Tanner40
14-04-14, 12:04
Good Morning, it never matters what stage of recovery that bone is in. One true fact is that stupid actions always bring unwanted results.
Saturday was my birthday and my partner and I went to the casino. We, or I should say I, decided to celebrate. Too many beers went along with my celebration. Never a good idea when one has anxiety and/or depression. While I had fun at the time, I paid for it all day yesterday.
I am way too old for a hang over. Headache, body aches, roaring anxiety all day long bordering on panic. Nausea. Felt way too much like the very early days of anxiety. It had been so many years side I had a hang over that I forgot what they felt like. So of course I worried that something was wrong with me.
That hang over seemed to make me forget that I even had a toolbox to use for anxiety. All I wanted to do was wallow in my self pity and nausea.
I'm feeling somewhat better this morning. I remember that I have a tool box and am using it. Once again, I had been feeling so good that I had gotten away from practicing all of the tools that got me to my place in recovery. We humans tend to be very good at forgetting these things.
I wrote this post in hopes that it would help someone else not make the same mistake that I did. No matter what, alcohol and anxiety/depression just don't mix.
Saturday was my birthday and my partner and I went to the casino. We, or I should say I, decided to celebrate. Too many beers went along with my celebration. Never a good idea when one has anxiety and/or depression. While I had fun at the time, I paid for it all day yesterday.
I am way too old for a hang over. Headache, body aches, roaring anxiety all day long bordering on panic. Nausea. Felt way too much like the very early days of anxiety. It had been so many years side I had a hang over that I forgot what they felt like. So of course I worried that something was wrong with me.
That hang over seemed to make me forget that I even had a toolbox to use for anxiety. All I wanted to do was wallow in my self pity and nausea.
I'm feeling somewhat better this morning. I remember that I have a tool box and am using it. Once again, I had been feeling so good that I had gotten away from practicing all of the tools that got me to my place in recovery. We humans tend to be very good at forgetting these things.
I wrote this post in hopes that it would help someone else not make the same mistake that I did. No matter what, alcohol and anxiety/depression just don't mix.