Have you tried going running in the evenings? If you eat lightly afterwards, you'll sleep like a baby.
I run practically every morning and then go the gym later ,I think its more my mental state than ensuring I'm physically tired. I used to sleep at really random times a day ,it was almost like a coping mechanism were my body would just shut down if my mind had been racing.
36 days without a drop and I've had temptations galore. It's amazing how many people think they can offer you advice while they're holding a Moretti in their hand It is of course all stale bollocks ,it's simply down to you and how far your willing to throw yourself into the repair.
Tried running in the evenings right through the lock downs ......It didn't ! I know the cravings are part and parcel of my enforced abstinence and I'm alright with that ,this thread is just a vehicle to voice my concerns if I feel like I'm wilting in any respect.
Tomorrow will be 50 days without a drop touching my lips let alone the contents of a bottle bouncing off my tonsils. I will say I struggled last night left alone to my own devises, but I knew if I had gone to London and stayed in the hotel with the lads who traveled down for the Hammerz game then all the temptations and everything I've managed to stave off would have been directly in my face and I'm not foolish enough to believe my constitution would have endured staying in a hotel. Forest was fine because I was driving ,but in the Big Smoke with all the lads and no such limitations ? Nah
A brave and honest assessment You've done brilliantly How are you feeling in / about yourself these days?
I'm OK you know kid ,the roughness throughout the detox I was feeling on waking every morning is slowly dissipating and I'm far less restless. I suppose you could say the pangs are gone ,but I know I'm not Teflon just yet and my continued abstinence may have more to do with what life hits me with ,but thanks for asking it's 'as always' appreciated Trace xx
Brilliant work. Stay on this path. My mate keeps falling off the waggon and currently in rehab. Doing everything I can to help him. HIs ex Missus hasn't touched 1 this year, she picked up from dry January and hasn't gone back. She intends to keep it that way. Keep going, Brother.
Is getting to sleep becoming easier ? I've always found that going 'dry' it takes me a while to normalise 'nodding off' as opposed to zonking out p1ssed
Yeah ,I'm still getting used to my new sleep pattern ,bit of tossing and turning but once I finally get to sleep I'm out like a light kid.
That's good news, I'm struggling right now with pain management (and not drinking mostly) I'm getting there with CBD oil and some Zen Gummies at bed time but the quality of my sleep right now it turd
Fingers crossed it gets easier kid ,there's nothing worse than being deprived of sleep through pain ,hopefully things get better the more relaxed you become and the Gummies will definitely help. xx
Certainly is to me. I sleep horribly when I'm wasted. Fall to sleep no problem but it only last 4-5 hours.
Get yourself a Fitbit and check your heart rate when you've not had a drink then compare it after just one let alone a skin full. Mine increases hugely when I've had one and stays like that through the night - drinking enough to be drunk it's a nightmare for at least 24 hours - it records as in the intensive exercise zone even when I'm just sitting still and it takes 3 days for my resting heart rate to return to normal - quite honestly that's scared the hell out of me
Yup - an extra 40 beats per minute continuously though through being drunk, sleeping and then the hangover is frightening
I should be dead, but then again I've been told in the past I've got a swinging brick for a heart. The difference between then and now is I used to take that as a compliment
