Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your responses and support, it's more helpful than I would've thought. After lying in bed with a hangover all day yesterday I decided to go hiking today. Barely made it, and took a short trail due to still feeling some dizzyness from my hangover. (By the way, is it ok that after a big binge I have hangovers that last more than a day? besides the ovbious answer, which is no. I'm wondering if that's a normal response to drinking a lot without any threat of needing to seek medical attention.) Anyway, it was pretty refreshing to be out in the nice weather, being active doing more in a few horus than a several day binge and subsequent hangover day(s). Still looking for reasons to keep me steady on this path for the long run, I do worry about when I get bored, stressed or am in uncomfortable situations which is almost always a recipe for booze and shortly thereafter disaster. That will be a big hurdle.