The Solution! A Hangover Pill!!!!
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The Solution! A Hangover Pill!!!!
No, I'm not talking about a pill that removes hangovers but one that GIVES you hangovers.
Hear me out. I've been on this stupid 3 day cycle for months. So I drink one day. The next day, the hangover symptoms are so bad that I refuse to drink. The day after I have milder symptoms but coupled with the memory of the previous day, I refuse to drink again. By the third everything is in the distant past and I feel that there is no harm in drinking.
My thinking is that if I pop a hangover pill every day, then I will feel like crap and not drink every day. Similar to Antabuse, but very different.
So I will need a chemist, a biologist, a salesperson and a private banker. Any takers?
KP
Hear me out. I've been on this stupid 3 day cycle for months. So I drink one day. The next day, the hangover symptoms are so bad that I refuse to drink. The day after I have milder symptoms but coupled with the memory of the previous day, I refuse to drink again. By the third everything is in the distant past and I feel that there is no harm in drinking.
My thinking is that if I pop a hangover pill every day, then I will feel like crap and not drink every day. Similar to Antabuse, but very different.
So I will need a chemist, a biologist, a salesperson and a private banker. Any takers?
KP
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I lived like that for years. I went from drinking 7 days a week to maybe four or five days a week in the end because I was simply too hung over to drink.
I never took a morning drink but I did reach the point of daily withdrawals where I had really high blood pressure and sweated a lot. Have you reached this point? Night sweats?
I felt so terrible most days of the week that I simply could not continue. Again, I was passed the fun stuff and into the daily withdrawals.
Are used to think up funny plans like you propose here but then I look at the people on here who have been sober for six months, a year, five years, 10 years. I figured I wanted what they had.
Can I let you in on a secret? And this is not some preachy sober crap. Really listen.
Being a nondrinker is actually much much easier then trying to manage drinking. Early on we think of sobriety as so much work but Jesus, the drinking was much much more work. Sobriety is actually the easy way out. Give it a shot.
I never took a morning drink but I did reach the point of daily withdrawals where I had really high blood pressure and sweated a lot. Have you reached this point? Night sweats?
I felt so terrible most days of the week that I simply could not continue. Again, I was passed the fun stuff and into the daily withdrawals.
Are used to think up funny plans like you propose here but then I look at the people on here who have been sober for six months, a year, five years, 10 years. I figured I wanted what they had.
Can I let you in on a secret? And this is not some preachy sober crap. Really listen.
Being a nondrinker is actually much much easier then trying to manage drinking. Early on we think of sobriety as so much work but Jesus, the drinking was much much more work. Sobriety is actually the easy way out. Give it a shot.
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I have read about a pill which can be prescribed by a medical doctor and cause hangovers that can help some people stop drinking.
Perhaps you can discuss this with your doctor and see what they think? Different things work for different people. Good luck.
Perhaps you can discuss this with your doctor and see what they think? Different things work for different people. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by keeppushing 
My thinking is that if I pop a hangover pill every day, then I will feel like crap and not drink every day. Similar to Antabuse...
There are traditional recovery methods that work. Are you giving them their full due?
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The true physical withdrawls of alcohol last anywhere up to a week. It's the psychological part that you need to control to maintain a sober life.
Taking a pill to induce a hangover to avoid drinking seems like a lot of work and not much fun. I whitenuckled it for the first week.
Taking a pill to induce a hangover to avoid drinking seems like a lot of work and not much fun. I whitenuckled it for the first week.
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i didnt get sober to feel like crap and want to die.
i got sober because i felt like crap and wanted to die.
yer thinkins screwed up and reads like yer lookin for an easier softer way.
be easier and simpler to surrender and use the suggestions given to stop.
i got sober because i felt like crap and wanted to die.
yer thinkins screwed up and reads like yer lookin for an easier softer way.
be easier and simpler to surrender and use the suggestions given to stop.
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I think the OP was being facetious. At least, I hope so! 
Even so, it is odd, don't you think, what alcohol does to our minds. Making us believe it would be helpful to create some artificial pain in order to overwhelm the temporary mental discomfort associated with resisting the bottle.
That mental dicomfort is only temoporary, you know. If you stay dry it goes away in a few weeks or months. The freedom you'll experience when it does will wipe away any notion of a hangover pill.
Best of Luck on Your Journey!
Even so, it is odd, don't you think, what alcohol does to our minds. Making us believe it would be helpful to create some artificial pain in order to overwhelm the temporary mental discomfort associated with resisting the bottle.
That mental dicomfort is only temoporary, you know. If you stay dry it goes away in a few weeks or months. The freedom you'll experience when it does will wipe away any notion of a hangover pill.
Best of Luck on Your Journey!
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Originally Posted by MelindaFlowers
Being a nondrinker is actually much much easier then trying to manage drinking. Early on we think of sobriety as so much work but Jesus, the drinking was much much more work. Sobriety is actually the easy way out. Give it a shot.
Midweek: get drunk all evening, wake up the next morning feeling like death after a night of the sweats, panic about what emails or texts I may have sent, rush into work late and struggle through the day. Too sick to drink that night so maybe one or two max. Wake up the following day feeling better and repeat the cycle. I was literally ALWAYS either drinking or recovering from a hangover.
Weekend: Drink non stop for two days. Wake up on Sunday evening with the shakes and terrible anxiety barely able to walk and function.
Being sober and battling cravings is nothing compared to the hell that was my late stage drinking.
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Personally, I think trying to find a pill to help you stop drinking is not the answer. Stopping drinking is just the tip of the iceberg. It's then that you have to begin dealing with the underlying issues that caused your alcoholism.
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Originally Posted by MelindaFlowers
I never took a morning drink but I did reach the point of daily withdrawals where I had really high blood pressure and sweated a lot. Have you reached this point? Night sweats?
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Are used to think up funny plans like you propose here but then I look at the people on here who have been sober for six months, a year, five years, 10 years. I figured I wanted what they had.
Can I let you in on a secret? And this is not some preachy sober crap. Really listen.
Being a nondrinker is actually much much easier then trying to manage drinking. Early on we think of sobriety as so much work but Jesus, the drinking was much much more work. Sobriety is actually the easy way out. Give it a shot.
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Are used to think up funny plans like you propose here but then I look at the people on here who have been sober for six months, a year, five years, 10 years. I figured I wanted what they had.
Can I let you in on a secret? And this is not some preachy sober crap. Really listen.
Being a nondrinker is actually much much easier then trying to manage drinking. Early on we think of sobriety as so much work but Jesus, the drinking was much much more work. Sobriety is actually the easy way out. Give it a shot.
Thanks for the support,
KP
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Hi All,
As Nonsensical said, and some of the others understood, I was trying to inject a little humour into what is for a me a difficult situation as I work on sobriety.
For those who got it, I hope you enjoyed it.
For those who actually thought I want such a pill I hope you forgive the attempted humour and I would like to thank you for caring enough to post.
If you want to know why I needed a little humour: every night of the week that I go to bed sober (usually 3 nights) I cry myself to sleep hoping that my updated plan will work for the following day. I will never give up. Never.
KP
As Nonsensical said, and some of the others understood, I was trying to inject a little humour into what is for a me a difficult situation as I work on sobriety.
For those who got it, I hope you enjoyed it.
For those who actually thought I want such a pill I hope you forgive the attempted humour and I would like to thank you for caring enough to post.
If you want to know why I needed a little humour: every night of the week that I go to bed sober (usually 3 nights) I cry myself to sleep hoping that my updated plan will work for the following day. I will never give up. Never.
KP
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