Hangovers and tiredness. Yup, that’s it folks. How to utterly fail at being an Alcoholic or an Insomniac … I don’t like being tired or hungover …
If I don’t sleep I get to the point that I become exhausted and literally can’t function anymore. I read somewhere that the “catching-up” on sleep is nonsense, that there’s no “catching-up”. You try telling that to me that when I’ve missed my sleep. Do I catch up – yes.
As for being an alcoholic, I tried my hardest, and failed miserably. I even had a period of 6 months where I went to bars, pubs and clubs EVERY night drinking … heavily. Still couldn’t manage to get hooked, even drinking heavily every night. The secret of my failure – hangovers and building up a resistance to it. The hangovers I really can’t stand, and over time one builds up a resistance to being drunk, so any benefit from the drink loses it’s merit.
So you find me sober and well rested … well sometimes at least !
Cheers
Don Charisma
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I feel you on the hangovers 😦 But I suffer from insomnia, and can’t seem to shake the habit…I’m ironically more socially amicable and open when I’m deprived of sleep
We’re mirror opposites then on the sleep thing, I’m completely the opposite would rather be alone when I’m over tired … funny world !
Well I’m an insomniac and I find it very annoying but at least it gives me time to read great blogs x could never be alcoholic though- one drink and I’m asleep!
It’s interesting because I learn’t something from this … what I learnt is that insomniac doesn’t mean the same thing to different people … to me it means someone that never ever sleeps … the latin “in” means not and “somnus” is to sleep …
By the popular definition, I could call myself both insomniac and alcoholic if I wanted to, sometimes I don’t sleep (or have trouble getting to bed really) and sometimes I drink …
interesting stuff !
Hey Don, thanks for following! And by the way, your body will need to catch up on sleep if deprived. So totally normal to sleep a few more hours after a long hard working week. Believe me I’m a circadian clock scientist 😉
http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/sleep-drive-and-your-body-clock
You are very weclome, and lovely to hear from you 🙂 … I think the conclusion I came to is to listen to myself and my own body, if it tells me it needs sleep or rest, then it’s probably right … I did some research in the past into sleeping less, as my job at the time required me to be awake and alert almost 24/7 … I read that’s it’s possible to train the mind and body to sleep for short periods, then awake again, but there was a significant “pain period” whilst one was learning.
In the end I quit the job, was my solution … now I try to get as much sleep as I feel I need …
Yesterday I was running on less than 1 hour sleep … and I was starting to feel physical symptoms, aches and pains … I attributed this to the my understanding that the body repairs itself whilst I’m asleep, and without sleep it hadn’t been able to …
Warm regards
DOn Charisma
I know! Me either. I would be dead within in a week if I drugged or drank LOL Or became an addict. I think I understand the process of addiction and I feel for people who suffer by it. I don’t mind the occasional drink that leads to drunkenness, but I’m just not attached to it nor do I want to be, I guess. Or sleep depravation hehe. Dunno. 🙂
Yup, same hun … I try not to get too attached to things and luckily sleep deprivation and alcohol aren’t those things 🙂
haha 🙂
I am with you on needing sleep … I do not function and feel like crap! Volumes of alcohol — greater than an occasional glass of beer or champagne — interrupt my sleep process so they go hand in hand.
As a social worker, I’ve read the literature on the effects of drinking. Lots of poor physical & mental health outcomes for high-risk drinkers. In addition, family violence often increases in households with high-risk drinking.
Thank you for stopping by my blog. I look forward to exploring more of your photographs and posts.
You are very welcome hun … and yes there’s a connection between sleeping and drinking, a little alchohol can help me sleep, a lot can knock me out for the count, but I wake up with nausea middle of the night or hangover in the morning …
As for family violence, yes I can see as a social worker that’d be an issue … just trying to keep it light at my end 🙂
Warm regards
Don Charisma
I will never be an alcoholic, and I am only an insomniac when I can’t sleep at night!! Hate those nights.
Same here Karen 🙂
All good reasons! I can’t function well without sleep either. Same for hangovers! No thanks!
🙂
I don’t do drunk. I like a good glass of red or cocktails but I have my limit. I suffer from migraines and they are no joke…so I do not like anything that could give me a headache. Also, the thought of not being control of my faculties isn’t something that appeals to me. However…sometimes I do suffer from insomnia. I hate it! Thankfully it’s not as bad now as a few years ago. I also make a conscious effort to cut down on caffeine (which sneaks into some of my teas) and I do love a good coffee. 🙂
*being in control*
Fairly much the same for me hun … I drink Earl Grey tea and then wonder why I can’t sleep – it’s full of caffeine ! Coffee I love but it does not very nice things to me, so have to limit my consumption …
Lol! Yes, I have to monitor my coffee love or it does ‘not very nice things’ to me as well. I can’t love it *too* much. 😀
I love to drink it, but it does make me “cranky” … so I tend to stick to Earl Grey tea …
hahahaha I LOVE sleep. And I really don’t understand how some people stay up late thinking or doing whatever. I’ll never be an insomniac because I sleep more than bears on/in hibernation!
LOL, you and me both hun ! … if I could get paid for sleeping, now that’d be cool 🙂
Great post- only really realised how much better you could feel if you hit the sack earlier and cut down on the alcohol once you start doing it- and then there’s no turning back to the tired and grumpy hungover days!
For sure, plenty rest and no-hangovers equals happy life for me too !
Weird thing–I don’t get hungover. No matter how falling down drunk I got or even if I puked, next day I’d feel normal again. Lucky me, though I think it helped me succeed at being an alcoholic.
I did get DT-like symptoms once mixing booze & meds, it was pretty intense.Next day though, nothin’.
My hangovers are hellish, so in a way you are lucky, but in a way I’m lucky because I really don’t want to drink again …
As for DT, yep can happen with overloaded system, I tried the 6 months non-stop boozing and had some fairly odd times …
For me it’s now moderation and I’m happier with the occasional drinking and occasional sleepless night 🙂
I find there are “natural” ways to deal LOL all kidding aside, though, I very rarely drink because I don’t like that sickly feeling!!!!
For sure, I think that generally comes up for me during the hangover phase 🙂
haha, tried and failed to be an alcoholic……Rub against me, maybe some charisma sticks on me and I fail too.
Keep coming back Charly, we’ll get some charisma rubbed off onto you yet my friend 🙂
deal sealed.
Ok dude, stay frosty !
I seldom drink… but I purposely booze to get lost of sense. Yes! It gives immense pleasure.. far away from life. It’s BLANK. Till date such happened twice only.
If U r interested U can catch me up… am at a phone call distance…
Yes, it’s good to escape once in a while, just not all the time … interested in the phone call, do I need to be drunk ?
cum drunk only on bed
That sounds like an interesting phone call, but possible my girlfriend might get jealous !
who the hell has told U to inform ur galfraaand…
noble deeds should better be clandestine 🙂
lol, nobody … sometimes I do do the right thing !
Ha! I’m with you on this – I love my sleep so much that I consider myself a chronic somniac!
You’re a lady after my own heart !
I don’t like being tired or having a hangover, but somehow, when the weekend comes around, doesn’t stop me having the odd binge 🙂
LOL, I’m with you on that Wendy kate, free time, let the hair down !
never thought of it, i just stopper or can’t be alcoholic or even a smoker cause goddamit it costs so much. better saving that money and using it constructively. Maybe my behaviour will change if i have money but will be hard to get hooked on something which got ignored for so long
Sounds a good ethos, living within your means 🙂 As for smoking I’m suprised people can still afford it in UK, it’s around £10 / $17 per pack now … here in Thailand it’s a lot cheaper around £1.50 / $3 per pack … or if you’re totally crazy they have local hand rolling tobacco that’s £0.40 / less than $1 per pouch …
this was such a great post!!! and it is also one reason my husband stopped having a couple beers in the evening to wind down with – because IT PULLS FROM HEALTH and would give him a headache.
and well, in this witty post you really “lightly” touched upon some meaty stuff…
“hangovers and building up a resistance to it…”
and well, I think so many people – especially young partiers – well they see drinking as a “treat” instead of something that PULLS from health.
well you get a gold star for this fun take on a serious topic. 🙂
Thanks much appreciated … just my take on it 🙂 I think younger partiers recover quicker and probably doesn’t affect health too much. As we get older we’re not as able to recover so quickly. So I don’t drink too much, don’t have the time for the hangovers !
I think everything is okay until one doesn’t hurt others and it doesn’t take away his own health. We should know where to stop. Alcohol for me is- just to sit next to my husband and talk. We can sit for hours when drinking and talking which doesn’t happen otherwise. Also, I really enjoy analysing change of moods …ha ha…sensible to emotional. I wish I could go fast asleep. It takes so long for me…thoughts keep coming and interrupting. But I am happy that I am not an alcoholic, neither insomniac.
For sure a few drinks can oil the social muscles and make people relax and want to relate more, so good in that respect … My length of time to “falling asleep” varies with “what’s on my mind” same as you … but there’s nothing like a really physically active day, and not too much on the agenda to push me straight off to sleep …
I could never be an alcoholic, but insomnia paves my nights!
I can stay up all night, but only if I sleep in daytime, gotta have that me time ! As for being an alcoholic, it didn’t work out for me …
I think that everything is okay, when we know how to stop again. Not too much of anything, no matter what it is.
I don’t like hungovers either.
For sure … hangovers really don’t like ’em !
Yikes – I’m an insomniac with a penchant for good beer. 🙂
The sleep’s not negotiable, but I like a beer from time to time … 🙂
I haven’t slept through the night since ’98 when a drunk driver took me out while stopped at a light. Mine was the car that ended his wild ride – he took out a phone booth and parked car before rear ending me at 100 Km. an hour. I was off work for 5 years – since then, sleep has eluded me 🙂 Damn brain damage! 🙂
Wow, that’s some sleep deprivation, I don’t know whether to congratulate your or sympathise … sympathise would probably be the safest option 🙂
I’ve had my share of periods with not that much sleep, but eventually my brain or body says, enough is enough and I’m out for the count … wake up 12, 14, 16 hours later depending on how much I need …
It does actually fascinate me, the being able to go without sleep (or not much), it’s just that no way, no how can I do it … so do you suffer with it, or it’s something you’re used to ?
I’m used to it by now. My problem is two fold – first, is my line of work. I run events for a large catering company. This could mean up at 4 AM for a corporate breakfast or getting home from work at 4 AM after a gala at the art gallery. Second – up until 4 or 5 AM I can’t sleep more than 2 hours at a time to save my life – for whatever reason, I can sleep deeply from say 5 AM till noon or so – doesn’t fit my life very well. I’m used to it by now, can nap for an hour or so at times and function well on 5 or 6 hours sleep. 🙂
Glad to hear you’re used to it and you can get on with life even though by the sounds you’d like more sleep … not meaning to pry, just interested, but do you know why the car accident was such a significant factor (or causing factor) ?
Not prying 🙂 I posted about it….
http://notestoponder.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/brain-damage/
🙂 Had a read, you seem to have taken it very much in your stride, I really like that attitude … it’s an interesting topic for me, so glad you shared 🙂
Believe me – it wasn’t easy at first but decided I could “boo hoo” or get on with it. 🙂
Well I think I’d still be annoyed with these people for driving around drunk, and sounds like you’re lucky to be alive …
He got the worse of it – in a coma for 3 months, considerably more brain damage than me, lost his house and job because insurance didn’t cover accidents when criminal charges applied.He had the police call me about a year after the crash to convey his regret – that meant a lot:) Life goes on.
Well well done on the forgiveness, I know it’s hard to do, especially when people do bad stuff like this … Sounds like he’s paid dearly for getting drunk and not paying for a taxi, one hopes that maybe he’s learnt his lesson …