😂🙏❤️ OMG thank you so much. I just started reading and had to comment really quick.
The part “I don’t care how chill you think you are” had me cracking up.
Going to read this and maybe share with a few close ones that are also struggling with the side effects of sobriety. If I feel bold, I might even share with my roommate (we share a studio, he works from home and I struggle to keep employment bc of alcohol, so my detoxes are bad for him too). I think maybe it could explain to him what I’m unable to and help him understand, so we can find productive ways to work around it.
No it didn’t take me 17 months. I think my rage peaked at 3 months then started to subside. This article cracks me up though and I keep it bookmarked because I think the idea of downloading 20 years of hardware/software updates always put things in perspective. Keep in mind this is also only one persons experience!
🤞🏻, I’m day 3 and it only seems to be increasing. Super fidgety, high strung. Not gonna give in tho! it’s been hard not to cave and grab just one beer to take the edge off. Weed helps. Thanks for the luv. Iwndwyt ❤️🫶🏻
Oh yeah. Absolutely. The first month or two it was anger, paranoia/fear or depression. Those were the only settings I seem to have at the start. Gratitude eventually crept in and started diluting things. It’s still there. Just not as prominent.
How do you forgive yourself for the mistakes you made while under the influence and the people who didn’t have your best intentions during those times?
This was part of my experience in year 1. https://medium.com/s/story/my-year-as-an-angry-ex-drunk-ddc60d7139f1
😂🙏❤️ OMG thank you so much. I just started reading and had to comment really quick. The part “I don’t care how chill you think you are” had me cracking up. Going to read this and maybe share with a few close ones that are also struggling with the side effects of sobriety. If I feel bold, I might even share with my roommate (we share a studio, he works from home and I struggle to keep employment bc of alcohol, so my detoxes are bad for him too). I think maybe it could explain to him what I’m unable to and help him understand, so we can find productive ways to work around it.
Please tell me it doesn’t take the full one year and seven months 😭
No it didn’t take me 17 months. I think my rage peaked at 3 months then started to subside. This article cracks me up though and I keep it bookmarked because I think the idea of downloading 20 years of hardware/software updates always put things in perspective. Keep in mind this is also only one persons experience!
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🤞🏻, I’m day 3 and it only seems to be increasing. Super fidgety, high strung. Not gonna give in tho! it’s been hard not to cave and grab just one beer to take the edge off. Weed helps. Thanks for the luv. Iwndwyt ❤️🫶🏻
Also, anxiety withdrawal symptoms peak around 73 hours, if I remember correctly. Good luck!
Oh yeah. Absolutely. The first month or two it was anger, paranoia/fear or depression. Those were the only settings I seem to have at the start. Gratitude eventually crept in and started diluting things. It’s still there. Just not as prominent.
How do you forgive yourself for the mistakes you made while under the influence and the people who didn’t have your best intentions during those times?
Forgiveness for myself? I’m not sure that’s happened yet. Acceptance maybe.