Hi. I have been on a week long binge drinking 70 cl of vodka a day. I feel ok but am scared I could still fit or something. I have been off this binge for 2 days now. Have taken a couple of 2ml diazapam to just calm me. Am I passed the point of a seizure or drop down .
Hi david:
Typically 3 days you are clear....the diazapam is definetly going to help you not seize...so if you take it over the next couple of days for peace of mind...not only will you not seize but you will be a little more comfortable during the detoxification.
I also came off a binge recently...I have 9 days no drink today and my binge was also a week....that means a solid week of drinking, no food, no shower, no clean clothes...no going out of house unless it was to the liquor store....I still feel very weak from the binge..they get harder to recover from with age.
Also if you have access to vitamins...like B12 and Folic Acid...Thiamine....I noticed when I took these vitamins along with my Ativan...I felt better than after previous binges...
And of course...drinking lots of fluids...prefreably sports drinks that have electrolytes and minerals in them such as Gatorade....Is there Gatorade in the UK?
Hi thank you. I have vitimin b in cupboard but no thiamine. I have just started to drink poweraid which apparently helps. tomorrow so that will be 64 hours since last drink so hopefully be ok.
Hi Missy. Gatorade is similar to Lucozade in the Uk. Energy drink with lots of additives but still good for hydration after a binge.
How are you doing david2578? I'm doing well I'm past 10 days not drinking and last night I had the best sleep I have had in a long time.
Not saying that it was GREAT but the BEST I have had.
Hope you are doing well
Great to hear from you Missy2. Long time no see and you seem to be getting better after 10 days off the demon drink....Robin
Hi misssy
good to hear from you. A lot of old faces seem to have disappeared, or not posting very much, me included.
Am in touch with paper fairy as we live near each other. She’s on campral and doing really well.
I had my first drink in 6 months last night. Only two glasses of wine, then lime and soda. Didn’t want anymore thank goodness.
Take care and keep in touch xx
Hey Missy. I'm great thank you. Day five feel great. Had my boy this weekend which was lovely. Just reminds me why drinking is just not worth it. Hope your sleeping great now. Take care. Dave.
That's really good to read you have come through ok David and enjoyed the weekend with your boy .Maybe it's time to think of ways of staying stopped .Have you thought about the Sinclair method. It's how I finally got my drinking under control.
Sadly, many years ago my elder sister had one big binge too many and had her children taken from her then a final binge too many when she lost her life. AUD is a beast of a disorder .
Hi Nat
Good to hear how well you’re doing and how TSM has helped you.
You are so right “AUD is a beast of a disorder” Sorry to hear about your sister, so sad and such a waste.
My best friend lost her sister a few weeks ago due to alcohol. She’s finding it hard to accept that she didn’t know exactly how much her sister had been drinking. As I said to her, AUD sufferers are cunning, become devious, are very good liars once alcohol has got a grip on you.
Hi vicki! What do you think it was that made you drink after 6 months clear?
When I drank after 8 years clear...I just thought I could....my thought process went like this:
I have not had 1 drink in 8 years...SO, there is no reason on earth that I can't stop again if I just have a drink today. WELL...we all know how that has turned out for me...I have been drinking for 3 more years since that first drink 
That is the beauty of being clear from alcohol abuse....being able to fully enjoy family members.
Don't think for a moment that your son did not notice a difference in your interactions last weekend...compared to how you are when you are drinking.
I wish for you continued abstinence from the deadly drink....I am sleeping better than ever....
And so my alcoholic thinking has returned...just a few drinks..I will be ok....I hate this condition.
Hi Robin. 
I see you have been holding down the fort...I do nothing consistently and do everything in spurts.
I really don't know why Patient UK fell off my radar for while except that I was very active at the time I changed to another website...and seemed my mornings and eveniings on the computer were focused on that site.
That site is still wonderful as is this...but all of the groups/webpages...tend to have the same people posting and then I want to move on and find something different...that is all
Good to see you and thank you for reaching out to me in a PM. while I was gone. The problem is..I was gone and did not see your message until recently.
Hi misssy
I decided six months ago my alcohol intake was increasing. Not problematic, but loads of social occasions and parties. I wasn’t drinking secretively, or spirits, just wine and cider. I’ve always had a high tolerance level with alcohol, so tend to drink more than recommended amount.
Decided to go back on campral so didn’t drink whilst taking that. I enjoy social drinking with friends, or sharing a bottle of wine with OH. I did it before but with campral, never will power.
Managed to go 4 years without alcohol or campral and stupidly started again. Several relapses, each one harder to get over. Google kindling and alcohol, it explains what happens.
I did all the food for my grandsons birthday at the weekend. Adults and kids and didn’t think about a drink. Had two glasses of wine which was enough. Years ago I’d have done the food whilst drunk, carried on through the party drinking and let everyone down, a complete embarrassment .
So Yes, it was a conscious decision to start again
Always good to have you back. Here nearly 4 yes and never to judge people...or start again... You can do it. Yes, you have the strength to stop again 😁
Totally amazing since I do not trust myself to just have one drink and no Moore after 5 years....however, 2 weeks ago big celebration at work and had one half glass Cava! Did not want or need another one. Seems OK. Irony is that our Xmas party is in an elegant wine tasting shop! Water for me drying!! Ha ha.. Keep well and great respect to you!
I meant water for me since driving and no wine.
Hi David...well done mate, you are over the worst...xxx
I huge, happy, loving, HUGGING, HI...TO MISSY and all you other lovely friends on here...i have missed you all very, very much...xxxxxx
It has been 14 yrs since I was last sectioned...much has changed, all for the better...we are blessed with a beautiful little grandson...Charlie JAMES....aged two and a half...overwhelming love for this little man...xxx
I have been well for the past 14 yrs...we go out twice a week and I have a couple of pints...at home, I like to keep a couple of bottles of cider in, and half a bottle of brandy....i have only been drunk once !!! In 14 years...
I have found after the first year or so, it got easier..i never, ever think about alcohol in the day time at all....thank heavens...as you all know, that awful craving that makes you want to tear your hair out. !!! Has gone...COMPLETELY
I STILL FEEL TERRIBLE guilt for the ten years of he'll I put my beloved family through...i am so lucky that they have all forgiven me completely....
You have often been in my thoughts, especially you MISSY, you always seem so wise xx caring xx and accepting of all others..xxx
I will try to come on here everyday...much sincere regards...respect and love for each and every single one of you....xxxxxx
Lovely and honest post which will give hope to many.
Grandkids certainly do help. Like you I constantly feel guilty about the wasted years spent drinking and how greatfull I am to have been given a second chance (actually last chance!!)
The thought of being told no more alcohol ever, would not have helped or encouraged me. I drink socially now, couple of times a week and always Saturday night.
I know this will sound stupid to many of you, but I now keep a drink diary!! It’s just for me so I can see how many drinks I’ve had weekly.
You can’t change the past, but you can make sure you don’t go there again, ever!!
Great replies from Deidre and VickyLou. Very warm and heartfelt. Love the drinks diary and why not? As long as you are I control and count. What is David doing I wonder. Some days since we last heard from him. just wondering. Robin