delirium tremens

delirium tremens

   [tree-muhnz, -menz]  Show IPA

noun Pathology .

a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developedphysiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor,visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation:  d.t.

when people asked me if i had d.t.'s i figured it had something to do with shaking from alcohol withdrawal, but nothing as scary as autonomic instability and hallucinations. for some reason i always assumed that detoxing from alcohol wouldn't be a big deal.  


anywho, i woke up with a hangover this morning and thought that i would look up hangovers in a thesaurus. and this was the result:

Main Entry:	hangover
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	result of heavy drinking
Synonyms:	DTs, aftereffect, big head, delirium tremens,drunkenness, headache, morning after, shakes,under the weather, willies,  withdrawal
Antonyms:	sobriety i love that the antonym is sobriety, it seems so obvious now  but for some reason when i pray to the lord above and ask  her to never let me have a hangover again, sobriety never  pops into my head as a solution. incidentally, i have a hangover helper for those that aren't  afraid to try a weird junk food combination; pickles and  hot cheetos with a 7up/alkaseltzer chaser. here's what you do: take a bite of pickle (not kosher) and  then throw a hot cheeto in your mouth and eat it together.  you will be surprised by how much they compliment each  other. i follow up the cheeto/pickle meal with a large 7up  with ice and an alkaseltzer dissolved inside.  your hangover will not be cured....but you feel soooo  much better. the actually cure for a hangover is beer....lots  and lots of beer.  and now i shall post the hangover inspired painting i did today: i thought of a kewpie doll with pubic hair and bags under his eyes....coz no matter how cute you once...were the bags  and hair appear.