I'm almost a year sober....I never thought I'd say that.

I'm very thankful neuropathy was something that arrived at the end of my drinking, because it seems to be the case that recovery takes less time. Luckily(?) complications due to being an alcoholic almost killed me, and precipitated becoming sober before I inflicted even more damage on my nerves.

I wonder sometimes if I had that near death experience to stop me from drinking. Like something divine. Because I don't believe I would have done otherwise. And 6 months more drinking would have literally cost me everything.

Very interesting to read about people's triggers...because it all applies to me. My neuropathy provoked by a few things for sure, such as sugar, caffeine and pain killers. And potentially...having read the last 10 pages of this forum...salt. I hadn't considered salt until checking back here.

My neuropathy developed into pain only. Feeling and movement came back in full after about 3 months. If I eat like a saint meaning little sugar (and I guess salt too), have little stress and exercise regularly, my symptoms essentially go.

More than 5 cups of tea in a day, and a box of Lindt chocolate...I get some tingles on an evening and burns when I lay down.

My aim of this post was to let you know I'm not off the wagon! To reassert that my experience is diet is HUGE when it comes to Nueuropathy, and to ask if anybody has experienced significant worsening when laid horizontal?

I can have 0 pain all day, and complete movement. Lay down and I get tingling then burning. Luckily I can actually sleep through it now...and weirdly, it's ok in the morning. I've thought about seeing a specialist but currently I'm fine, and I do improve every 3 months.

However, I sense my improvement has reached a limit, or a slowing phase. And I do worry that maybe I'll suffer from degradation as I get older. Does anybody have any info relating to ageing and worsening of neuroparthy?

I'm 29...so this could be a tough ride in later years.

Any tips on dealing with regrets? Thoughts, and bad thoughts, keep creeping in from time.

My most recent relationship...which I've referred to here a couple of times recently broke down, and I've actually started to think back to the relationships I had whilst an alcoholic.

I didn't do anything overtly bad, no physical abuse etc,...but I basically wasn't me, and definitely wasn't very nice. I'd like to be able to apologise to them, but unfortunately I couldn't imagine them speaking to me again. I'm going to wait until I've fully rehabilitated myself, maybe in 5-6 months, and reach out then just to explain what was going on in my life at the time.

It's been nice to check back and see how people are doing, and I really hope things look up for you Second Chances.

Regarding supplements...i have taken a month break from everything except a B complex, and Tumeric. I was taking 12-16 tablets per day for 10 months, and decided a break may be helpful. I really do feel like the massive supplementation programme I was on helped, and I'll be back to it soon.