As someone who used to be hungover everyday, I now get LIVID when I’m ‘regular sick’ 
Like, who does my body think it is?? I don’t drink anymore, therefore I should never be sick again right? The audacity!
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I can relate 
. Hate it now and hated it back then lol. It’s so bad I’m always like “I don’t have time to be sick!” Worse when I was hungover so often though bc I’d subconsciously be like “ugh, I need my “sick days” for when I’m hungover.”
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Hahaha I just thought the same thing last weekend. Two days down and I was so upset. I was never sick when my body was dying. More feeling isn’t always great feelings
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Lol. What is wrong with our bodies? Can’t they see we giving them a break from being poisoned! The gall of them. Their suppose to listen to our sober brains.
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Right?! I got sober, isn’t everything supposed to work exactly perfectly now? 
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Ah, I’m sorry you were sick too! Totally unfair!
It’s probably bc our bodies are no longer in fight or flight! Similar to when I was in college. Never sick during the semester but within a week home on Christmas week..sick as a dog 
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The truth though- sick days=hangover days! It’s weird to take one for being legit sick now!
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I thought I never got sick. Now I know that any illness couldn’t shine through the hangover.
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Nicely said Kate.
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Feel better soon, Kate!
Hahahaha I love this. Hope you feel better soon!!!
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Now that I am not numb, I feel the pain.
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I feel this on a personal level.
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Yesssssss!!!!! Feel It!! All of it’
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I tend to feel “triggered” when I feel sick nowadays. Like this guilty sense overcomes me, and it takes some work convincing myself that I am not hungover!
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Love this post! I took care of my daughter with a stomach virus all weekend. I thought to myself I haven’t vomited since I got sober… there is no way I’m getting this. Well, at 3:00am on Sunday the 3+ year no vomiting streak was over. I was so angry for no real reason… after some porcelain throne meditation, I realized that I’m just still angry at my self. I used to vomit most mornings when in active alcoholism and my no vomiting streak since sober was a mental badge of honor. It was, however, a good reminder of how things were and how things would be if I ever have that first drink again. Here’s to the next streak being 4+ years 
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Thanks girl!
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YES. THIS. I didn’t have the word for it, but I totally feel guilty still too. So used to sickness being my fault.
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First of all: mad props for three years!! That’s so awesome. And I’m sorry you broke your streak- it’s certainly not fun, especially when laced with those negative feelings we have from sick hangovers.
Sending all the good vibes for 4+ years and more!
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