Day Three!

[MidLifeLoner]

Just an update. It's day 3 and I'm still here and getting clean. I have had some discomfort, aches and fatigue but I'm pushing through. Heck I figured since I was going to feel like crap I would kick my diet soft drink habit as well.
What helped me was I had everything on the Thomas recipe and then some! I went to the vitamin shop and also purchased some really good vitamins, omega 3 and milk thistle.

The physical symptoms suck but at the age of 50 having endured childbirth twice along with six other surgeries through the years (mostly from sepsis and peritonitis from a surgeon accidentally cutting my colon and sending me home) I can deal with this. However, the mental side is the hardest.....

So I have armed myself with crossword puzzles, rented some good movie flicks and a couple of books to try and keep my mind occupied. I know this is just a beginning but one hour of one day at a time.

Anyone else in the middle of cold turkey?

[Katya5555]

Hang in there! I'm on Day 8 which is a certain improvement, but still need to overcome the mind stuff and the fatigue. Fight the good fight! best-

[MidLifeLoner]

Thank you for the words of encouragement. My soda vice is Diet Mtn Dew and I probably feel the same way it's worse BUT longing for my soft drink is taking my mind off narcotics. Kind of like your foot hurts so you hit you thumb with a hammer! Lol

[mary577]

Yea!!!  Way to go!!!   I quit on June 9th....so far, so good.   I think dreading withdrawal is worse than the actual thing, and like you said....childbirth, surgeries, throw in some menstrual cramps that made me feel like chewing off my own foot.   Had a stallion lunge at me one time and almost rip my breast off....the discomfort of w/d doesn't compare.   And as for the mental side....I've been through hell before with that on other things, so mainly it is just keep plugging along and don't allow yourself to dwell on things so much that they throw you off.  I decided to kick my soda habit when I quit pills too.  I hate to admit, but for me, that was worse....I am back to using Pepsi.  :(  My husband brought some home and I couldn't handle being in the house with it.   He had a bottle of Tramadol and hydrocodone though, and that didn't bother me at all.  

Keep up the good work!

[Brightfutureahead]

Nice!!

[MidLifeLoner]

I'm trying!! I keep chanting to myself "mind over matter" and "you are stronger then that tiny little pill" !!!!
For now it's helping me deal with the mental side of things. I've also always been a creature of habit such as getting up the same time each day. Two cups of coffee each morning heck even getting ready for work brushing teeth first, then get in the shower and wash hair FIRST then my body, take my lunch break at same time each day, etc all throughout the day. I know it sounds silly but I am trying to shake up my entire to routine because with that routine I popped Perc's at the same time each day!!!
I don't know if it will work but so far I am dealing.
Just like this morning, usually I would get up and fix Sunday breakfast right after my coffee. Today I went for a walk first and sent my husband to Dunkin Donut instead!

[Brightfutureahead]

Just got done being 'in the middle,' I just posted last night that when I was on day 1,2,3, and 4...I was so weak ans sick but I just kept telling myself "They say it's always darkest right before dawn." it would make me all teary because it held so much truth at that point (and still does.)

I can tell you...dawn did come...and it felt good!

Your positive attitude will get you far! Almost there!