My husband and I have pretty much drank 4-5 nights a week not get drunk but had a couple of drinks. I’m to the point now that I want to stop. But its hard when he still is. He doesn’t put it in front of me but I can still smell it. What can I do to disconnect from this? I want to stay healthy for my family and I’ve started running 1/2 marathons and want to get into better shape for the next.

Im determined to stop drinking for good. Ive been a heavy drinker for 10 years and Im wondering how long until I can truly be detoxed. I drank an average of 5 vodka cocktails per day, everyday….sometimes more. I am drinking lots of water and trying to rest. ANy other advice is so greatly appreciated.
thank you

I would sit around and watch TV and drink beer for four or five hours a night. I did binge drink while watching football all day long on Sundays and then try to recover on Monday night by having a few more. There were times where I would wake up really late in the day and manage until evening. Than I would drink five or six more a night. Maybe I would take two days off a week at most. Anyway, the other day, this being the holidays I got really depressed and stayed drunk from Saturday night to Tuesday night. On Wednesday I woke up at noon and tried to get through the day. But felt horrible. I was not sick to my stomach or anything like that, but did not want to eat anything. In the evening i manage a small meal. I did not have a headache. Just felt like crap. That night I had three small cans of beer, because I felt disorientated and very uncomfortable and thought if I just had a little compared to what I had drunk the three days before that it would relieve the symptoms a little bit. It didn’t really. The next day I still had the shakes and the chills and the sweats. I thought, “What the hell have I done to myself?” I could hardly sleep. I have fallen asleep well past 5am for the past two nights. Most of my sleep has been off and on from midnight to 5am and then I will sleep until 9am then lay down for a nap fro around 1pm to 3pm. I think tonight might be better though. I hope anyway. There is one more thing thats bothering me. Whenever I drank a lot before, I would usually feel physically normal by 5 or 6pm. But since I have stopped I feel a little unsure of myself when I turn my head or walk. I can walk fine, just I feel a little uneasy about it it initially. Not like I could just run down the street like before. My vision seems to be a little strange, when I go to get up or turn my head. I don’t get dizzy, just feeling off visually.

After a nice large dinner tonight, I felt a little panicky and just not right after my meal!. The feeling is like I am still a little drunk visually. I can see fine, just things seem off a bit. I am feeling a little better now (an hour and a half) after dinner. I did some weight training yesterday. It felt good, so I thought I was going to be okay this morning, but the same odd feeling returned this morning and has been there throughout the day, most of the time when I walk. It is like I am unsure of myself. Does that make any sense?

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