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Quitting together

hati
hati
Hi everyone, Im trying to quit drinking again but this time my husbands doing it with me. We have managed two weeks so far and I am feeling great. My husband though, who was a fairly heavy daily drinker has had a headache everyday since quitting and it doesn't seem to be getting better. It eases slightly as the day goes on. He is drinking loads of water.
Just wondered if anyone has any advice on this maybe vitamins etc that may help. Has anyone else had this and how long does it last?
1is2many
1is2many
The body will take some time to realign itself. I suggest he watch the high sugar and watch cafene. They both worked me over until I realized I was drinking cokes and eating chocolate. But honestly it took some sweets ( still does ) to be sober.

I suggest that you work on mindset of trying to quit drinking. Imagine and tell yourself you are a healthy clean sober person. I had to change the focus from what I was not doing to what I WAS doing. And the mind is powerful. I am a sober person. I don't drink. I like being sober. I am so happy for all the things sobriety has brought me.

Glad you are both doing this. It is tough but it is so worth it!

1is2mamy
jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
Congrats on doing it together.

That's great stuff.
phranque
phranque
Hello Hati, I've looked into your husband's headache issue and would offer only a layman's advice: make a Doctor's appt. to check his blood sugar levels. I'll post a couple of links that will help enlighten you both. From the way I understand how the body functions when processing alcohol, it changes over time with long-term heavy drinkers. For example, when they're younger, their body recognizes the high sugar intake (most alcohols are loaded with it) and treats it as a toxin, producing a large amount of insulin to counter its effect. After several years of the pancreas producing such an abnormal amount of insulin, the insulin actually loses its effectiveness. This leads to hypoglycemia, or High Blood Sugar, in the drinker. Thus, when the 'once heavy drinker' quits drinking for any length of time, he's putting far less sugar into his bloodstream, yet his pancreas is still putting out an over-sufficiency of insulin. This leads to Low Blood Sugar, a condition which is know to cause headaches. Here are those links. If they don't work from here, Google them. Good luck to you both. www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/understanding-alcohol-abuse-basics www.drinkaware.co.uk/check-the-facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/effects-on-the-body/alcohol-sugar
hati
hati
Thankyou for your replies. Some good advice I really hadn't thought about blood sugar causing the headaches, we will look into it.
stickywick
stickywick
Good for you. I hope you stay sober for yourself and don't make your sobriety contingent on any one elses.
that said; no idea on the headaches. Might want to ask a DR. Liquids for sure; maybe asprin or ibuprofen.
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