8 hours ago, NBJ71 said:

decided to have a beer.

We all just want to get back to ourselves and be "normal".

You know your body is healing, so that is great news. There are some true 0% alcohol free beers...next time you will have to go equipped. 💯

On 9/5/2026 at 4:14 PM, NBJ71 said:

Good morning @Its-me-Rosie

I’ve been ok thanks, very up and down but I’m getting through it. I’ll be drug free 2 years on September 23rd. My baseline symptoms are tolerable now, I still suffer with tinnitus in both ears, burning on my legs and back, poor sleep although until recently I was consistently getting 5 hours which is great for me, some inner tremors and involuntary twitching on my right hand. I’m glad to report that with the exception of tinnitus in both ears, the rest of my symptoms are very slowly fading.

Just over 3 weeks ago, I had what I can only describe as my first real window, my baseline symptoms were all still there but mentally, over a period of a few days I felt better and better. I was smiling, my sense of humour had returned, my enthusiasm for life was burning brightly again and I felt like the old me had re-emerged. This continued for around 10 days, it was amazing. I was then invited to a friends birthday party where I made a foolish mistake. As a lot of people recover within two years I thought I was pretty much there, so, I decided to have a beer. That night my sleep went back to 2 hours, and since then the depression, anxiety, poor sleep, ruminating and tremors have all returned. Maybe I was due to go back in a wave but I feel the alcohol probably caused it.

My hope is that I’ll come out of this wave and feel as I did before, that would be awesome!

Apart from that, I’ve been spending more time in nature, walking my friends dogs and recently I’ve started sea swimming. I still get out fishing twice a week too when I feel up to it.

Anyway, enough about me, how are you?

Nice to read your update Nick.

Your first real window sounds amazing. You must have been excited!

I am sure you will slip into many more, your body will recover from the alcohol. We are just so sensitive in this state.

Take care 🙏

Thanks for the update, and sorry about your wave.

It sounds like your nervous system is really healing and turning a corner.

I won’t ever touch alcohol again or caffeine as I personally don’t think it’s worth it, but I’d defo wait a good while before sipping on another beer!

Thanks for the update x