I had fatigue so bad, that I had all I could do to put one foot in front of the other.... Plus horrible feelings of loss and isolation that no pill could cure!

It was hell!

Welcome to DS dancingfisherman!

The good news is, it won't last so hang in there! Drink lots of water and try to stay in touch with people who have been in your shoes like DS or AA. It helps to have a program, especially in the early stages of recovery. It will increase your chances of staying sober but whatever you do is up to you. We can only tell you what worked for us.

Good luck on your road to recovery and may you find peace and happiness along the way.

God Bless

Welcome to the group. So glad you reached out and yes, as Bob suggests, fatigue is common in the early days/weeks of recovery. Drink lots of water as he suggests and plenty of sleep or rest. How is your sleep now? This is another area that can get disrupted in the early stages of recovery but will settle down in time. Please stay in touch and feel free to reach out to me my text. Kevin

After you quit, there are so many different symptoms that can occur, I didn't experience the tiredness, I just felt weird in so many ways, many people advised me to get vitamin b mega complex which I did - and that helped alot.
I was waking up 6 times per night, which was driving me crazy, I spoke to my doctor and he told me to get Seremind/natural lavender oil capsules - which I did, I am now 5 1/2 months sober, and wake up once per night - it took a while but I just persevered and eventually got through it.
I also took Vitamin C and ate lots of citrus/oranges etc. This is what worked for me, so just putting it out there as am sure we all can give you lots of different options.
Remember, your mind and body is resetting itself after all the years of alcohol, so that takes a bit of time - but just know, we have done it and so can you. The first few months are the hardest, and then it all becomes normal, and life changes in the most amazing ways - one day at a time - take care Lisa

The tiredness may be your body missing the daily dose of sugar from the alcohol. It takes time to reset our metabolism to running on a balanced diet instead of the crap we were going on.
I packed bananas and a pp&j (fruit only jam) on whole grain bread to get me through the day.

Hi Bob, how long did your fatigue last? Whats so wierd is that of the 4 detoxes i went to over time, all the drinkers felt no fatigue after just a few days sober, and these people drank longer and harder than me!

Alcohol IS sugar. It’s also a depressant. As an alcoholic I was defiantly hooked on it. I couldn’t do anything without it.

So yes when I quit I felt tired. Depressed more like it. It took awhile for my body to mend and more time for me to start eating the right things.

Just think about small wins. Today I didn’t... go to the bar, spend a bunch of money , eat abunch of bar wings / cheese sticks. Make some short term goals.

I had to get a chocolate shake every day for the first year I was so hooked on the carbs I HAD to have it. It beat boozing.

The body will adjust and then you have to get busy, cause we all know what a feeling better alcoholic does real well... drink again without some help and change

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so what is the connection with hydration and feeling better. i'm not dehydrated and actually use pedialyte which is a much better electrolyte than gatorade.

So you drank for. X. Time. Forgetting about life for. X. Nowlife isthere and real and ... depressing without the buzz. Tired and depressed. It took me about 1/10 of. X to feel normal and even after 7 years I still have alcoholism. That’s basically a fear of myself, succes, life, etc.

Alcohol was not the problem, it was me