Small Comforts That Help in Acute Withdrawal
Hot showers, weighted blankets, electrolytes and a bowl of plain rice. The unsexy list of things that get people through the worst week.
If you are reading this in the middle of the hardest week, I am sorry. I have been there and I want to give you the boring, practical list I wish someone had handed me.
Hot showers, twice a day, longer than you think. A weighted blanket, even a cheap one. Electrolytes in water, not just plain water. A small bowl of plain rice or plain oatmeal when nothing else sounds edible. A heating pad on the lower back. Loose, soft clothing. A second pillow. Tylenol on a schedule (not as needed) for the body aches, unless your clinician has told you otherwise. A short, slow walk outside every day, even just to the end of the block.
None of these are dramatic. Together, they take the edge off enough to let the body do the work it is going to do anyway. The hardest week passes. It always does.