hangover anxiety
Well, I did it again. Last night my girlfriend and I drank 2.5 bottles of wine and now I feel like crap. I don't have a drinking problem but I do enjoy drinking sometimes so quitting all together would be a very difficult thing to do. Does anyone else deal with this?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose." -Dr. Seuss
You can steer yourself any direction you choose." -Dr. Seuss
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Guest
oooh yea! I know exactly how you feel. It's like I get so down on myself and feel so guilty after I've over indulged 
that I can't stand myself. I know a lot of it has to do with alcohol being a major depressant. So of course I'd feel depressed. Then of course I contribute my guilt feeling to having lost control because once I pass my established limit I seem to no longer have the ability to count! And of course this is what alcohol does .. it makes you less aware of what you're doing.
Then I tell myself that the good news is that I've got it out of my system (i.e. wanting to have a good stiff drink) and I shake it off and get back to doing the right thing. Which for me means I either don't drink at all ("go on the wagon")or go back to drinking in moderation which also means that I only buy what I'm going to drink at that time. I guess you have to look at how often it occurs too. I commend you for being open about how you feel. I think a lot of people have similar experiences.
that I can't stand myself. I know a lot of it has to do with alcohol being a major depressant. So of course I'd feel depressed. Then of course I contribute my guilt feeling to having lost control because once I pass my established limit I seem to no longer have the ability to count! And of course this is what alcohol does .. it makes you less aware of what you're doing. Then I tell myself that the good news is that I've got it out of my system (i.e. wanting to have a good stiff drink) and I shake it off and get back to doing the right thing. Which for me means I either don't drink at all ("go on the wagon")or go back to drinking in moderation which also means that I only buy what I'm going to drink at that time. I guess you have to look at how often it occurs too. I commend you for being open about how you feel. I think a lot of people have similar experiences.
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Guest
lol yep i went through this every day after i had a night of drinking. would drink and then the next day I'd have the hangover anxiety all day 24/7 till i woke up the next morning. My chest would feel all uncomfortable and i'd feel all shaky and wouldn't even leave the house because I knew I had to get through the day to get to tomarrow to feel normal again. Unfortunately I had a very huge anxiety attack in april after one of those nights of drinking and I haven't drank since. I always knew what I'd get myself into if i decided to drink, and I always asked myself why i couldn't just have a regular hangover and not this 24/7 anxiety type one.