sobergirl33

So I'm just now coming down off a ten day vodka bender. I am feeling like crap and wish I could just crawl into my bed and stay there forever but I can't. My anxiety is through the roof. I am hungover but also know the next few days aren't going to be fun. Restlesness and anxiety 😭 Any tips? I need to get my life back from this evil poison

RDBplus3

1. Don't do it again?
2. If you can't 'Not Do It Again' ...
3. Work a program that will get you to a place inside where you can, 'Not Do It Again'
4. Or ... Continue the current behavior, and patterns of thoughts and beliefs that perpetuate it.

LastingChange

If I can give you two pieces of advice that have always proven to help me, they are:

1. Get up, shower, brush your teeth, brush your hair and get dressed.
2. Change your environment - get outside the house, even for a 2 minute walk around the block.

I know that this is the last thing you feel like doing, and it feels impossible when all you want to do is curl up and sleep and not have to face reality, but trust me freshening up and getting out always, always, always helps to at least make the first steps into battling through the anxiety and come down.

Hope you feel better.

Fly N Buy

Most of simply found the misery of continuing to drink outpaced the life we hoped to live - we made a decision to change and became willing to do whatever it took to get sober.

Daily in different ways we support that decision by taking sober action. Nothing special its there for anyone. Frankly, from this side it's really pretty simple and amazing how quickly alcohol becomes but a distant memory.

You don't have to drink and can change. Are you willing? That's the key - it can't be wished away.

Welcome

RDBplus3

"Rolling in the muck is not the best way to get clean"

Thanks Fly N Buy - I needed that

Nonsensical

Alcohol never stole anything from me. I gave it away.

One day I decided to stop doing that.

Welcome to the fight of your life.

You can do this.

poolside

Sometimes it's as simple as drinking some water and going for a walk.

BartShelbyGT

I'm on day 6 of recovering from a 6 day bender, which hit after 6 months of sobriety.

I'm still feeling the effects, but each day is closer to normal. Probably 90% there.

Shower and a little movement is great advice. Sports drinks help more than water in replacing electrolytes. Some vitamin b. Food as your body will take it, even if you don't feel like eating. Mainly it's trying not to dwell on it (read, watch a favorite movie, whatever gets your brain away from that place where you keep asking yourself why did I do this - it's done and can't be changed now, can only change what you do next). Prayer was very helpful for me.

Mainly, don't give in to the short term solution, which is more booze, and give it time. The other things I mentioned help with the immediate aftermath, but time is the only thing that really fixes it. And as they say, time takes time.....

STDragon

It's encouraging to see you've started posting here and asking questions. Keep coming back and posting your progress. Use SR to help your focus on this change in your life. Like fly-n-buy said it is amazing how quickly alcohol becomes a distant memory but we also know that in the moment, it seems a really difficult thing to wrap your head around. Life without drink. Try not to think to far down the road, stay in the moment. take it one day at a time.

Charli23

Hi there,
I know the feeling . Vodka binges is where I was at . Your probably feeling shaky and tired . My best advice would be to try eat something starchy, beans on toast for example. Plenty of water. Take a couple of showers and try to sleep as much as you can. Your body needs time to heal when you have been drinking poison. Try to be kind to yourself and get ready to start fighting for your life
Good luck!

Forward12

Your body has a nice way of punishing you when you do it wrong. It will take a few a days, but things will get nothing but better being alcohol free