Current Events > I was hospitalized for alcohol withdrawal, looking for chill relaxing games

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I had to medically detox for a few days at the hospital and am now on some medication that I have at home that I am tapering off of and it is an absolute nightmare. I keep having insane fits of rage and uncontrollable crying and I just need something to get through these next few days

I'm kind of looking for something a little less mainstream, Stardew and Terraria are great, but I'm looking for something new

Sorry you're going through all that. I've been playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses and it's been helping me with anxiety stuff.

Atelier

Amazing Cultivation Simulator

Dorfromantik

Spiritfarer

Civilization

How much were you drinkin?

Koi Farm on steam is pretty relaxing.

Maple Maid Service.

And I mean that. It's so relaxing.
~And it was made by a CEgal.

Really, check it out.

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/871930

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432860/Sun_Haven/

dude you mentioned terraria and stardew. Check this one out

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1621690/Core_Keeper/

You got steam?

Kirby: Forgotten Lands was the game that helped me the most while going through alcohol detox. That was just a miserable hell of a time, absolutely relate to the random mood swings/crying.

Mole Mania

Johnny_Nutcase posted...

How much were you drinkin?

yeah Im pretty interested myself. lets hear more about this story

PowerWash Simulator

Gothic 1. Chill game.

I played a mage. Started off super weak. progression to become very strong near the end of the game was super relaxing. Pays off too imo because by the endgame the most viable approach is spamming the wave of death spell. Kills majority of creatures in 1 or 2 hits. The ones that require more just need to be ice blocked (an early spell) and then just spam tf out of wave of death. the spell even goes through walls too so easy to just hide behind a wall. Has a large 360 degree radius.

Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

yeah Im pretty interested myself. lets hear more about this story

Between 2-6 Four Lokos daily or about six to nine 9.5% Voodoo Ranger Juice Force IPAs (the tall 19.2ozers). Every day for a few months. I hated my job and hated my life and I just drank hard after work every day. I was definitely drunk at work the next day but somehow managed. I quit almost cold turkey when I landed a new position with an awesome job and my second day on the job I had a panic attack so bad that I was taken out on an ambulance because it started getting to the point where I literally could not move my lips, it felt like there were headphones on my head, and my hands were totally locked up and couldn't move. It was absolutely scary.

BignutzisBack posted...

Spiritfarer

This, one of my favorite games ever. Slay the Spire you can get completely lost in.

I've been sober for a year and 7 months, I feel you and what you are going through. Kudzu and green tea helped a bit with the withdrawl, but a lot of it is waiting it out, dealing with the pain and insomnia, it will eventually pass. I had a bit of delirium when I was going through it, was hallucinating, hearing things that weren't there, and believing the short dreams I was having were real events.

I'm around here a lot if you want support, advice, or just someone to talk to.

Animal Crossing is very relaxing. It has this whole attitude about it that everything is going to be okay, just fix things at your own pace.

It's the kind of game where it's very easy to start the game, but if you don't feel like playing it, you can just quit and still feel like you progressed.

Shit man, I had some struggles with alcohol myself, so I know how hard that shit is. I didn't drink daily, but I drank very high amounts when I was drinking 2-3 days a week. Hope you recover and you are able to get a handle on the problem. Best of luck!

BowflexPeloton posted...

Between 2-6 Four Lokos daily or about six to nine 9.5% Voodoo Ranger Juice Force IPAs (the tall 19.2ozers). Every day for a few months. I hated my job and hated my life and I just drank hard after work every day. I was definitely drunk at work the next day but somehow managed. I quit almost cold turkey when I landed a new position with an awesome job and my second day on the job I had a panic attack so bad that I was taken out on an ambulance because it started getting to the point where I literally could not move my lips, it felt like there were headphones on my head, and my hands were totally locked up and couldn't move. It was absolutely scary.

Edit: Let me add to this for a bit. I would drink a few beers a night, and possibly a six pack + a few extra on the weekends before this for quite a few years. When I was like that, I could quit and just maybe feel irritable or crave a drink, but what I wrote above was over the period of three months.

I was drinking like 15-20 beers a day with lots of random liquor mixed in for like a year+. Withdrawaling from that was the absolute worst nightmare. You should be proud of yourself for making such a good change.

how much were you drinking?

Animal Crossing.

Definitely a niche game, but I really enjoyed Little Big Workshop.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/574720/Little_Big_Workshop/

I've been playing Medieval Dynasty, it's a town-building/survival game that's basically like if someone took the settlement building from Fallout 4, made it actually work, then scaled it up and turned it into a whole game. And they give you a bunch of customization options to cut down on the tedium, so for example you can turn off carry weight, turn off hunger, shorten or lengthen seasons, increase/decrease XP gained, etc.

If you're looking for more of a "shut your brain off" type of game, I found Powerwash Simulator to be both relaxing and incredibly satisfying. It's almost like a reverse coloring game, and it has a surprising amount of content to keep you busy for hours.

Cuckhold simulator

The Trails series is pretty comfy if you like long RPGs.

Doing something similar, luckily I'm not physically addicted but decided to quit drinking liquor which I would do every day around 7pm till I pass out. Only been a few days but already the constant pain in my liver is mostly gone and my debilitating gagging fits are extremely reduced. Still getting used to it, I'll reach for my glass absent mindedly often, especially while playing games I normally drink with.

To piggyback on the topic, any PS5 games y'all might recommend? I wanna branch out and play things that don't remind me of drinking -_-

flight simulator

Solid_Seb posted...

I'm not physically addicted

Solid_Seb posted...

gagging fits

uhm..

I recommend CrossCode. The devs patched in an assist mode into the game that makes it quite easy and when you crank the difficulty down it's very relaxing to just run around and explore the world. It has a nice story too.

ToteAll posted...

uhm..

More of a reference to withdrawals, of which there have been no physical symptoms. Sorry if I used the wrong word

Solid_Seb posted...

More of a reference to withdrawals, of which there have been no physical symptoms. Sorry if I used the wrong word

How are gagging fits not a physical symptom?

ToteAll posted...

How are gagging fits not a physical symptom?

Because it stopped after I quit drinking...?

I might have used addiction incorrectly but I'm right about not having withdrawal symptoms...

Dorfromantik

Rogue Legacy 1 or 2 depending in what you have access to

I like talk IPAs too, but no way I could handle all those. Hang in there.

How about Plants vs Zombies or survivor.io

TaylorHeinicke posted...

flight simulator

Yes, once the 3-hour down load is finished and it doesn't fry your power supply.
...And when it does, and you fix it, in moving everything around you in turn ruined your monitor.

~Yes after all of that, it is very nice.

I love Flight Sim 2020, I'm astonished at how good it is.
But I literally had to go through that shit when I got it.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Rogue Legacy 1 or 2 depending in what you have access to

Second this. Great game play loop. Lot of action going on but it's never stressful fro some reason.

BowflexPeloton posted...

I quit almost cold turkey when I landed a new position with an awesome job and my second day on the job I had a panic attack so bad that I was taken out on an ambulance because it started getting to the point where I literally could not move my lips, it felt like there were headphones on my head, and my hands were totally locked up and couldn't move. It was absolutely scary.

Damn, I hope you get over the withdrawals quickly and I hope you are able to return to the new awesome job.

BlazinBlue88 posted...

Second this. Great game play loop. Lot of action going on but it's never stressful fro some reason.

I think it's not as stressful as other games next to it is because even when you die you're working towards being stronger and passive progress. So, there's always hope that lil boost will allow you to go a lil further even if your skill stays the same.

SiO4 posted...

Yes, once the 3-hour down load is finished and it doesn't fry your power supply.
...And when it does, and you fix it, in moving everything around you in turn ruined your monitor.

~Yes after all of that, it is very nice.

I love Flight Sim 2020, I'm astonished at how good it is.
But I literally had to go through that shit when I got it.

That's weird, all I did was install it on my Series X and was good to go

Lost_All_Senses posted...

I think it's not as stressful as other games next to it is because even when you die you're working towards being stronger and passive progress. So, there's always hope that lil boost will allow you to go a lil further even if your skill stays the same.

That but it's also the flow of the combat and movement. Nothing feels like it requires twitch reaction. Everything is a bit floaty.

Thanks for all of the recommendations guys! Thankfully the major mood swings have died down considerably with the reduction in dosage of Librium today!

WrestlinFan posted...

I was drinking like 15-20 beers a day with lots of random liquor mixed in for like a year+. Withdrawaling from that was the absolute worst nightmare. You should be proud of yourself for making such a good change.

Thanks man, working a shit job really takes a toll on your mental health

DipDipDiver posted...

That's weird, all I did was install it on my Series X and was good to go

Mine was PC. Right after it's it came out.

It is a fantastic program though.
I tend to take off from my local airport...and go wherever. sometimes up/over Vermont.
But Zooming through NYC is really something.

BowflexPeloton posted...

Thanks for all of the recommendations guys! Thankfully the major mood swings have died down considerably with the reduction in dosage of Librium today!

Thanks man, working a shit job really takes a toll on your mental health

Yup, my job at that time was mostly why I drank, it was so miserable. Only by moving to a better one was I able to kick the booze.