The Fear

CapriSunFun

Woke up this morning with the biggest hangover and The Fear.


""The Fear" is the sense that you have done yourself some lasting damage after a night of drinking. It's symptoms are:

- A feeling that you are going to die soon (and not just due to other hangover symptoms);
- A sense that people or organizations are out to get you;
- Angst that you may have offended, inappropriately touched or physically attacked someone the night before;
- Foreboding about the next time you meet the people or return to the bar where you degraded yourself the previous night.

The fear is often accompanied by "The Remorse" where you are also genuinely ashamed and sorry for the way you have behaved, as well as simply frightened for the sake of your own wellbeing.
Concerned Friend: "How are you feeling after last night?"
Sufferer: "I am riddled with The Fear. And cat AIDS.""

I usually get it when I drink cheap vodka, i.e. Tesco's finest!

I really wasn't even that drunk last night so I'm pretty sure I remember everything I said and done but I can't help but feel really scared!

Does anyone else get this after drinking?

MrStuffins

After drinking Guinness and Bulmers in the same night, the only fear I get the next day is that the time it takes me to leap out of bed and to get to the toilet pot will not be sufficient!

hondasam

Only after to much coffee op.

MrStuffins

I always thought the fear was when you're cycling your bike and realise you've been cycling backwards!

Lady Chuckles

If that's how you feel, I think you should seriously cut down on the alcohol...

CapriSunFun

Lady Chuckles wrote: »

If that's how you feel, I think you should seriously cut down on the alcohol...

???
Come on! I'm hardly an alcoholic. I know my limits and I definitely didn't pass them last night. I just happen to have the fear.

This is supposed to be a light hearted thread, not an intervention.

Lady Chuckles

I never said you were an alcoholic

danniemcq

thats me this morning too and i've been at work for an hour already.

stupid arthurs day on a thursday.

Still at least i'm gonna get paid for what i'm about to do in the loo

danniemcq

Lady Chuckles wrote: »

If that's how you feel, I think you should seriously cut down on the alcohol...

hey it's people like the OP who are drinking this country outta the resession.

/tips hat at OP

Lady Chuckles

danniemcq wrote: »

hey it's people like the OP who are drinking this country outta the resession.

/tips hat at OP

My bad :pac:

CardBordWindow

danniemcq wrote: »

thats me this morning too and i've been at work for an hour already.

stupid arthurs day on a thursday.

Still at least i'm gonna get paid for what i'm about to do in the loo

Is there a 'Money for Poo' scheme now?

FatherLen

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Is there a 'Money for Poo' scheme now?

yeah, it's called taking a crap in work.

mathie

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Is there a 'Money for Poo' scheme now?

Yeah it's what one of the S's stand for in SSIA.

Still boggle at the number of people who think inducing this state and bad hangovers is a good thing

afk off to bash my head against a wall repeatedly just for the craic

cosmicfart

I lost the fear a long time ago, think it something to do with constantly being drunk/stoned, Deadly!

chin_grin

"The fear", stupid d4 slang for a hangover. Wuss. :pac:

FortuneChip

I am currently in possession of "The Fear"

LostCorkGuy

I havent had a bad case of the fear for over a year ! 4bottles of white wine plus pints really destroy you , stomach and soul !
Was so ashamed of what i'd done I avoided college for the entire week
Was funny seeing photos of me by different people in stages of undress around cork later on tho

Kasabian

I lived with "the fear" for years.
Liking/depending on alcohol does that.

Koltashe

I always get the Fear.... The worst part even when I'm out and not drinking I still get very faint fear the next morning.... My guess it developes in early teen years when u do drink and act a fool and wake up the next morning with a long list things to be embarassed about, a load of people due an appology from you, explanation to parents regarding the night before etc... and over time it just becomes a habbit...
I hate the Fear!

kfallon

"The Fear" from alcohol occurs the night after a big session, when you turn off the light to sleep and you are convinced somebody else is in the room with you, somebody very, very evil with rats for eyes and spiders are crawling up your bed. You are afraid of the dark and cannot sleep! It's kinda like being on a bad acid trip!

That is the "The Fear"

Ms. Captain M

kfallon wrote: »

"The Fear" from alcohol occurs the night after a big session, when you turn off the light to sleep and you are convinced somebody else is in the room with you, somebody very, very evil with rats for eyes and spiders are crawling up your bed. You are afraid of the dark and cannot sleep! It's kinda like being on a bad acid trip!

That is the "The Fear"

And when ya do get to sleep it's twistin' & turnin' & twitchin' & sweatin' & roarin'.

kfallon

Ms. Captain M wrote: »

And when ya do get to sleep it's twistin' & turnin' & twitchin' & sweatin' & roarin'.

Exactly! "The Fear" does not occur the morning after, what the OP has just described is embarrassment from making a tit of him/herself!

"The Fear" is something much, much worse!

Wossack

thought 'the fear' was that point over the weekend, when you realise that its almost Monday

Sooopie

LostCorkGuy wrote: »

I havent had a bad case of the fear for over a year ! 4bottles of white wine plus pints really destroy you , stomach and soul !
Was so ashamed of what i'd done I avoided college for the entire week
Was funny seeing photos of me by different people in stages of undress around cork later on tho

:eek::eek::eek:

Logical Fallacy

bluewolf wrote: »

Still boggle at the number of people who think inducing this state and bad hangovers is a good thing

afk off to bash my head against a wall repeatedly just for the craic

I just wonder why all the booze threads never get the same response as other repeating threads in AH.

So hopefully i'll be starting a new trend when i say....another ****ing booze thread? :rolleyes:

Luxie

hondasam wrote: »

Only after to much coffee op.

Yep, drinking too much coffee after a bad night's sleep is a bad bad idea.

yeppydeppy

chin_grin wrote: »

"The fear", stupid d4 slang for a hangover. Wuss. :pac:

The term does not originate from D4, please see the movie Withnail & I - that's where it came from.

Feisar

The fear is just a very strong sense that something terrible happened or is about to happen. Its not like having a bad LSD trip or anything (not that I'd know). Just get the hell over it!

Back when I used to love being Jack the lad it usually meant I had done something stupid.

petes

Alcohol is a depressant and that's why you feel like that the next day. "The Fear" is something completely different and it's caused by withdrawal symptoms.

These threads go one way or the other. People preaching about not drinking as much and those that have 'comical' anecdotes about the day after the night before.


I myself drank a load of pints last night. It was great craic!

Caveman1

Just go for a curer and your fear will be gone

mikom

Remind me again why Mary Jane is the "evil" one out of it and alcohol.

yupyup7up

"The shakes, the sweats, I've got the fear, never again will I touch that beer....." - lies

paddyandy

Feel like it's Judgement Day?

ElectraX

The worst place in the world to be with "The Fear" is Dundrum town centre on a weekend.After contending with their claustrophobic, squeaky tyre noises car park, you then have to battle your way up levels of escalators full of Ugg booted yummy Drummies on their way to Hollister. I usually feel completely dazed after about 20 mins and have to spend the next hour trying to get out of the frickin place.:eek::eek::eek:
Now I just nurse my hangovers on the safety of my couch.

WinstonOno

i had a thread like this and people wer linkin me to the AA website

petes

WinstonOno wrote: »

i had a thread like this and people wer linkin me to the AA website

http://www.aaireland.ie/

Bit odd linking you to that.

Handy11

Insurgent wrote: »

http://www.aaireland.ie/

Bit odd linking you to that.

It's probably something to do with the drink driving thread.

BraziliaNZ

Yes, the fear is just horrible. I used to get it really bad but I've learned to cope in recent years. Once I was partying really hard every night in South America and staying in bed till 4 or 5 o'clock. By the time I got up and tried to eat etc I'd be the most jumpy, nervous cretin in the world and it was so bad the only way I could stop it was by having another drink. Before you know it it would be 3am and I'd be on my 3rd bottle of wine and snorting a line. Took me about 3 weeks to get off that merry-go-round.
The only way to get through it is to either cut off booze completely (don't resort to it to ease the pain), or if you are worried you will go into convulsions etc from alcohol withdrawal, slowly ween yourself off it for a few nights.
I know none of you ever got this bad but some people out there know what I'm talking about, hell on earth!

hondasam

Kasabian wrote: »

I lived with "the fear" for years.
Liking/depending on alcohol does that.

Did you give it up?

MagicSean

What the hell is the Onion Man? I've heard people mention him in conjunction with the Fear. Anyone?

pajunior

I've gotten the fear a few times, what make it worse is when you see two people that were out with you laughing without you hearing the joke.

There is only one explanation . . . .

DEFTLEFTHAND

Its even worse when you find out you actually have caused harm the night before. 'The Shame' stays with you for a long time after that.

pajunior

CapriSunFun wrote: »

Woke up this morning with the biggest hangover and The Fear.


""The Fear" is the sense that you have done yourself some lasting damage after a night of drinking. It's symptoms are:

- A feeling that you are going to die soon (and not just due to other hangover symptoms);
- A sense that people or organizations are out to get you;
- Angst that you may have offended, inappropriately touched or physically attacked someone the night before;
- Foreboding about the next time you meet the people or return to the bar where you degraded yourself the previous night.

The fear is often accompanied by "The Remorse" where you are also genuinely ashamed and sorry for the way you have behaved, as well as simply frightened for the sake of your own wellbeing.
Concerned Friend: "How are you feeling after last night?"
Sufferer: "I am riddled with The Fear. And cat AIDS.""

I usually get it when I drink cheap vodka, i.e. Tesco's finest!

I really wasn't even that drunk last night so I'm pretty sure I remember everything I said and done but I can't help but feel really scared!

Does anyone else get this after drinking?

Surprised no-one has mentioned this. Made me literally spit tea on my keyboard, well done OP, well done.

FunGoose

Seanbeag1 wrote: »

What the hell is the Onion Man? I've heard people mention him in conjunction with the Fear. Anyone?

Yes, I know Onion Man.

I have been raped by him several times over the years. I'll take on and deal with 'The Fear' before I'd even think about Onion Man.

He can smell The Fear and thrives on it...I won't soil your soul with an explanation/introduction. Ignorance is bliss, especially when it comes to him -I also know this from experience.

Forget about Onion Man and he can't hurt you. Seriously.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

yeppydeppy wrote: »

The term does not originate from D4, please see the movie Withnail & I - that's where it came from.

That was the Carrot that did that silly!

Well, whatever the word is for that all encompassing sense of dread and shame you get with a hangover, I hate that. Makes everything seem so sinister "That dog is barking, why is he barking???"

kfallon

Brysen Strong Sleepwalker wrote: »

Makes everything seem so sinister "That dog is barking, why is he barking???"

Cos he knows what you did last night, in fact he knows only too well cos you tried it on him :pac:

If only he could talk...... :P

Jaxxy

I just take a valium, sorts my Fear right out.

kfallon

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

I just take a valium, sorts my Fear right out.

I'm a firm believer in "Do the crime, do the time" so any sort of tablets are out! And I learn my lesson every Sunday by saying "I am never drinking again" but then forget the lesson learnt by the following Friday :rolleyes:

yeppydeppy

Brysen Strong Sleepwalker wrote: »

That was the Carrot that did that silly!

"

Yes, the carrot did it but that's where the term comes from. And leave the dog alone!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

yeppydeppy wrote: »

Yes, the carrot did it but that's where the term comes from. And leave the dog alone!

He should stop being sexy so.