My only withdrawal symptoms were nightmares and night sweats (for about a week), and huge mood swings (for at least a month). But I drank similar to you, after work, not during the day or in the middle of the night. As you said, I'm sure it's different for everyone.
Day 126 here - following along now and targeting a full year and more. I didn't start drinking until I was around 30 and have stopped this year at 50. Twenty years of a slow ramp up, and I would say the last ten, plus the pandemic lockdown years, were significantly above my average. When my health started getting affected and I noticed I was getting easily irritated over minor things between drinks, it was time to stop. No DT's or serious withdrawals, but there were significant cravings in those first few weeks.
You’re doing a really good thing with this channel Brother, helping a lot of people. More people than you think. Just wanted to let you know 🤙 I’m 27, and need alcohol out of my life for good. I was 50 days sober, then got caught back in the loop trap snare recently. Day one today … again haha. Went through a bottle of wine and a Mickey of vodka last night, and had a nice gloomy miserable day today !
Thank you. Glad to hear the videos are helping others. Great job on the 50 days you went. That's a good amount of time. Glad to hear you are off the sauce again. Keep at it! If you went 50 days, you can go longer. Around 100 days is when things really got amazing for me. You just have to give this process the time it needs. All the best to you!
This topic can produce deadly results. A hangover is withdrawal. Nothing more or less. Its natures way of saying knock it off. Hangovers used to regulate my drinking to a degree. I would get blasted then take 2 or 3 days to recover. Of course I'd say I'm never gonna drink like that again only to do it again after I'd feel up to it. Eventually, I realized that muscling down a few drinks to calm the hangover got rid of the hangover. It also turned me into someone who literally drank around the clock, almost died from alcohol, ended up in detox and a year long recovery program and thankfully got sober. As you here from nates and others stories alcohol is cunning, baffling and insidious.....unfortunately so am I. Alcohol almost won that battle.
Keep in mind, most of us minimize the withdrawal effects that we've experienced. I'm not sure why, but I certainly do this. The reality is that I've had the shakes dozens of times. Yet, I would have said I never experienced withdrawals, if I was asked. Not because I was ashamed or anything like that. I guess I was just in denial. When it's summertime and you're freezing to death with your teeth chattering.... Those are some pretty serious symptoms.
I know you’re addressing DT’s and Seizures specifically from physical addiction. But there are many more symptoms to address in quitting alcohol that are also physical in nature. Low potassium and low Thiamine and magnesium from drinking. Alcohol blocks the absorption of these life-essential minerals and many alcohol dependent people are in a state of malnutrition. Blood pressure being another. Be careful about generalizing too much, as there may be under-lying medical issues in the quitting process. Anxiety, which many people have can also be a physical experience and nervous system issue. Just adding my two cents to this discussion. Safer to leave these topics to qualified professionals . Looking forward to hearing your story .
Thanks Nate - always inspiring! I look forward to your daily videos.
I appreciate your bravery. The courage it takes to be this honest and vulnerable is inspiring. Keep moving forward!!😊
My only withdrawal symptoms were nightmares and night sweats (for about a week), and huge mood swings (for at least a month). But I drank similar to you, after work, not during the day or in the middle of the night. As you said, I'm sure it's different for everyone.
Day 126 here - following along now and targeting a full year and more. I didn't start drinking until I was around 30 and have stopped this year at 50. Twenty years of a slow ramp up, and I would say the last ten, plus the pandemic lockdown years, were significantly above my average. When my health started getting affected and I noticed I was getting easily irritated over minor things between drinks, it was time to stop. No DT's or serious withdrawals, but there were significant cravings in those first few weeks.
You’re doing a really good thing with this channel Brother, helping a lot of people. More people than you think. Just wanted to let you know 🤙 I’m 27, and need alcohol out of my life for good. I was 50 days sober, then got caught back in the loop trap snare recently.
Day one today … again haha. Went through a bottle of wine and a Mickey of vodka last night, and had a nice gloomy miserable day today !
Thank you. Glad to hear the videos are helping others. Great job on the 50 days you went. That's a good amount of time. Glad to hear you are off the sauce again. Keep at it! If you went 50 days, you can go longer. Around 100 days is when things really got amazing for me. You just have to give this process the time it needs. All the best to you!
@@sauceainttheboss absolutely. Thank you for the words of encouragement !! Looking forward to day 100 and beyond.
This topic can produce deadly results. A hangover is withdrawal. Nothing more or less. Its natures way of saying knock it off. Hangovers used to regulate my drinking to a degree. I would get blasted then take 2 or 3 days to recover. Of course I'd say I'm never gonna drink like that again only to do it again after I'd feel up to it. Eventually, I realized that muscling down a few drinks to calm the hangover got rid of the hangover. It also turned me into someone who literally drank around the clock, almost died from alcohol, ended up in detox and a year long recovery program and thankfully got sober. As you here from nates and others stories alcohol is cunning, baffling and insidious.....unfortunately so am I. Alcohol almost won that battle.
Keep in mind, most of us minimize the withdrawal effects that we've experienced. I'm not sure why, but I certainly do this. The reality is that I've had the shakes dozens of times. Yet, I would have said I never experienced withdrawals, if I was asked. Not because I was ashamed or anything like that. I guess I was just in denial. When it's summertime and you're freezing to death with your teeth chattering.... Those are some pretty serious symptoms.
I know you’re addressing DT’s and Seizures specifically from physical addiction. But there are many more symptoms to address in quitting alcohol that are also physical in nature. Low potassium and low Thiamine and magnesium from drinking. Alcohol blocks the absorption of these
life-essential minerals and many alcohol dependent people are in a state of malnutrition. Blood pressure being another. Be careful about generalizing too much, as there may be under-lying medical issues in the quitting process. Anxiety, which many people have can also be a physical experience and nervous system issue. Just adding my two cents to this discussion. Safer to leave these topics to qualified professionals . Looking forward to hearing your story .