muscle pain, spasms, i vomit like 2 or three times a day. Im still smoking one or two marlboros red ones which i intend to quit in the future, i know it sounds stupid to keep smoking cigarrets but i just can not do it right now, i thank you for sharing your expirience, receive a warm hug from Tijuana, Mexico.
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