@Chevy55 Metamucil is now added to my shopping list. I feel your pain with exercise. I’ve just started Muay Thai after a 14 year hiatus (insert binge drinking, sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle) from training. I have aches and pain in areas I never new existed. Hopefully some stomach blows will help to loosen my bowels! I love hiking and generally getting into nature as part of mental and physical health. What happened with your pain?
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@AmandaFaye those headaches are no joke. Sorry they got worse. I take panadol if the headaches are particularly intense, otherwise, I just keep hydrated and ride out the pain. By the way, congratulations on reaching a month of sobriety! I look forward to getting there in another 10 days.
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A massive congratulations on reaching 30 days sober. I aim to reach that milestone in 10 days time!
Not sure I follow. My pain? If you mean groin and hip it’s there daily hence why I need to drag my lazy arse to physio. I have some stretches I’m going to try tomorrow pre gym and see if it helps.
If that is what you were referring too.
Hiking is the best and mostly overnight or multi day hikes. Love em.
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That’s the pain I was asking about. Hopefully, you’ll make it to the physio to help prepare for hiking. Overnight and multi day hikes sound liberating. It’s been ages since I’ve done that level of hiking, due in part to alcohol and kids. I’m currently looking at taking them to do rogaine, which involves map navigation by foot. Should be a fun intro to longer hikes.
I remember when I stopped the crank…didn’t poop for like a week and a half. At first it was non stop. Then it stopped…completely lol. It was uncomfortable
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From one crappy extreme to the other! A week is a long time to be blocked up. I just arrived home from buying Metamucil to help get things going again. How long did take before you settled into a normal rhythm?
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Well I slept for about 5 days. Pretty much got up to drink water, pee and shower. I didnt really start eating till after the sleeping phase. After that it took me a few more days to go. Maan to be honest. Im not sure. It was quit some time ago. I just remember when I finally went…I became religious real quick lol very painful 
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Withdrawal is rough. I can only imagine the need to involve a higher power when you finally released. OUCH! What have you experienced along the lines of headaches since sobriety?
Lol yeah exactly. Headaches…pretty much over now. Its been over 5 years so those went away after the first couple of years. As to other pain, I have a few injuries from work I can’t seem to get over. Other than that, I’m pretty good. Head aches do come and go though. But I dont think its because of my addiction. If anything its the coffee 
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Self inflicted coffee headaches. I used to have those working night shift. Good to hear the sobriety headaches eventually subsided, but ongoing work injury sucks. Hope you can shake the injury in time.
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Probably gonna live with pain my whole life. Unfortunately. But I’ve accepted it.
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Accepting what may be beyond your control is a positive outlook on your pain. Hopefully it doesn’t impact your lifestyle too much.
Besides not being able to poop, I also have bad shoulder pain. I broke it last April and it took till December to stop hurting. Now, seemingly out of the blue, it has started to hurt again in the past week. Seems strange that it’s been so long since the accident and was fine for a couple of months…
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Yeah. Thats pain 
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I’ve barely been sleeping but i think that is also to more do with nerves about the Pre-employment drug screen and just general life but certainly probably a combination
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Kids for hiking are the best. My son and I began hiking with 4 of his buddies when they were about 6-8 years old, overnighting by the time they were 12. Now each of them hike all of the time (at 20-21) and it’s become there past time when they are able to get together.
These are some pics of a mountain we scaled (8kms uphill) and slept right beside this glacier. Pic of boys in the lake and to say it was cold, well I wasn’t going in… haha
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Thats beautiful! I go alone with my husky. But I’ve never slept over night. Too paranoid, I’d probably sleep hugging my shotgun lol
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Well i should definitely get some sleep tonight drinking chamomile tea plus took some melatonin and valerian root supplements
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Oh man. You got a new job? That itself would rob my sleep. I’m horrible at meeting new people and getting comfortable around them. How long has or been sonce you last used? 
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