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Your alarm just went off. How long do you stay in bed? (lemmy.ca)
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On work days, after your alarm goes off, how long do you remain in bed before you actually get up?

What do you find yourself doing between that first alert and actually getting up?

Do you have wake up rituals?

How long do you let it continue?

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I’m quitting drinking (heavily, for many many years) so some days I’ve been laying there awake for hours, and some days I JUST FELL BACK ASLEEP GODDAMMIT so maybe ten minutes. Occasionally I slept the whole ass night so I’m laying there for a half hour or more.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Well done on making a hard choice, and best of luck for the future 🙏

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Thank you muchly! Got really into it starting with Covid, plateauing at maybe eight beers and six shots every day. Cut hard booze out, tapered beers down, and when I had my first day completely sober in maybe seven years, zero withdrawal symptoms. Same with the next day. And the next. I was shocked!

    …the sleep, though. The sleep is ROUGH.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oh mate, yeah the pandemic got a lot of people that way. Really insidious. Great work for tapering down and getting sober though, you should be very proud of yourself!

    The sleep sucks. I had my last drink 122 days ago, and could barely sleep for a week or two. If I wasn't anxious, I was just wired for no reason. It just felt so strange to get into bed, conscious and without the room spinning.

    Waking up felt weird at first too, always expecting a hangover and a wave of hangxiety that never came -- but so rewarding once you realise why.

    I hope you can continue as long as you want to 🙏🤘

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Oh thank you so much! I’m proud of you, that’s awesome!

    My partner and I drank together, and are quitting together. MOSTLY quitting—we still have some drinks on Fridays and Saturdays at this point, but nothing like we used to. Sleep is slowly getting better on weekdays! Waking up DOES feel suuuper weird!

    I used to wake up and feel okay until around 1-2PM, then the hangover would hit me. Maybe I was waking up still kinda drunk. Now on weekdays, around midday when I’d usually start feeling shitty, I just.. keep… feeling good? What a strange feeling!

    The biggest thing for me is driving. I only ever drank in the evenings, and never drove after I had a drop. When I was drinking heavily every night though, driving during the day would give me horrible anxiety and I had a panic attack twice on the highway. Now I can drive like a normal person and I feel normal doing it! MAGIC

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Thank you mate! 🙏

    Oh amazing, it's good to have somebody there with you and it's great that you're both on the same page with your goals here!

    Taking it down to a level that's healthy for you is the ultimate goal, whether that's drinking on the weekend (which is absolutely fine and not any less of an achievement) or going teetotal -- we're on the same journey as long as you're trying!

    The painful stages of sleep recovery are certainly miserable but once you're back to where you need to be, it feels so good to be able to wake up actually refreshed! I haven't slept well this week (for other reasons) until last night, and this morning was a genuine joy waking up and realising I didn't feel like a bomb had gone off inside my head lol

    Getting rid of that overarching anxiety makes such a huge difference too! It's crazy how totally normal things suddenly feel novel and magical when you're not putting your nervous system through all sorts of chemical topsy-turviness all the time, right?

    I'm glad it's working for you! 🥳

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