I don't know a lot about detox so don't take my word as gospel but I think if you've went 30 hours and aren't shaking, nauseous, dizzy, heart racing, palms sweaty, etc. then you probably don't need medical attention. If any of these things start to happen you probably should call your doctor. Now that's just detox. Staying sober is another matter entirely. For that I recommend a program - AA. It will remove your obsession to drink. I've only been in for about 6 weeks and I don't really crave alcohol - only once in a while when I get really stressed but I'm told after a while even those cravings go away.

great job on 30 hours! please get support though. its too hard to do by yourself. the disease will talk you out of staying sober. i am alcoholic and bulimic and both diseases feed off of eachother. whenever i try to do it "myself" is when i fall down. good luck sweetie!

Hi

I see your in the UK, my 1st step would be my doctor, he can either prescribe drugs for a home detox, or he should refer you to a drug and alcohol abuse team, they may then refer you to detox and other programmes, it can be a slow process, but once your in the system, your in.

You could of course pay, anywhere between 700 and 10k a week depends how rich you feel.

As far as I remember, they say the first 5 days are the worst, do you have any of the withdrawl symptons, shakes, sweats, demons etc, if not you may be safe doing it alone, best to have someone keeping an eye on you.

Nice to hear you have done 30 hours thats great, just act safely.

As for the rest, can you do it alone, unlikly, I do not know many or any that have, you will dow ell to go to an AA meeting, and maybe seek support from your local alcohol support team, there is loads of help out there if only you take the initiative to find it.

Good luck and welcome

trickey

thanx for all support and advice its hard staying on the wagon and feel im gonna come off later today, the thought of a nice chilled bottle of wine(sorry if that hurts some) is much too tempting, i dont know how to control it i will do my best but im afraid i will fail

hi claire

ur not alone i have gone over 48hrs now with a drink. just past the shop as well lol. so tempted to go get some cans for 2nite but i didt. i am dteoxing myself with herbal tea at the moment. it is working as i dont ave the fluid retention like i usually get but i got a headche for 2 days now. dont know if its the detox or the fact that i not had a drink lol.x

Good luck Claire, my thoghts are with you

the 54-72 hour stretch can be dangerous for some that are detoxing..
a lot of thta has to do with the quanity and frequency of that quantity of bboze that you are detoxong from...
However, i must state...THIS IS NOT A MEDICAL FACILITY ...
it is a chat board....nothing more..nothing less.
If you have any worries whatsoever,,,PLEASE GO TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY and tell them you are detoxing from alcohol and want to be checked over asap..
Sitting in here waiting for "the response you WANT to hear" just may kill you..
Pick up the phone,,call your DOCTOR or call the Emerg now if you are ot feeling right...
God bless
Botbotcoco

It sounds like your self detox is going okay. Remember to eat and get your rest. But if things seem their going sought just dial 911. As far as the obsessing goes, that is just being addicted. As time passes in soberity and the more AA meeting you attend it will get better. Good like to you. I want to share I just returned to AA this past Sunday after a year of being out and it felt great to be back. Best of luck and I'm here with an ear.

You might be able to do it on your own but to stay stopped is the ? What are you willing to do to not drink?? I did it cold turkey many of times in an out of jail, an I still remember them. Thats good in a way. I wish you the best, hang in there be strong an it will get better. SOBAS BETTA

I'm in total agreement with Botbotcoco. It really depends on how much alcohol is in your system. I would suggest just to be safe to go to a detox, where they can monitor all your vitals, give ya some vitamins, and some pills to help the withdrawal. (i MYself tried to detox in my last drinking stage by mysekf, within hours of my last drink I was "seizing" went to the hospital, and saved my life. My alcohol was at death levels) aLcolhol is deadly to withdraw from, I don't suggest doing it by oneself cuz everyones levels are different.