Hangziety- the black hole of hungover paranoia

[HeyDW96]

I wanted to post this to see if anybody else experiences the spiral into anxiety and paranoia post alcohol binge?

Only recently have I experienced this, I don't often go out (thanks corona!), and usually only get in such states of oblivion a few times a year but the gut wrenching panic and thoughts afterwards have actually come to a head and I have decided to take more control of my drinking.

After a Saturday night booze binge with my friend to soothe her broken heart, I've been left feeling like I can't return to work (I'm a professional) and every face I see I feel like they've seen and heard me do terrible things even though I've been assured I was just happy, loud and enjoying myself.

Anybody else experience this pit of sorrow and how do you get yourself out of it?

Hi op yes I think this is very common. I have experienced this which is part of the reason I have now stopped drinking. Clearly the good news is once you so stop this anxiety goes, I can't tell you how amazing I feel without to this anxiety. You describe it so well.

Yes, I know this all too well. I don’t get it all the time, as I think (ashamedly) I have a tolerance but if I drink a lot in one go (1.5 bottles of wine or equiv) I get the absolute horrors the next day. I have to tell myself I know what they are and what’s caused them but that doesn’t help with the shame and paranoia. It’s one of the main reasons I want to seriously cut back.

I heard some advice about eating a banana to get your potassium level back up which influences mood, worth a try.

Yep! This is why I have cut right down on alcohol. It's just not worth it. I try very hard to have no more than 3 drinks if I do have a social occasion, which helps. Then down 3 pints of water when I go to bed. Then another couple when I wake and go for a wee.

Yup, this is the main reason cut back on drinking.

Is this also known as The Fear ? I'm sure I've seen that somewhere.

I used to get it horribly but don't drink so much nowadays. I sympathise.

Like everyone else this is 80% of the reason I don't really drink any more.

The overwhelming feelings of guilt and crushing disappointment in myself the morning after a big session - just ugh! Not worth it! Mentally I feel so much better not drinking.

Also the reason I don't drink anymore

Ugh, the Beer Fear. It's awful.

Thank god I am not alone, I panicked and phoned my friend I had been out with asking her loads of questions, thinking I had done terrible things!

Apparently none of it true.

So bad I hate it!

Definitely not worth it, it racks me for days afterwards.

@bitmynailbrokemytooth I used to call it the fear but feel this hangziety is the fears evil cousin, after many spirits and many shots! It's a different ball game.

This is the reason I have decided not to drink during the pandemic

Yes it's part of the reason I stopped going on nights out completely. I can't face the temptation of trying to stay sober. I only drink a bit at home now or if out for a family meal.