jimmyhow

Had a crappy day today: relationship problems/arguments - me being (necessarily in my eyes) selfish, stomach problems ,anxiety, brian fog. I'm still holding in though. I went for a walk, bought some food etc and am gonna cook up a meal as a peace offering, try and lighten this horrible atmosphere.

I got some weird hangover symptoms today even though I haven't drank.

I'll shut up now and stop complaining

BlueFairy

Sounds like a typical day for me....

PurpleKnight

Keep pushing through Jimmy and hang in there, tomorrow is a new day!!

SoberLeigh

Pushing through the tough times builds those sober muscles, jimmyhow. good job.

Sorry that you are having a tough time, though.

Glad that you came here to talk about it.

Anna

It will get easier, Jimmy!

entropy1964

Healthy food is always a good idea when feeling off. Helps me anyway! I get what I think are hangover symptoms still, even after 4 months. I think they are actually just normal feelings of being tired, or drained, or dehydrated, or stressed. I used to be able to attribute every somewhat 'bad' feeling to booze. Maybe now its just life and I simply need new coping skills. Sounds like you're doing just that

jimmyhow

I guess that is true, that sometimes you just feel like crap booze or no booze.

teatreeoil007

Yes! Once in a while I forget how crucial food is and how much it impacts so many things! Also, a mental edge I tend to give myself is that I need to replace alcohol with good things including good food!

But, one of my challenges is that I am not always motivated to cook good meals....so I've made a challenge to myself to incorporate some fun into cooking. I am a good cook when I want to be and have a knack for it, so I need to continue to bring my skills and creativity back into the process. So far, it's been helping. I love to cook for my family, but my kids are grown, though live in the area. So at least once a week we have family dinner nights and the kids come. They have enjoyed it so much, especially our son who isn't into cooking and really appreciates a good home cooked meal by mom!

Soberwolf

Hang in there Jimmy I love what Dee74 says when he says 'a bad day is just that' tomorrow is a new day Jimmy were walking with you bud