Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would prove him wrong and no drink.
This. Give it 30 days without one drink. If you can do it, you're not an alcoholic.
This is not true at all.
I am an alcoholic. I know plenty of other alcoholics who have quit for all kinds of reasons, including dry January, to “prove” that they’re not an alcoholic. The difference is they always go back to drinking like they did, or more, after the “prescribed” time.
Dry January should be part of a reset, not a sentence.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In 53 years of living I have yet to see the person whose 'one' daily glass of wine is a four ounce pour.
So true, I love this
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
+1 Exactly.
Your theory is that sometime more than 17, but fewer than 22, days into abstaining from alcohol, OP developed “withdrawal”?
It’s amateur hour here.
Put your wine down and listen: withdrawal and detox takes months. I know, right? You thought it was just one little drink a day, so it should all go away in a week, tops. And you were stupid wrong. Your neurotransmitters don't magically bounce back in a week, or even a month. If you have habitually used mind-altering substances, like alcohol, on a daily basis for months/years, it's going to take some time for your body to recalibrate.
That OP made it through the first couple weeks without massive symptoms may be due to lower use amounts, or an easier withdrawal/detox in general. Or it could be pink clouds: https://www.healthline.com/health/pink-cloud
Yes, clearly, it is amateur hour where you are.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
+1 Exactly.
Your theory is that sometime more than 17, but fewer than 22, days into abstaining from alcohol, OP developed “withdrawal”?
It’s amateur hour here.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
Anonymous wrote:In 53 years of living I have yet to see the person whose 'one' daily glass of wine is a four ounce pour.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
+1 Exactly.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
From one glass a night? It's probably seasonal affective disorder. It's been insanely gray here this month.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP
Mild withdrawal?
Anonymous wrote:So i’m back to post that I am absolutely exhausted all of the time. I have no clue if it’s coincidental with cutting out alcohol, but the extreme fatigue is kind of startling. I’m not sick. Still forcing myself to work out or at least walk the dog daily, but I am sleeping a ridiculous amount, and if I don’t absolutely have to be upright, I am lying down on the couch. My diet, caffeine intake, and water is all the same as before the new year. Literally the only thing that’s different is I am drinking zero alcohol.
-OP