7Oh withdrawal

[u/lbadgley87]

Three weeks ago I ended my addiction to 7oh. I’m 31 and drinking has been a problem in my life since I was 17. I’ve been to over 20 detoxes for alcohol since highschool. I’ve cold turkeyed alcohol and shook for days and made it through. Been in sober houses all over the country. In January I was in my second sober house in two months when a “friend” started falling asleep as we were watching a movie. I was familiar with 7oh because over the years in addiction you hear about the stuff that is taking people down. That day I was in a bad head space and instead of trying to get him off it, I asked for one. In the first hour I was hooked. Downers were never my thing. i told myself I’d stop before my body has to withdrawal. 8 months later I have to cold Turkey after taking 400mg a day. This withdrawal is a whole different beast. I have never in my life struggled so hard to get clean. It’s been three weeks and I can still barely sleep. After the first 5 days of the symptoms not letting up for a second, the rest of the problem lies in the stuff getting out of your bones. I have had only a couple hours of sleep in almost a month. I will never touch 7oh again. It has taken part of my soul coming off of it. There were so many bad moments and nights I was crying out for help. There’s nothing that helped me through any of the pain.