How long before you become normal again? Or, anoher way to put it- how long before your biological, mental, and emotional systems reach a point where they are behaving in a consistent fashion?
As an example, I'll use my sleep pattern(s).
(BTW, I hit the sauce very heavily for 20ish years daily. ALWAYS drank at night, and drank myself to passing out nearly every night. So, sleep disfunction was to be exprected when I quit just over a year ago.)
Over the year + that I haven't drank, I went from not being able to sleep well at all in the begining of quiting. Waking up startled, sweating, shaking, etc. Slowly, over a period of several months, this went away. Then a period where it took 2-4 hours to fall asleep, which still felt pretty good because it was restfull sleep, even though I was getting only 4-6 hours per night.
Now I'm at a stage where I fall asleep pretty quickly, but after 7 hours of sleep I still feel like I could sleep another 2 or 3 hours.
I'm hoping, again, using sleep as merely an example, that this will level out to something consistent.
My hope is that it won't take 20ish years, as that is what I invested in my drinking lifestyle.
Any help would be appreciated.
Spencer
PS
Also- SWEETS! I'm craving sweets like it aint no bodies business. You hear about folks dropping weight when they quit drinking. I've put on 30 lbs!!
I understand this has something to do with the way alcohol interacts with blood sugar levels.
As an example, I'll use my sleep pattern(s).
(BTW, I hit the sauce very heavily for 20ish years daily. ALWAYS drank at night, and drank myself to passing out nearly every night. So, sleep disfunction was to be exprected when I quit just over a year ago.)
Over the year + that I haven't drank, I went from not being able to sleep well at all in the begining of quiting. Waking up startled, sweating, shaking, etc. Slowly, over a period of several months, this went away. Then a period where it took 2-4 hours to fall asleep, which still felt pretty good because it was restfull sleep, even though I was getting only 4-6 hours per night.
Now I'm at a stage where I fall asleep pretty quickly, but after 7 hours of sleep I still feel like I could sleep another 2 or 3 hours.
I'm hoping, again, using sleep as merely an example, that this will level out to something consistent.
My hope is that it won't take 20ish years, as that is what I invested in my drinking lifestyle.
Any help would be appreciated.
Spencer
PS
Also- SWEETS! I'm craving sweets like it aint no bodies business. You hear about folks dropping weight when they quit drinking. I've put on 30 lbs!!
I understand this has something to do with the way alcohol interacts with blood sugar levels.
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