If you feel you can't handle the withdrawals, pleas go to the emergency room. They will give you meds to help you through it. Hang in there. This is the storm before the calm, It will get better, much better! You just gotta go through the hell to get to heaven!

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

God Bless!

I was going to say the same thing. Withdrawal without supervision can be dangerous especially if you already have high blood pressure. If it gets to be to much see your Dr or go in and get looked at. Congrats on wanting to be a healthier you. I stopped for my health and my family. Feeling so great after almost a year now.

Do keep a watch on anything unusual. I had a friend who just died. Thought he had indigestion, realized it was his heart. He had emergency bypass surgery, but didn't make it. So, be careful.

But, way to go on day 3. Being healthy is absolutely the best thing for staying alive, and the bonus will be that being sober, you're far more likely to enjoy life. Don't rush, keep your eyes on the horizon, but if you're not there now, good diet and exercise will be huge in managing BP, blood sugar, cholesterol and general sense of well-being. You're on the road. Good for you.

I lowered my blood pressure simply by not drinking. I was amazed at the excellent results. Hang in there.

How are you feeling now that you're 8 days in?

Honestly I failed 2 days ago and had a beer. 2 days ago I drank 6oz of beer and I barely felt the physical withdrawal symptoms. Unfortunately I still want beer but not giving up the fight

timoA: Some people will not agree with this, but for me, I drink non-alcoholic beers as a treat. It does not taste the same as having a normal beer, however it does the trick (for me, anyway).
Some people find it triggering as they contain a very very small (0.05%) alcohol content, but for me, it gives me just what I need: a cool, refreshing non-alcoholic drink in the afternoon that isn't full of sugar like lemonade or Iced Tea. I am learning to get used to the non-alcoholic beers.

I never tried trout about that strategy before. The closest strategy I heard was drinking carbonated water with only some sugar (to make up for the sugar I'd normally get from beer). I'll try and experiment with both strategies, that way I can figure this whole quit drinking struggle. Thanks for sharing, any support helps. Let's keep bouncing ideas off each other! How are you hold up so far?

timoA: I'm holding up pretty good actually. I'm 12 days sober today. I'm still getting restless legs at night and finding it difficult to get comfortable & fall asleep though!
I usually open a beer the second I get home so what I've been doing is going from work to a friend's place or coming home, changing into gym clothes and going for a walk. I'm lucky enough to live on the beach so there's plenty of great tracks to take and it's also summer here so it's usually sunny up until 8PM. Giving me something to occupy my time with in the afternoons after work and also keeping healthy at the same time.
Another thing I've been doing is on the weekend or when I decide I want to have a non-alcoholic beer, I have been pouring it into a glass. It seems like not a big thing, but I used to always drink beer out of the bottle. This is kind of a mental thing I've decided to do for myself to help me change my perception of a drink in the afternoon. It has been working for me so far.