Not only do I have absolutely no desire to ever drink again (no cravings, no appeal whatsoever), but I’m almost through the hardest parts of it and I’m so happy. My anxiety and how I felt overall during the first two~ weeks were terrible. Yesterday and today have been my most “normal” days.

I’m taking medication for anxiety (was able to get a Telehealth visit here in Florida to get prescribed a few things), and I’m starting to realize that my anxiety was just being caused by how terrible I was feeling and getting trapped in the mindset that I was never going to feel normal again.

Now that I’ve got a glimpse of normal, it’s full speed ahead. The hardest part of all of this was my lack of appetite, which was keeping me from eating properly. I’m 136 lbs, 6’3” — maybe a bit less now — and was only consuming like 400-700 calories a day at most some days. I’m now pushing upwards of 1000-1500 a day, a bit more energy throughout the day (just have to be gentle with it), and overall feeling much more optimistic.

I share this article with you guys to help some of you who had the same questions as me. I haven’t found anything else out there that gives as straightforward of an (obviously generalized) timeline of recovery. I know that this will vary for everyone, but I have found that it is pretty dead accurate for me so far.

https://www.priorygroup.com/blog/benefits-of-giving-up-alcohol-for-a-month

My eyesight being relatively shoddy / strenuous at times and being more winded than usual after doing very little have been the things that are driving me nuts. I’m looking forward to hitting week 3 for a little bit more normalcy for both of those things, and from there.. the sky is the limit.

IWNDWYT. ❤️