Although your withdrawal symptoms should be gone in a week, you could feel some effects for several weeks. These include irritability, headaches, and insomnia. Recovering alcoholics often suffer from depression, anxiety, and numerous other psychological issues. It is therefore very important to address these problems with a therapist or counselor. If you detox physically but fail to address your mental health, your chance of relapse is very high. Although you've successfully detoxed, you'll need to build a support network to help you get through your continuing battle with alcohol. In addition to friends and family, a support group is a great resource. Many people in these groups have been through what you've been through, and can offer advice and support. Call them if you're feeling a craving or need any help. Your past activities probably included alcohol, so living a healthy life means finding new activities to replace your old ones.  Think about activities you used to love but haven't done in a while. Reviving these old hobbies can be a great way to put you in a positive state of mind. Also consider hobbies that give you a sense of purpose like volunteer work. Recovering alcoholics frequently replace alcohol with another substance like caffeine or tobacco. These addictions can be just as harmful. Instead of replacing your addiction, you need to focus on living your life without the addiction. You will inevitably experience cravings for alcohol. There are a few things you can do to properly manage this and avoid relapse.  Avoid your triggers. If certain people, places, or situations give you the urge to drink, you should avoid them. If old friends always pressure you to drink, you may have to cut them out of your life. Practice saying "no." You won't always be able to avoid every situation that involves alcohol, so you should prepare yourself to turn down a drink if it's offered. Distract yourself when having a craving. You can do this by taking a walk, listening to music, going for a drive, or any other activity that helps you forget about the alcohol craving. Talk to people. Be open about your cravings and don't try to hide them. If you have a sober sponsor or mentor, talk to him whenever you have a craving or are feeling weak. Remind yourself why you quit drinking. When you get an urge, think about how hard it was to quit drinking and your reasons for doing so. Unfortunately, relapse is common among recovering alcoholics. But slipping up once doesn't mean you've failed. Use all the skills you've learned in this journey to successfully overcome this setback.  Stop drinking right away and get away from wherever you were drinking. Call your sponsor or a supportive friend and tell him what's happened. Remember that this minor setback doesn't have to ruin all of your progress.

Summary: Expect some residual effects. Seek psychological counseling. Join a support group. Find new hobbies and interests. Avoid replacing your addiction. Manage cravings. Expect some setbacks.


The beauty of this method is that you can make beautiful, brightly colored lipstick in just about any shade of the rainbow. Use broken crayons you already have lying around or buy a brand new box just for the purpose of making lipstick. You'll need one crayon per tube.  Choose a crayon brand that is known to make crayons that are safe to ingest in small quantities. Since kids often put crayons in their mouths, many brands are tested to ensure they aren't toxic. Choose a box of crayons that is labeled as such. Do not use oil pastels or other professional art supplies, since these are not regulated in the same way as children's crayons.  Sniff the crayons before you buy the box. You're going to be putting this on your lips, after all, so you want to make sure you get crayons that don't have a strong smell.

Summary: Get a box of crayons.


If your hard drive is still spinning but you're encountering performance issues, it's best to stop the hard drive from running as soon as possible. Once you've turned off your computer, don't turn it on again until you can take it to a professional repair service. If you're worried about an external hard drive malfunctioning, you can simply unplug it from your computer. If you can get your hard drive to work on a computer other than the one in which it currently resides, the problem isn't necessarily with the hard drive itself--it's with the cables or the ports on your computer.  If you're using an external hard drive, this is as easy as unplugging it from your computer and plugging it into a different one. You'll also want to try a replacement cable in case the old one is malfunctioning. Internal hard drives present a more complicated problem. In order to diagnose your internal hard drive's connection health, you'll first need to remove the drive from your computer. After doing so, you can buy a hard drive docking station or a USB cable converter (Amazon sells both) that allows you to connect your external hard drive to another computer. Before removing a hard drive, make sure your computer is unplugged and the battery is disconnected (if applicable). Removing a hard drive is an incredibly difficult task on a Mac. If you intend to do so anyway, proceed with caution. In rare cases, a hard drive failing to work on your specific computer (but working on others) can be symptomatic of a failing motherboard. If you can get your hard drive running on any computer other than your own, you should take your computer into a tech company somewhere to get it checked out. Hard drives have three distinct components that are likely to cause a drive failure if they malfunction:   PCB - The circuit board (usually on the bottom of your hard drive) controls most of your hard drive's functions, as well as translating hard drive information into readable information. Circuit boards are typically green.  Platters - Thin disks that store data. Platters are responsible for most of the noise you hear when your hard drive starts up. Unless you're a professional with access to a clean room and the necessary equipment, you won't be able to fix your hard drive's platters on your own.  Head Assembly - The head assembly is what reads the data off of the platters. Again, you won't be able to repair the head assembly without professional-grade experience and equipment. Depending on what's wrong with it, your hard drive will make certain sounds. Be sure to cross-reference your hard drive's model with the sound it's making to ensure an accurate diagnosis.  For example: if your hard drive was making a clicking noise, it most likely has a problem with the head assembly.  Unfortunately, most problems that are diagnosable by the sound they cause will need professional care. These include things like freezing your hard drive or applying force to it. While some users may report success from these methods, performing a short-term fix on your hard drive is bound to make successful data recovery from a professional service even less likely than it already was. Even if you can get a quick fix to work, the effects are usually short-term. Your hard drive will still end up dying.
Summary: Stop using your computer immediately. Try plugging your hard drive into a different port or computer. Know the different components of a hard drive. Assess the sounds your drive was making. Refrain from using do-it-yourself quick fixes.