I quite drinking almost a week ago and have been sweating while I sleep. I wake up a few times every night with a soaking pillow. I know this is a symptom of withdrawal but doesnt anyone know how long it lasts?
Welcome to MIP. I do hope that you'll stay around.
Severity of withdrawal symptoms depend on the length of alcohol abuse and the degree of intoxication. Most symptoms will disappear within one or two weeks of quitting drinking.
I know that with me, it took a few weeks for my sleep pattern to re-adjust. But, it's so worth it. Just hang in there and it will get better.
Please keep posting and letting us know how things are going for you, won't you?
Take care,
Carol
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Everyone is different. But it will probably go away soon, depending on how dependent you are with alcohol and/or drugs. I'm not a doctor of course, only reflecting on what I've observed with myself and other.
Since it's been lasting for awhile and you seem concerned, I would suggest seeing a doctor. But by all means don't drink to releave or avoid the withdrawal. Your body is cleaning itself from what you've put into it. I use green tea, the real and strong stuff, which is a natural antioxident and herbal cleanser. I'm trying to not drink as much coffee and replace it with the green tea instead. The tes I drink still has caffine in it, more than the normal cup of coffee, but it also has the cleansing attributes as well.
Anyways, talk to your doctor. If sweating at night is the only withdrawl, you're probably going to be just fine in a few days.
Thank you both for the replies. I have done the "Never again" sobriety vow so many times it's absurd. I wouldnt last more than 24 hours usually, 48 was the longest (For about 4 years).
Last Friday I had a "Never again" experience and decided to quit again. The following day I woke up around five times from sweating (That's the norm). I dont know how but the next morning I realized the fact I was sweating because my body is detoxifying. That really made me disgusted.
This is the greatest I have done in four years (Six days so far). I have wanted to drink but refuse, and make myself busy in some other way. And I actually feel good about the prospect of sobriety (I feel cool for being sober lol). I am crazy in the GYM and have felt like a normal person for the first time in a long time.
Strangely to me, just telling that little bit about my life feels so good (Even on a message board) and I would like to learn some more from people who have more experience than I do. The last thing I want to do is go back again, as I have so many times. Thanks again for the replies and I hope to hear from you again. "
Congrats on 6 days! Sobriety IS cool! ........ Withdrawal for me consisted of many things. I didn't have night sweats, but I did have crazy (colorful) dreams, drinking dreams, insomnia, forgetfulness, overeating, sleeping too much, just to name a few things.........If at all possible, please see a doctor and get checked out, it can't hurt!
Keep coming.......(((hugs)))
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Hi there flwriter and welcome! Tim, alcoholic. Oh do I remember the withdrawals, and yes, many more than one time, and as already has been said...it passes. It has taken me ten years or more to get and stay sober for a great length of time. I have had as little as a couple of days and as much as eleven or twelve months before failing again. I now have more than fourteen months and do not have the slightest inkling to return. I will tell you one thing that I learned about me and how and why I feel that this time is different. I truly know, in retrospect, that all the other times I had gotten sober and past the withdrawal stage I was always, somewhere in the back of my mind, waiting for the time that I could "drink like a normal person". When I had a bit of sobriety I would think that I had it made. A couple of drinks were no problem and I could stop. It didn't work. And the point is, I ALWAYS WANTED TO DRINK, to get the buzz, without the repercussions we alcoholics face. Now I no longer want it in my life. The bit of good feelings was always followed by pain of some sort. I've had to finally decide that drinking alcohol is in my past, as with other substances I gave up years ago and do not regret or miss. It's the attitude...and I think it's what any alcoholic who wants to live life in real terms has to have. I know for certain I have needed it. I only wish I hadn't spent so much time learning that.
Anyway...That's my two cents for you. I hope that it can help you in some way. Good fortune my friend...Tim
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You certainly brought back my memories of the endless times I promised never to drink again. I might manage to make it through the day, but usually I didn't. In the end, I knew that my alcoholism was bigger and more powerful than I was.
That's when I went to AA. In the rooms of AA, I have met some truly wonderful people who want to help me to stay sober. I used to wonder why folk referred to it as a fellowship, but I know now. I have true friends who would help me any hour of the day and night if they could, and I am there for them, too.
I don't know if you have tried going to AA, but it could be the best thing that you could ever do for yourself. For me, it's great to be sitting with people who all have the same problems and fears that I have and who understand me. When I get to a meeting I feel that I have gone 'home' and I can tell everybody just what it was like for me without any sort of fear.
You can find AA listed in your local 'phone book. They'll be able to tell you where local meetings are held and what time they start. They can even arrange to have someone take you to a meeting or to be there to say 'hi' to you and to introduce you to a few folk there.
I am now 20 months sober and life just keeps getting better all of the time. If it can work for this alkie, then it can work for you, too.
Please keep posting, won't you?
Take care,
Carol
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You are taking me back almost 14 years ago. But that time is still fresh in my mind because of the pain I went through to get to the "PINK CLOUD."
My withdrawals lasted up to a year. The reason is that I was withdrawing from more than one substance, I was withdrawing from alcohol, cocaine, and cigarettes. I truly remember walking into grocery stores having to go down different isles to avoid the alcohol isles.
I stayed away from slippery people, places, and things. Even family! I didn't see any of my blood family for a year during the time I had to do my 12-steps because of the dysfunction in my family.
Please keep coming here and posting your thoughts. Jounal if you like writting. Go to 90 in 90 meetings, get a sponsor asap, and start to pray. Looking up and asking for help is "How I started."
Welcome to MIP, Flwriter. Good to have you here. Enjoy your first few days of curious sobriety. It does get better & hopefully you won't have to experience this again. Don't lose heart.. tis 1Day@aTime. You're doing so well. Sobriety is like a movie I haven't seen yet. I hope you enjoy yours. It's a beautiful journey & we're with you, Danielle :)
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