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Something I thought quite fitting given the day of the year it is. Something I have been thinking about writing for a little while.
This is posted in general discussion, it is not meant to be taken too seriously, yes I am aware of the very detrimental affects alcoholism can cause on people and their families not to mention health. Lets keep it lighthearted.
So to start with, the scale:
1. You can just about tell you've had something to drink the night before but otherwise fine. Borderline hangover paranoia rather than any real physical effect.
2. As above, you might feel slightly fatigued.
3. A bit fatigued, nothing that is going to really effect your day, you can go to work fine although you might be a bit less monitovated, you can still completely enjoy do things outside of work, you might be a bit more tired at the end of the day and want to go to bed earlier.
4. More fatigued, you might have a mild headache now. You can still go to work fine, but it'll seem more like hardwork, concentrating tougher. Outside of work, you can still go out and enjoy the normal things but definitely now more at the forefront on your mind will be how you feel.
5. Headache territory. You feel a bit grogy, tired, you can still go to work but it'll feel like a real chore, make your day quite a struggle. You wont really want to do a lot. You'll feel quite tired throughout and want an early night. If you want to go out and do something, you probably still will, but it'll take the enjoyment out.
6. Worse headache, it is now borderline on whether you are going to get much done at all now. Everything will seem like a real struggle, trying to do work, or anything outside for fun is very difficult. Struggle for concentration. You might have slightly loose guts now. If you had made plans you will consider changing them to stay at home and rest. You'll feel knackered and may have a red flushed face.
7. More serious hangover territory now, bad headache, bad guts. You might start having blurry vision, affects of mild dehydration kicking in. You might not feel like eating. Achieving anything at work now will be almost impossible and it'll be difficult now to fool anyone otherwise. You want want to do anything other than feeling sorry for yourself, and promising yourself you'll never drink again.
8. You feel dreadful. Stomach sick and churning, head pounding, blury vision and lack of memory the night before. You might be physically sick, suffer from diarrhoea. You are not good for much at all.
9. Quite severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, brown lumps in your urine. The inability to keep food or sometimes even fluid down. Cold sweats, shakes, the want to not stay still, but at the same time keep moving, just to make sure you are still alive. Very flushed face, mild panic attacks. Your entire day is going to be a nightmare of not wanting to be alive yet the feeling you are stuggling to stay alive.
10. As above, but more severe, you will struggle to stay concious, sever panic attacks and the sense of feeling like you are going to die. Shaking, cold sweats. Inability to do much at all, bedridden, you might be able to get up to get some fluid, which you may or may not keep down. The worst you have ever felt in your life.
So, there is the scale. Lets look at casuses, prevention, and treatment.
Causes:
Drinking, obviously! But I wanted to look at some of what I consider "hear say" and what I do think genuinely affects how bad you'll feel the next day.
- mixing dinks. Personally, I have never found this to be a thing. I think there is some truth in the fact that if you drink beer or a lower strength drink first, it might encourage you to drink a higher strength drink, like spirits, faster than you would if you had started on them. That will lead to a higher amount of alcohol consumed in total, which will obviously cause a worse hangover, however I do not believe at all that if a like for like amount of units of alchohol are consumed over the same period of time that it matters what type of drink you had.
- Full stomach/empty stomach. By far the biggest factor in my opinion. Eating is cheating as they say. The only thing is trying to drink on a very full stomach, might no be comfortable, especially if you are trying to down pint after pint of beer.
- How fast you drink - another big factor, I find particularly how fast you drink the first one or two seems to determin how the rest of your drinking session will go.
- General hydration. If you start drinking when you are already dehydrated, you'll feel a ton worse the next day, be careful if you have just been doing some exercise or sport.
Prevention:
And not the, "dont drink it in the first place"............
- Water and paracetamol. Definitely works, the only thing is you need to remember to do it before you go to sleep. Water alone also does work quite well, but the paracetamol takes it down a fair chunk more.
- Late night food, kebab etc. I actually think this can help in some ways, the food/fat will absorb some of the booze, but, it might also make you feel more sick in your stomach the next day, plus salty food can add to dehydration. I specifically remember hitting a McDonalds last thing at night, eating way too much and having brown lumps in my wee the next morning, that cant be good......
- Banana. Ive heard several times that this can help, never worked for me.
- Hangover prevention pills. There are a few out there, I tried something called RU-21 which, other than making your urine bright green, did nothing. Some Amazon reviewers swear they work though, I can only say from personal opinion for me they did nothing.
- Dioralyte (or other brand diarrhoea treatment) this stuff really works. Basically a lot of the cause of a hangover is dehydration, when you are drinking your body is trying to rid your body of the "poison" so your kidneys and liver go into overdrive trying to **** everything out, it'll also **** out all your electrolytes and things you need. Taking some of this stuff (again before you go to sleep) not only hydrates you, but replaces a lot of the good stuff your body has expelled.
Cures:
This is where I struggle. I have googled and there is very little advice here. Obviously, any doctor, or professional will simply tell you not to drink in the first place. The obvious ones are keep hydrated, take pain killers, eat some food, these things can help, a bit, but I have yet to find anything that makes a real difference other than waiting it out.
Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, if you have a mircale cure, please let us know!
This is posted in general discussion, it is not meant to be taken too seriously, yes I am aware of the very detrimental affects alcoholism can cause on people and their families not to mention health. Lets keep it lighthearted.
So to start with, the scale:
1. You can just about tell you've had something to drink the night before but otherwise fine. Borderline hangover paranoia rather than any real physical effect.
2. As above, you might feel slightly fatigued.
3. A bit fatigued, nothing that is going to really effect your day, you can go to work fine although you might be a bit less monitovated, you can still completely enjoy do things outside of work, you might be a bit more tired at the end of the day and want to go to bed earlier.
4. More fatigued, you might have a mild headache now. You can still go to work fine, but it'll seem more like hardwork, concentrating tougher. Outside of work, you can still go out and enjoy the normal things but definitely now more at the forefront on your mind will be how you feel.
5. Headache territory. You feel a bit grogy, tired, you can still go to work but it'll feel like a real chore, make your day quite a struggle. You wont really want to do a lot. You'll feel quite tired throughout and want an early night. If you want to go out and do something, you probably still will, but it'll take the enjoyment out.
6. Worse headache, it is now borderline on whether you are going to get much done at all now. Everything will seem like a real struggle, trying to do work, or anything outside for fun is very difficult. Struggle for concentration. You might have slightly loose guts now. If you had made plans you will consider changing them to stay at home and rest. You'll feel knackered and may have a red flushed face.
7. More serious hangover territory now, bad headache, bad guts. You might start having blurry vision, affects of mild dehydration kicking in. You might not feel like eating. Achieving anything at work now will be almost impossible and it'll be difficult now to fool anyone otherwise. You want want to do anything other than feeling sorry for yourself, and promising yourself you'll never drink again.
8. You feel dreadful. Stomach sick and churning, head pounding, blury vision and lack of memory the night before. You might be physically sick, suffer from diarrhoea. You are not good for much at all.
9. Quite severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, brown lumps in your urine. The inability to keep food or sometimes even fluid down. Cold sweats, shakes, the want to not stay still, but at the same time keep moving, just to make sure you are still alive. Very flushed face, mild panic attacks. Your entire day is going to be a nightmare of not wanting to be alive yet the feeling you are stuggling to stay alive.
10. As above, but more severe, you will struggle to stay concious, sever panic attacks and the sense of feeling like you are going to die. Shaking, cold sweats. Inability to do much at all, bedridden, you might be able to get up to get some fluid, which you may or may not keep down. The worst you have ever felt in your life.
So, there is the scale. Lets look at casuses, prevention, and treatment.
Causes:
Drinking, obviously! But I wanted to look at some of what I consider "hear say" and what I do think genuinely affects how bad you'll feel the next day.
- mixing dinks. Personally, I have never found this to be a thing. I think there is some truth in the fact that if you drink beer or a lower strength drink first, it might encourage you to drink a higher strength drink, like spirits, faster than you would if you had started on them. That will lead to a higher amount of alcohol consumed in total, which will obviously cause a worse hangover, however I do not believe at all that if a like for like amount of units of alchohol are consumed over the same period of time that it matters what type of drink you had.
- Full stomach/empty stomach. By far the biggest factor in my opinion. Eating is cheating as they say. The only thing is trying to drink on a very full stomach, might no be comfortable, especially if you are trying to down pint after pint of beer.
- How fast you drink - another big factor, I find particularly how fast you drink the first one or two seems to determin how the rest of your drinking session will go.
- General hydration. If you start drinking when you are already dehydrated, you'll feel a ton worse the next day, be careful if you have just been doing some exercise or sport.
Prevention:
And not the, "dont drink it in the first place"............
- Water and paracetamol. Definitely works, the only thing is you need to remember to do it before you go to sleep. Water alone also does work quite well, but the paracetamol takes it down a fair chunk more.
- Late night food, kebab etc. I actually think this can help in some ways, the food/fat will absorb some of the booze, but, it might also make you feel more sick in your stomach the next day, plus salty food can add to dehydration. I specifically remember hitting a McDonalds last thing at night, eating way too much and having brown lumps in my wee the next morning, that cant be good......
- Banana. Ive heard several times that this can help, never worked for me.
- Hangover prevention pills. There are a few out there, I tried something called RU-21 which, other than making your urine bright green, did nothing. Some Amazon reviewers swear they work though, I can only say from personal opinion for me they did nothing.
- Dioralyte (or other brand diarrhoea treatment) this stuff really works. Basically a lot of the cause of a hangover is dehydration, when you are drinking your body is trying to rid your body of the "poison" so your kidneys and liver go into overdrive trying to **** everything out, it'll also **** out all your electrolytes and things you need. Taking some of this stuff (again before you go to sleep) not only hydrates you, but replaces a lot of the good stuff your body has expelled.
Cures:
This is where I struggle. I have googled and there is very little advice here. Obviously, any doctor, or professional will simply tell you not to drink in the first place. The obvious ones are keep hydrated, take pain killers, eat some food, these things can help, a bit, but I have yet to find anything that makes a real difference other than waiting it out.
Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, if you have a mircale cure, please let us know!
