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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 39

Thank you for the replies. I finally fell asleep after I wrote my message and woke up on Christmas morning feeling much better. It's amazing how after such a rough night I wake up and its almost as though it never even happened. Anyway, I feel like I don't want to have any drinks again anytime soon.

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 15

Hi Tam,

I totally emphasize with you and want to let you know you are not alone with these feelings.

The physical symptoms are hard to ignore and very confusing. Using the worksheets here has helped me to realize I get almost the exact same feelings with every attack and the exact same thing happens and then I start to feel better within a few minutes. It's very difficult change my thinking during an attack, but I am making progress.

I totally understand the alcohol affect, as last Saturday night I had my first drink in over 3 years, September 30th 2006 in fact. I woke up Sunday morning with the absolute worst hangover ever. The anxiety I was trying to drink away came back 10 fold, plus the guilt of having blown 3 years of sobriety made for a long Sunday. By afternoon I was feeling much better, much less anxious and on my way to an AA meeting to pick up a 24 hour chip. Talk about a humbling experience.

I have determined I needed to look at my life a little less seriously, be kinder to myself and forgive myself. It's hard to give yourself permission to feel good.

I'm traveling some today, which is something that makes me very anxious. I am trying to replace the anxious thoughts about the trip with thought of the joy I will experience when I get there.

Keep writing as we're always here and it's such a comforting feeling knowing that.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good day,

Stephen

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6252

Hello Tam.

I am so sorry for you, I hope you are better now. But you have made my day and I thank you for it. You have made me feel young again just thinking about all the times I did the same in my youth, well and later too. (except without the panic) Shades of Christmas past. I've been running all those Christmas's through my mind, some were good some were bad but they were always still Christmas, a very special time of year. Was it a good wine. I can remember driving to another province because I couldn't get the wine I wanted here. Now I make my own and I am certainly going to have a couple of glasses, spread out and I hope that will keep the worst of the hang over away. It seems that every thing good costs time money or pain. It's only one day a year so if it costs me all three, so be it. I hope you can salvage the rest of the day. Thank you again for making my day. Keep sharing.

Merry Christmas.

Davit.

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11216

Tam,

Let it out. We are right here listening. I am sorry you are feeling this way. Let us know how you are doing later in the day.

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 39

'Twas the early hours of Christmas morning and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But one young girl with anxiety who decided it would be okay to have a few glasses of wine was up paying the price for that decision. I have not had alcohol for about a year so only a few glasses was quite enough for me. I woke up about an hour ago very hot and heart racing and naseated. I can connect it to the wine but my mind is still worrying. It's almost like my mind cannot differentiate between symptoms. Sometimes I can't tell whether I am hungry or sick in the stomach or whether I am shaking because I am cold or afraid. Anyone else get like this? Just needed to get this out.

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