this is day one, the horrible hangover
 

So yesterday I went on a pretty nasty and embarrassing drunk. I blacked out for most of the day and I am still trying to put together what happened. I have one of the worst hangovers right now. The kind where nothing is comfortable. My body just aches. I feel like yesterday was enough to make me think I can't drink like everyone else. I am taking it one day at a time now. Any tips on to make this hangover less severe?

Oh yeah, been there done that over and over. So happy that insanity is gone from my life. It's mentally exhausting isn't it?

Welcome tidruid, if you're serious about ending the madness you'll find heaps of support here. SR is a wonderful resource in recovery.

Time and lots of water. Go for a long walk. Don't drink again.

I never found any good hangover tips, but I hope you get through this.

I'm glad you posted and are planning to get back on track.

Welcome, tidruid! Milk always helped with my hangovers. Hope you feel better soon. See you around here.

June

Sleep and food... but towards the end nothing really helped my hangovers much..... other than time.

Jess

The horrid hangovers and shame of blackout drinking was only enough to keep me sober for a couple days. Once the memory faded I always went back to it, thinking "This time it will be different."

The only time it was different was when I quit for good. If you are serious about not drinking again, put something in place (a recovery plan) that will insure you don't pick up again when your hangover fades.

V-8 juice was always my hangover helper. That and time.

"I'm sure there are people I need to apologize to..." God I don't miss those mornings (and afternoons, and nights.) Be honest with yourself and start planning how you are going to make lasting changes. Signing up here is a good first step. Good luck, we've all been there, you are not alone.

Time and rest, don't let the memory fade after a few days...it took me
Years to realize the first drink was the one that did me in

Very hot baths always helped me. That and water. Exercise does actually help too, if you can stomach it.

I would say savour it. Live though the hell of it and then keep that memory close as you attempt to give up. I'm 11 days in and I needed a cold hard shock at the start to get me going but that's just me...

some greasey fries and some exercise always helped me. Sweat it out. Welcome to SR

I'm with cookiemusic! On day 14 and I still remember how awful day 1 was and have told myself never, never again.
Good luck!

plenty of water, decent food and rest - it will pass, hang in there and you never have to feel this way again ....

x

A hot shower, lots of water with lemon, V8 or tomato juice and crackers. If you can handle exercise, a walk is great idea!!!

Good luck.

Welcome and congrats on your decision!

I would say live through the hangover in all its severity. The memory of it will inspire you not to drink again :)

I have found that for me there is a difference between "sobriety" and "recovery".

My recovery actually began 2 years ago, July 22,2011 with a hangover that actually split me from myself.

At its worst point, I left my body and I was hovering over myself watching myself vomit bile while simultaneously both urinating and defecating from the both the toxicity and the force of the purge. I'm not sure if my heart stopped that day and if I had died. But one thing I knew for absolute sure was that it was the beginning of the end.

I remember as I bounced back into myself that I wanted to feel every last moment of that pure torturous hell so that I would never, ever ever ever allow myself to feel that way again.

How I didn't die, I will only attribute to Divine intervention.

I did continue to drink thereafter. Never to that extent again. And never again was able to take a drink since that moment without pure remorse. That is the day my recovery started and will forever be my before and after moment with this disease.

Please be well dear one.

XO AO

Hangover cure was to drink whisky and coke. And toward the end even that didn't work. I knew then it was time to take some control. So glad I did.

Sure, I have a sure-fire solution to any hangover, heck, to any problem. I have found that the longer I'm sober the better this solution works; in 2+ years my life has just been better with each day, especially the hangovers! Sobriety! it works wonders on the body and Soul!

Give it a try, it works, One Day At A TIme. Keep Coming Back!