Hi have namechanged.
I have just started at an addiction treatment facility. I arrived yesterday and am in the detox section.
I am finding the days really long - I am in isolation. I am having withdrawal symptoms. I miss my family - my children - and my husband and my home comforts.
I am not sure I can do this. Or that I actually even want to do this. I'd kill or even steal for a drink right now.
Has anyone been through withdrawal in this kind of situation? What should I expect? Do the withdrawal symptoms ramp up over the next few days? Will it get really bad? At the moment aside from the anxiety and some tremors and a headache at times and some bloating, the absolute the worst thing is this incessant craving for a drink.
Has anyone been through this or can anyone advise me in any way?
Sigh. Why oh why did I do this to myself (start drinking I mean).