Kindling effect
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Scotland
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I'm 26 and the hangover/withdrawal is the reason I evaluated my drinking. I would binge Friday/Saturday (2 bottles of vodka if I started on spirits or 30 lagers and wine if on the 'softer stuff'. The Sunday was a write off. Literally sat in my seat all day not moving before finally eating at about 9pm.
However I realised that the equivalent of a Sunday if I was on holiday or away was horrific, I couldn't function. My body would shut down and I could sleep for easily 16 hours. I would only get up to be sick then back to sleep again. Not fun travelling home by plan or by car with parents...
By the end my tolerance was nowt, I would achieve blackout by about 5pm yet I would still be going strong at 3am.
I'm grateful for this thread to remind me why I can't drink full stop.
However I realised that the equivalent of a Sunday if I was on holiday or away was horrific, I couldn't function. My body would shut down and I could sleep for easily 16 hours. I would only get up to be sick then back to sleep again. Not fun travelling home by plan or by car with parents...
By the end my tolerance was nowt, I would achieve blackout by about 5pm yet I would still be going strong at 3am.
I'm grateful for this thread to remind me why I can't drink full stop.
Count me as one of the weekend bringers who experienced 2-3 day withdrawals every week that were getting progressively worse. The last I had scared me because the pain in my head was so intense, and I could hear my pulse coursing through my ears. The post drinking anxiety was getting unbearable. I honestly never want to go through that again. I can't believe I found a way to rationalize this for so long.
I've been sober for 6 months now and still experience insomnia and anxiety after being a six pack a day drinker for 3 years and even more on the weekends...and yes I have been to the doctor and had the million dollar checkup...things seem to be getting better but I just never knew alcohol can change brain chemistry that much because before I started drinking I never experienced anxiety ever but going thru this definitely guarantees I'll never touch another drink again
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