Had really awful hangxiety yesterday but feeling a lot better today.
I’m proud of myself today for leaving my bed, and doing a little bit of food shopping!
Hope everyone’s doing well today 
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Me too! Also doing well.
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Good I’m happy to hear that
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That is so great to hear!! I hope you have a wonderful day 
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thank you! feeling good that i managed to do some food shopping and managed to eat. I woke up this morning shaking because I barely ate the last two days (because of drinking and then my hang over) but feeling a lot better now after some food
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The Anxiety you get from alcohol is just the worst… I also have GAD ( probably from my long term abuse of alcohol) so alcohol just adds to that… keep moving forward dear 
happy that your happy
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Hangxiety is the worst!
There’s a way to make sure you never, ever, have to go through it again. Just don’t pick up the first drink.
I know firsthand that that can also cause some anxiety - when we’re so used to drinking for a whole range of reasons and events and feelings, etc, but I assure you that it will change!
If you’re at all tempted to drink or use, I say dive into the threads here, read around on others’ journeys, have some fun on the memes threads, get some movie recommendations, and put your sober head on the pillow tonight. Your morning self will thank you for it. 
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absolutely! the toll that drinking takes on my mental health is definitely a big motivation in wanting to give up. I’m okay at going a few days or even weeks without drinking, but I end up forgetting why I stopped and going back to it. I’m really determined this time around!
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I get it completely! It was really helpful for me to make a mental note of 5 cases/examples/times when it was the worst. Anytime I was tempted to head to the liquor store, thinking “I’m not that bad, I’ll be able to control it”, I made myself call to mind just those 5 times.
If it helps to jot them down (quickly/point form) and carry it around in your wallet, that’s not a bad thing either!
Onward
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i think i should definitely write down reminders. thank you!
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Omg it’s the worst… my MH is improving no end since I stopped. I don’t know how I lived with the anxiety for so long. One of the notes in my journal is about needing a safe place/bed at the end of the day. I realise now that alcohol was triggering/causing a lot of my anxiety, usually hungover anxiety and that I just wasn’t up to facing the world.
Thanks for opening up this conversation 
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i relate so much to not feeling up to facing the world. still feeling a bit like that today, but I know it will only get easier the longer i go without drinking
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