Just woke up after sleeping from Friday night to Sunday afternoon after a 3 day bender

[u/DogExtension3466]

I think I may rest a bit more. Everything aches and I can barely move. House is a mess and I haven’t even checked my text/social media messages to see what kinds of repulsive things I was saying to people. My mouth tastes like an ashtray and drinking water is difficult. Don’t do what I did it’s never worth it at the end. IWNDWYT.

[u/nona_nednana]

For me, drinking was fun. Until it wasn’t. From that point on, it was years of misery.

Sobriety doesn’t open the gates of heaven to let you in, sobriety opens the gates of hell to let you out.

IWNDWYT

[u/mairghread_ → u/nona_nednana]

I love this

[u/donutsauce4eva → u/nona_nednana]

Holy crap that is good

[u/RekopEca → u/nona_nednana]

I'm totally going to use this!

[u/Ashenru → u/nona_nednana]

The last line is such a bar. I'm saving that quote.

[u/Fearless-Fart]

I know the feeling. Go to bed early and wake up to a day off work (hopefully) and drink a big glass of water, eat a nutritious meal and start doing one right thing at a time. There is always hope in the morning. That hangxiety you feel now will be mostly gone tomorrow and things will look clearer. Try to take a walk in nature. Remember this shitty feeling though, so it keeps you from touching that neurotoxin ever again. Remember 2 and 22. (2) hours of feeling really good, ruins the next (22) hours.

[u/to_boldlygo → u/Fearless-Fart]

Ooh like that 2 and 22 rule. Borrowing that!

[u/Fearless-Fart → u/to_boldlygo]

Thanks! Yeah I heard it at an AA meeting and thought it rang so true to my experience especially the last year or so.

[u/LeggSalad]

I went to bed at 11pm after watching football and tennis all day and remembering every bit of it. Got up at 7am, had coffee with the dogs outside, and went to play tennis for 2 hours at 8:30am.

Take your time and your life back. Alcohol steals more time than it ever gives.

[u/puffthedragon → u/LeggSalad]

This anecdote will really help our struggling friend. Well done

[u/Mission-Suspect7913 → u/LeggSalad]

You shouldn’t give your dogs coffee. At least make sure it’s decaf

[u/Dreammagic2025]

You be careful. I went on a 3day hard liquor binge once & got home to sober up & went into DTs and started hallucinating and blockade myself into my room. My roommates didn't know what to do. When I started talking about angels singing the next day they took me to the ER. It was a wild couple days. Be careful & get help if you need it. Also. You are NOT a bad person. You are just learning how to deal with bad things. I hope you take care of yourself.

[u/timmydope7 → u/Dreammagic2025]

Terrifying. Glad you made it through, those can be fatal. I used to see insects on the walls and would always hallucinate the same creepy piano music from outside my bedroom window on those nights where I ran out of booze and couldn’t sleep. Eventually I’d just have a seizure before getting to that point. Never drinking again.

[u/WumboJet → u/timmydope7]

I guess only like 5% of people ever experience DTs? It’s hard to describe how terrifying (accurate word) they are. Gives me goosebumps even reading about it. I had to go to the hospital after 3 days of not sleeping and hearing the fucked up music all night every night. They said I was at level 3 out of 5 I guess, don’t even want to think about what 5 could be.

Glad you’re sober IWNDWYT

[u/timmydope7 → u/WumboJet]

Thanks, you too. Takes a long time to get to that point. Several years of 10+ drinks a day, every day for me. The last few years of my run I was up to a liter of vodka/day and would hit severe withdrawal within 3-4 hrs of the last drink. If a hell exists that feeling is it.

[u/Ok_Nothing_9733]

This is oddly motivating to me to go to bed about 6 hours early tonight bc it’s another day 1. I’m supposed to be catching up on work this weekend but it’s already 9:30 PM and I know if I stay up I’m gonna go, “Fuck it, too late to get any work done meaningfully, time for a few beers.” Sleeping to not drink is valid, use this as your start? IWNDWYT

[u/Speedy-Snail4834]

IWNDWYT

[u/DorkChopSandwiches]

First it's fun!

Then it's fun with consequences!

Then it's just consequences.

<3

[u/Regular_Yellow710]

It’s just not worth it.

[u/Excellent-Seesaw1335]

I often say one of the best things about sobriety for me is not performing actions that cause me to feel regret or shame later on. Dreading looking at my phone after being blackout drunk was not a good feeling.

[u/Kindly_Document_8519]

Welcome!

[u/[deleted]]

Waking up to the same feeling today. Might have been two days or three I can't remember much. I know I had a meltdown at the end. I'm staying in bed today. I won't be talking to anyone for awhile.