I'm on day 5 of the flu and I feel like crap, my head hurts, I'm nauseous, achy and sore. I'm grumpy and as miserable to be around as a rabid badger. All I want to do is crawl into a hole and bite anyone who bothers me.
This is exactly how I used to feel after a big bender when I was seriously hungover. For some stupid reason the thought keeps popping into my head that if I'm going to feel this lousy I might as well drink. Isn't that stupid? I don't know if it's because I'm stressed out about not being able to get any work done or if it's just some kind of reflexive subconscious reaction caused by memories of what I used to do when I felt this way, which was to "cure" it with a little hair o' the dog.
Hey TM! You're not alone. I started coming down with 'it' on Friday and it's continued to get worse instead of better. Fever, chills, vomiting, headache, yada, yada. The LAST thing I want is a DRINK! Ewwwwww......is this the first time you've been 'ill' since getting sober? If so, what you're going through makes perfect sense to me.
Hang in there, DON'T drink and it will pass..
(((hugs))) from one snot face to another
Jen
Feel Better soon!
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Get Theraflu, and use otc (over the counter) meds , tylenol, ibuprofen to comfort the aches and pains. Theraflu has tylenol in it so don't double up on that if you take the tea-(acetamenophin)
Alcohol will most certainly prolong your painful illness by dehydrating you and zapping any body strength you have to get rid of the virulent flu. Poison !
Drink plenty of fluids, popsicles,flat ginger ale if you have stomache cramps- pedialyte in pops or liquid helps to keep the battery charged so to speak (fluid and electrolytes, great stuff)
Be good to thyself, nurture and comfort.
Get well soon!
editing in: check with doc if you are on any scripts already, sometimes there are incompatibilities
Hey all you snot noses...Feeling your pain for about a week now but its not the flue thankfully, just my dang sinuses and chest! I agree with Joni...a drink doesnt even appeal to me!!! To think the hang overs of earlier days were self induced!!! Yuck! Dont miss that feeling!!!!
Hope you all feel better soon!!!!
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Tipsy...I know how you feel. It's a sneaky little part of the disease I think that tells us if we feel like crap and didn't drink, we ought to at least have gone out on a bender to make ourself feel that way. I used to use colds and the flu as my opportunity to down nyquil and take all sorts of cold medicines out the wazoo. When I wake up with a headache now, my first thought is "I shouldn't have drank last night" and then I am like WFT? I didn't drink. It's weird, but I think I understand where you are coming from. Also a serious shot of hard liqour used to clear my sinuses...but hell, knowing where alcohol leads me...a snotty nose is something I can put up with. Feel better. You are doing great.
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