AcceptingChange

Ugh, i had a terrible stomach flu on new year's eve. Laying/rolling around on the bed in agony, my stomach seizing up in pain, an awful splitting headache, painful runs to the bathroom to dry-heave. yuk.
It was just like my hangovers. No difference at all.

I do not miss hangovers. I do not miss hangovers. I do not miss hangovers. I do NOT miss hangovers.
I do not miss the high-low/high-low/high-low lifestyle of drinking.
I do not miss the nasty headaches and f'ed up bowel stuff.

drinking is so 2009.

happy new year to you all.

pangur

funny you mention that. I had a virus last month and used the sick time to "double up" the agony and go through withdrawal and get clean. I thought, if I'm going to feel like this anyway, I may as well do it now.

Jeans

Your flu sounds like my hangovers for the last 2 years. I had my last hangover 3 days ago and it was the worst one yet I thought I was dying. I've made that one my last hangover.

Well done for staying sober

c49

Funny you say that, I have thought the same exact thing with being sick on a few occasions since I left drinking in 2009...

The flu, drinking dreams, bouts of anxiety are terrible but effective reminders of our past miseries. They have helped in unique ways

feralheart

I got sick a few weeks after I quit drinking and felt the same way, I really hated it.

The other day at work I had a headache and was nauseated and I was thinking "I don't understand, I didn't drink, why do I feel like this?" and then I realized it was because I was hungry. I feel like I need to relearn the messages my body sends me, because for so long the only message I could hear from it was "you're destroying me with poison".