Very bad flu - reminds me of being hungover
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Very bad flu - reminds me of being hungover
Ok, so I have the flu. My body aches, my stomach is upset, I am sweating for no reason, I have laid in bed all day, and this has reminded me of something. BEING HUNGOVER. To think, that I would willingly do this to myself 3 to 4 times per week is baffling.
I was not able to go to work or go to an AA meeting today due to being sick. I have tried to participate on this site and read the big book in an effort to stay in recovery today. I am so grateful that this sickness has taken me back to where I was 40 days ago. I never want to be sick again (which is impossible to achieve) - but I especially never want to be hungover again (which is VERY POSSIBLE to achieve). The fact that I "chose" to drink even though it would cause me these similar effects really shows how cunning, baffling, and powerful this disease is. Never again for me.
One day at a time guys. Now back to bed for me. Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!
I was not able to go to work or go to an AA meeting today due to being sick. I have tried to participate on this site and read the big book in an effort to stay in recovery today. I am so grateful that this sickness has taken me back to where I was 40 days ago. I never want to be sick again (which is impossible to achieve) - but I especially never want to be hungover again (which is VERY POSSIBLE to achieve). The fact that I "chose" to drink even though it would cause me these similar effects really shows how cunning, baffling, and powerful this disease is. Never again for me.
One day at a time guys. Now back to bed for me. Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!
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Originally Posted by reggiewayne 
Ok, so I have the flu. My body aches, my stomach is upset, I am sweating for no reason, I have laid in bed all day, and this has reminded me of something. BEING HUNGOVER. To think, that I would willingly do this to myself 3 to 4 times per week is baffling.
I was not able to go to work or go to an AA meeting today due to being sick. I have tried to participate on this site and read the big book in an effort to stay in recovery today. I am so grateful that this sickness has taken me back to where I was 40 days ago. I never want to be sick again (which is impossible to achieve) - but I especially never want to be hungover again (which is VERY POSSIBLE to achieve). The fact that I "chose" to drink even though it would cause me these similar effects really shows how cunning, baffling, and powerful this disease is. Never again for me.
One day at a time guys. Now back to bed for me. Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!
I was not able to go to work or go to an AA meeting today due to being sick. I have tried to participate on this site and read the big book in an effort to stay in recovery today. I am so grateful that this sickness has taken me back to where I was 40 days ago. I never want to be sick again (which is impossible to achieve) - but I especially never want to be hungover again (which is VERY POSSIBLE to achieve). The fact that I "chose" to drink even though it would cause me these similar effects really shows how cunning, baffling, and powerful this disease is. Never again for me.
One day at a time guys. Now back to bed for me. Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!
I truly hope you fell better
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Hi Reggie, I had the winter flu just after New Year and must admit to being thoroughly annoyed. I'd carefully negotiated the holiday season sober and yet still ended up in bed sweating and shivering... I was not impressed at all!
It did give me time to think though and I spent the evenings reading the Big Book on my laptop. The resentment faded away and I did find some gratitude in the end. As others have said, it's crazy that we used to do this to ourselves deliberately.
Hope you get well soon - good luck.
It did give me time to think though and I spent the evenings reading the Big Book on my laptop. The resentment faded away and I did find some gratitude in the end. As others have said, it's crazy that we used to do this to ourselves deliberately.
Hope you get well soon - good luck.
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