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I am in my late twenties, and for the last 11 years have had 10-12 beers everyday.  I am in my 72 hour of self detoxification and am finding it very difficult to go to the restroom in either fashion.  Is this a normal effect from cleansing my body.  Also, can you give any indication how long the night sweats and irritablilty might last.  In any event I am determined that my addiction is physical not mental and I will never have a drink again!
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Kerrie -- Bless your heart. Without doubt you've had to endure more trouble, pain, and misery than any person should. I can relate *somewhat* (I wouldn't for a second compare your problems to mine, which aren't nearly as bad) having digestive problems all my life. Off the top of my head I've had barium swallows, barium enemas (not the worst day of my life but up there near the top), and of course the ever-popular proctosigmoidoscopy, which made me feel like I was the wishbone at Thanksgiving dinner! Have had chronic, severe indigestion (would probably be diagnosed today as reflux), chronic severe nausea (pyloric valve spasm), chronic diarrhea & IBS...problems pretty much from one end to the other! So my prayers and *empathy* are with you. After 30+ years of trial & error, they've finally worked out a regimen that keeps these problems under control. I sincerely pray that you will find relief also.
Kip -- The same goes for you, my friend, except that I can't even begin to imagine what it's like to be in that much pain. You seem pretty stoic about pain. I'm a complete wimp. I keep you in my prayers as well and hope you somehow find a solution to these problems. -- Bless both your hearts, Milo
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Kerrie:
did you say 14 surgurys in 10 years!!!!?
wow & i thought 2 cervical neck procedures in 2 years gave me some
pissing & moaning rights! one thing i've learned about surgeons
is they all like to use their sharp little knives to cut on you.
i would not be so bitter about my past 2 surgerys, but damm, i
have yet to realise any relief from them. This neuro surgeon of mine has gotten to the "end" of helping me. there is so little
left of one vertabrae that he (the cutter) can't put any more
screws into it. SO--- a pat on the back and "learn to live with it." I think i've been shoved out in the cold.

keep an angel on your shoulder,never mind what the sad folks say
kip
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Hi everyone. Cindi, I hope everything turns out good for you. I will put you on our prayer list at church. I hate to even dump anything else on you all but I'm  in need of your prayers.
    I went to Vanderbilt hospital today to see a gastro specialist. I have to have a test Thursday to see if I'm a good candidate for the reflux surgery. He wasn't too sure about my doctors diagnosis on Friday of Colitis or possibly Chrones disease. He said the biopsies the doctors have done on my colon and intestines over the last few years are useless in checking for Amyloid. He said I have to have a surgeon do it because it requires a deep biopsy. He said my colon being so small and the inflamation sound more like Amyloidosis. I can't tell you how tired I am of all the biopsies and tests. he wanted to know why I've waited so long to have this surgery on my esophagus. Give me a break. Would he ask that if he'd had 14 major surgeries in 10 years? I don't mean to sound so weak but I've had a bad day with pain,I had to ride 2 hours to get to Nashville to see the doc and 2 hours back home. Then I'm leading music all week at vacation Bible school and I'm so tired. Mentally and physically.
  Cindi, you'll be alright. I know you will. I'll close for now and try to rest. I haven't been doing much sleeping lately because of pain and diahrea 24 / 7. write me soon.
  Wiz, send me some rainbows. I know there's always one after the storm but I'd love one to get through all this.
  God Bless Everyone,
     Kerrie
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Milo:
I'm pleased to hear that your father's health is in a more stable
condition. It sounds like his doc was a good cutter. both you and
your father will be in my prayers.
keep an angel on your shoulder.
kip
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Well, without going into tons of medical detail, basically my dad is OK but is going to have to have chemo/radiation in a couple of weeks. Good news is that he's recovering amazingly well from surgery, and even better, the treatments should leave him completely free of cancer. I just hope it isn't too rough on him, but he's pretty tough. These past couple of weeks have been nerve-wracking to say the least, plus I've been extremely depressed. Feeling a bit better now, though, & hope to resume posting more regularly.
Kip, I was just thinking about you & your dad last night. What ever happened, & how's he doing? BTW, I agree with you that if you have to take pain meds to travel to see him, it is definitely worth it. With each year that goes by, I realize more & more how precious our time with our families really is.
-- Milo
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Milo:
Wat's happening? Please post and tell us how things are going!!!
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Question:
whats more useless than junk to junkies who are clean?
Answer: other junkies who are still using!.

Just read this out of naked lunch by WS Buroughs. It sort of woke
me up to one of the ways i got clean. It is a whole lot easier to
avoid temptation, than it is to resit it!!!!!! Just hope someone
out there who needs to hear this does!!!
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
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cindi:
i really aint locked up,
nor am i really shot up (right now)
but cindi still won't talk to me!!

keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
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Hey Kip, I'm right there in line with the others -- you are a great asset to the forum and a blessing in our lives! Don't ever forget...
WE need YOU!
--Milo
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Cindi..ACK! I must have missed something, because I had not realized that your doctor is ruling out uterine cancer for you.

Oh my god woman..how are you feeling? You constantly amaze me with your wise words and loving, supportive heart..I've not posted to you much, but wanted you to know that though I don't know you well yet, I have a great deal of respect for you.

Can you say more about what is going on medically for you? I hope that it turns out to be nothing threatening.

love,
WW
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Hi Guys!
I'm happy to here your dad is doing better, i've been so busy with my own 'life' lately, i can't keep up! Prayers!

Now Kip, i guess i missed something somewhere down the line, but i doubt it, would you please stop being so hard on yourself.
You are always here for me and so many others on this board, you just need to stop being so mean to yourself!
I don't know what you think you did, but i am sure it's not neary as severe as you think it is...
Just keep trying to be strong, and allow yourself your time to feel bad if that's what you want.  You are a person in a lot of pain, and i just couldn't imagine what you must be feeling!
You're in my thoughts and my heart!
Lv Jenny
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cindi:
just gone from work! will still post. may sneak in (at night) to
check e-mail or get away from family. Wound up in ER last night.
Neck pain unbearable. ER doc said get new pain Doc & gave me
shot of dilaudid. When you get that stuff IM it's hard to tell
difference from MS except it seems to last longer. Must go take
bath & get ready for mommy & sis!
keep an angel on your shoulder
kip
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SKIP  I sent you mail but I forgot you get it when you are at work Your wife knows about what is going on...i think I may have mentioned all my problems and my doc has not ruled out uterine cancer,,,,but guess what  I am not going to worry about it  i am seeing a doc in a few weeks,,I really have not been on the forum all that much   , my little girl came home from a sleepover writh a fever of 102 and climbing....i slept most of the day with her a beautiful sunny hot day   and I slept..i could kick myslef in the ass then iwent and rented a movie   Autumn in New York   a chick flick  hey doug watched his stuff the other day.....LOL and BTW SKIP      GILLIGAN would never forget about his buddy skipper..... what am I going to do without you and wiz the next few days........and KERRIE,,,was it you asking about MS contin,,,I think it was JB that gave you the good advice it is addicting but to a lesser degree than oxys etc.  I will send you some email later on today   i am going to throw dinner in the crock pot and get busy but my kear Kerrie I have not forgotten about you either..i love you all     cin
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U are leveing for a few days too?  ****!!!!!  you and wiz wn't be around  I am sending you mail..........love to all  cin
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Chad:
so sorry to here about your misfotuneate expierence with the zinc/mag supplements. I totally agree with any one running this stuff by their doc. first. now most docs will just laugh at you, but willlet you know if your puttin yourself in danger when it comes to vitmen supplements of any kind. I've had good result with copper, zink,mag,& manganese. one thing to keep in mind about supplements of any kind is not to overdo them! at the very least, your going to wind up with some of the most expensive urine in the world!
about turning 30--my 20s were the worst decade of my life! now my
30s were the best so far. my 40s were almost as good as my 30s. now i'm 50--- **** i'm an old fart & half the time it's great. Don't get caught up in the "all the time i've wasted using drugs" stuff. If some of it hadn't been *fun* you wouldn't have done it in the first place. if you are like me, you just didn't know when the party was over. (ever had the host ask you to leave-'cause everyone else had?) at the age of 43 i realized i'ld ****** up just one more thing! See i never planned to live past 40. I'ld been clean about 4 years when this happened. my first reaction was to run around like a chicken with my head cut off, no 401k, not enough advancement in carrer,no stock portfolio...

Chad: If your 30s (clean) aren't the best decade thus far, I will
buy you a hype full of what ever poision you desire. Now see you
do have one reasion to go 10 more years. all that other straight
people stuff wll come to pass when you are ready for it. Right
now just do the old one day at a time stuff.

i used to wake bewidered at
my actions and this world around me.
i was a small person in a world getting smaller.

now i awake bewondered to
a world that grows ever larger to me
the smaller and more humble i become.

see the possibilitys-
need you, need everone
kip
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I have been following your post with this guy. I even made the comment to my family what a great person you are for trying to help. Please don't beat yourself up. I can't see a thing you did wrong. You have gone way way out of your way to be helpful.
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i feel all locked up, shot up and cindi won't even talk to me
no more.

hope everthing ok with you. won't be able to get to my e-mail for
several days (next wed. or thur.). Nosy sister and mother in town!
Bad bad bad medicine. tummy aches & big pains in ass. will want to
bear **** out of sister before all over.

need all of you
kip
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JB:  I am so  glad you are doing better.....they wouldn't let you die and neither will we...we love and need you too much,,,

skipper....I'm With wiz and WW,,what the hell have you done so wrong and made a mess of..?   the only thing I can figure out is you have went out of your way to try and help a fellow human being in desperate need of help..hmmmmmm  now, if that is so wrong then our world is a bit back asswards..  this man lives in Bum **** egypt closed to ther est of the world and if he is caught then he is exiled to siberia or something?  I don;t know about you but to me your help has earned you one of those spots in heaven also...we love and need you here to....love to all    cin

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The ole wizard dust and prayers are working wonders!  I had to go back to the hospital yesterday to be fitted with surgical hose and I walked the whole way with only a cane!

Marty and I went back to visit the ward I was on and gave the nurses a bouquet of flowers and candy in appreciation for the excellent care I was given.  Lot of hugs and tears.  The head ward nurse said, "I promised you I wouldn't let you die, now it's all up to you!".  These people are angels and very special. Very special,indeed. And not thanked enough for what they do!  J.B.
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Thanks guys--maybe i set the bar too high for myself--but i'm 50,
i don't have time to fail---
this ******* world and it's pollitics--it all seems so useless &
senseless--
Let us praise the brave mothers of Belfast, for they cast their
differences aside- religion & centuries of hatered--please God
give me the courage of the brave mothers of belfast.
love ya both
lost kip
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Kip, you should of recieved my e-mail earlier but I'm going on record here on the forum to tell you:
YOU OWE NO ONE, I REPEAT NO ONE, an apology. You are going above and beyond the call of duty in this instance Brother. The situation is what it is. It's the cruel realitiy of the world we live in. I stand by what I said before when I wrote that I am ashamed that I haven't helped when I didn't feel good. You are one of the "ANGELS" of this forum...STAND TALL Brother. God Bless you and keep you.
P.& M. 2 U,
P.& L. 2 U 2,
Wiz
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Hiya Kip,
I am looking over posts, and trying to see any way in which you have botched anything up, and I"m coming up with nothing.

What makes you think you did anything wrong? To my eye, it looks like you are doing all you can to reach out to this person, across the language barrier and whatever other cultural and political barriers are in the way.

It looks to me like you are persistant and compassionate, if that is a crime, then arrest me, 'cause I want to improve my skills to match yours.

love,
WW
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hey good people:
If any one has been watching the tramadol posting they will know
what this is about. i fear i've really made a mess out of trying to help ?P-A!. I just got thru talking to the wife of the ortodox
serbian priest. Right now serbia is one of the most closed off
area on earth. Both electronically and people just coming and going. Imagine this addict reaching from around the world to us
for help & at great risk and grave consequences to him self. i
don't know about the rest of you , but it really sent a shiver up
my spine!
so far it seems i've just made a big mess, and i apoligise to all
other forum participants. i take full ownership of this mess and
will stay withit til it's delt with. I don't know about a serbian
translator being available. Ya hata appreciate my conversation with her (the Priest's wife). hi i'm a rcovering drug addict trying to find a serbian translator-- it took me 45 minutes to
convince her i was on the up and up.
well anyhow i feel like a major **** heal for boching this so
badly. I promise I will do my best to clean up this mess i've made. Again i'm really sorry!
kip
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Hey Bro, the same goes for you as I said to Milo. You take all the time you need to heal. You certainly had one hell of a blow to you system man. You just "know" in your heart that you are in our thoughts and prayers as is your family. I'll be sending the Wizard dust your way!
Power & Magick 2 U,
Peace & Healing Light on U 2,
Wiz
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