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Hi Everyone --
Today is day 15 for me which is a new record. My past longest streak was 12 and 13 days.
Our "wine" fridge is now filled with seltzer and ginger ale. I have been mixing cranberry juice in with either the seltzer or ginger ale and sometimes drinking the cranberry juice by itself.
The one funny (?) thing about my new "drinking" is that I am having some weird vivid dreams. My therapist said that when you drink alcohol you don't sleep as deeply so now that I'm sober I am falling into a deeper sleep but having some vivid dreams, some of which wake me up.
In addition, I'm waking up to go to the bathroom a couple times a night! All of this is causing me to wake up feeling a little tired but that's way better than waking up hungover!
I've been good about going to bed at 11pm and getting up at 8am. I've also been (mostly) good about walking our dog in the morning although with the snow this past week it hasn't happened every day.
Hope you are all doing well
Rich
Today is day 15 for me which is a new record. My past longest streak was 12 and 13 days.
Our "wine" fridge is now filled with seltzer and ginger ale. I have been mixing cranberry juice in with either the seltzer or ginger ale and sometimes drinking the cranberry juice by itself.
The one funny (?) thing about my new "drinking" is that I am having some weird vivid dreams. My therapist said that when you drink alcohol you don't sleep as deeply so now that I'm sober I am falling into a deeper sleep but having some vivid dreams, some of which wake me up.
In addition, I'm waking up to go to the bathroom a couple times a night! All of this is causing me to wake up feeling a little tired but that's way better than waking up hungover!
I've been good about going to bed at 11pm and getting up at 8am. I've also been (mostly) good about walking our dog in the morning although with the snow this past week it hasn't happened every day.
Hope you are all doing well
Rich
Proud of you Rich. :)
Hugs~
LMT
Your increased "going" may be the first sign of the aging process. You probably had often needed to when you'd go to bed after drinking, but were too 'sedated' to wake up for it during the night. I haven't slept through a single night in over 25 years so, welcome to the club! It may be good to take a 1-2 hour nap per day to make up for any sleep deprivation you're experiencing. Tomorrow - New Record!!!
I usually stop drinking by 9pm and go to bed at 11pm so that's two hours between my last seltzer or ginger ale and bed.
As someone else mentioned I'm also taking vitamins very morning including some supplements that are supposed to help with anxiety.
Rich
I love sparkling water by the way. I like a bit of lemon in it too. It is my drink of choice now. Oh, and my morning cup of coffee too.
Enjoy some real good nights of sleep, Rich.
Huggles