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    i don't know what happened to me tonight.

    i was a very, very heavy drinker. more than most people knew/realized. one of the guys at work said that he didnt think i drank very much when we were talking about my dui. i realized that the reason people might not have thought i drank as much as i did was because i drank so much. when i got to work, i started drinking immediately, drinks that were about half vodka, half soda. and i downed them pretty quickly. i was a pretty well functioning drunk until i wasnt. like, i was ok til i wasnt. there was no in between.

    so it was a pretty fair assumption for me and the girls i work with to make that i was having withdrawals from the alcohol. tuesday will make 2 weeks that i havent drank. however, now that i'm home, i'm not sure if that's what it was.

    ive had horrible headaches for the last 3 days. couldve been stress with my car situation and missing school. i didnt think much of it. tonight i started to feel nauseous, and then things progressively got worse. i was light headed, sick to my stomach, had chills and was shaking, on top of the headache. we all thought it was alcohol withdrawals.

    as soon as i left work, though, i felt fine. i dont feel totally fine but i am much much better. i still feel a little sick and my arm hurts, which is weird. but that leads me to think it might have been an anxiety attack, a really long one, caused by.. i dont know.. i drank 3 sugar free red bulls because i was tired, which couldve triggered anxiety. but i never had an anxious feeling like i usually do.

    i dont know what to think. all i know is that i totally couldnt work. i tried to go back on the floor and thought i was going to pass out when i was giving a lap dance. any thoughts?

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    the sugar free red bulls probably made it worse, but from what you describe it sounds like you were having mild to average alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Don't worry though, because this just means that it will be over with sooner!

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    This is just part of the withdraw process. Anxiety attacks are common, especially at bedtime if you are used to going to sleep while drunk. It really sucks and can sometimes include all sorts of unpleasant things, like extreme diarrhea with the nausea. When I quit I couldn't digest anything for close to a month (I had to be hospitalized for dehydration).

    Best of Luck and Kudos for doing it. I know how hard it is.

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    Yep, it sounds like you're detoxing ! Expect a range of emotions and symptoms over the next couple of days, so don't be alarmed..I used to be a HEAVY drinker too but, didn't think anything of it because of our industry.

    Just be sure you're resting and taking a well rounded vitamin, add extra vitamin C and B to help clean out your system and help w/ stress..

    Fresh fruits and veggies will make it easier..

    I wanted to add at my heaviest drinking point, I think I was downing 10-15 drinks a night, they were watered down of course..but that's still alot..Now I might have
    3-10 a year.. So you can do it..Also drink strong chamomile tea @ bedtime or warm milk.
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    ^ yeah, one of the girls told me i need to take a multivitamin to help.. there were times i'd drink *more* than you, farrah. like, my drinks were literally always half alcohol. if someone else made me a drink, i'd insist there was no alcohol in it because i "couldnt taste it" but if someone else drank one of mine they'd choke on how strong it was. i was drinking nearly every day, too. the night i got my dui, i remember drinking a lot of shots in the champagne room, and then sitting at a table with the shot girl, the two of us taking her whole tray of shots. in a matter of minutes. i know those arent full alcohol but i did half a tray in minutes and didnt think anything of it. the night i broke my ankle, i sat at the bar for an hour and took probably around 8 shots with the manager, and then continued drinking until i left, even after i fell.

    i know its good to stop drinking and all, but it would be so easy to just start again and not feel this way. i feel better today, but kinda out of it. i'm hoping that work tonight goes better because i *need* to make money, and last night i didn't since i was sick.

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    I'm impressed, Britt. That's not an easy thing to do!
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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244;1191345\
    i know its good to stop drinking and all, but it would be so easy to just start again and not feel this way. i feel better today, but kinda out of it. i'm hoping that work tonight goes better because i *need* to make money, and last night i didn't since i was sick.

    Damn, girl I know that feeling too well..It's easier to be drunk and make $$ in the short run..but long term you're going to pay for it physically and mentally.. I wish I had magic words for you to make it all better. I'm sorry, I don't..You're going to have to decide what's more important right now.
    Here's one option that comes to mind..can you before you go in ??
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    Or Xanax, is that an option ?? I don't suggest mixing alcohol w/ it..Not to say I haven't in the past..that and a lot more..but, I'm lucky nothing happened to me..
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    i wish i had a fucking xanax. i think the most i could get at work would be a perc, and those make me sick. the problem with smoking is that i cant stay awake til 3am if i do, haha. i do sometimes, but not on a saturday. i wouldnt make money that way.

    bah. i havent drank in 2 weeks and i dont feel like ive lost weight. the first time i didnt drink for a week i felt like i lost some immediately! and when i was on vacation and only drank once, i felt like i was much less bloated and stuff even though i ate bad for 2 weeks. but now i dont see any difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    bah. i havent drank in 2 weeks and i dont feel like ive lost weight. the first time i didnt drink for a week i felt like i lost some immediately! and when i was on vacation and only drank once, i felt like i was much less bloated and stuff even though i ate bad for 2 weeks. but now i dont see any difference.
    You haven't had a drink in 2 WEEKS !! OMG ! Congrads ! Good for you !
    Keep up the good work, it'll be alright

    ( I didn't see that in your op, had to reread it)
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    ^ yup, almost! the last time i was drunk was two weeks ago tuesday. after that i mightve sipped out of other peoples drinks but never enough over the night to equal even one drink. and i havent even done that in a week.

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    You can do it Britt. Detoxing from any drug is a bitch.

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    2 weeks is pretty long! Keep at it, you don't want this crappy time to be a waste!

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    My main alcohol withdrawal symptoms occurred almost 2 weeks after I quit. However, if you have been having sips of other people's drinks, you havn't totally detoxed your body. Sorry.

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    ^ when i posted the op i hadnt had sips very much. i had two or three sips one night.

    but i did have a drink saturday night. just one but booo me.

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    Honey, I wasn't making the post to be judgemental. I've had a couple of sips from drinks a few times in the last 4 months since I got sober. Its ok if you don't have a problem with it, but its not true sobriety.

    If you do believe you have a problem with drinking, the only way to test the physical dependancy is to truly STOP. And as I said, it took me about 12-13 days for the fallout to really hit me.

    Now, things are so interesting. My disease was progressing so much that I would get drunk from one drink, and keep going. Now, with my current program, and a body that isn't used to it, I've been able to do a few sips here or there, and I don't feel it. But I do crave it, and know that those sips can easily lead back down a road where I don't want to go....

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    oh i know that you werent being judgemental! you know i value your advice on this subject; i'm not entirely clear on everything that comes along with the heavy drinking and then the stopping.

    my alcohol counselor said i'm a very interesting case, because 2 months ago she wouldve immediately classified me as an alcoholic, but now she doesn't think so. its weird. i seriously crave alcohol sometimes, but i dont really like the feeling of being drunk too much anymore. its weird. i dont know.

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