Hangovers

I'm tending to get really bad hangovers lately after a night on the piss. this is bad in itself because of the pain and ****** feeling but its how its affecting my social life which is causing concern.

When i'm stone cold sober i'm usually very confident and laid back. When i'm pissed i'm a cocky ****** But when i'm hungover, until about midday i'm really tense and can't seem to maintain decent banter or even interesting conversation. I think its because i know i don't look and feel my best and i'm knackered, and others will perceive this too. a lot of my confidence comes from the knowledge that i look good to others.

when i meet someone hungover in the street i generally try to be as gregarious as i am sober but i walk away thinking that i've made a bit of a tit of myself. has anyone else had this kind of problem.

Reply 1

qwerty_st/n

when im hungover i am totally incapable of making any type of conversation wi anyone, i prefer to stay in my room in my pyjamas curled up in bed drinking water feeling very sorry for myself. usually clears up at around 1ish cos i get hungry and then have to eat summat and then i feel better and get ready to do it all over again

im sure its not unusual :smile:

Reply 2

Tyler Durden

cambridgemuscle

I think its because i know i don't look and feel my best and i'm knackered, and others will perceive this too. a lot of my confidence comes from the knowledge that i look good to others.

i've made a bit of a tit of myself.

Isn't it l'Oreal who say they make you look and feel your best? :wink:

Seriously though, I don't see why it should affect the quality of what you say. Maybe you are just too narcissistic and put too much value on your looks. Only shallow people would really be focussing primarily on how you look over what you're actually talking about. Or just lie low whilst you're hungover, or don't get so wrecked, or drink loads of water before you sleep to fend off headaches, or drink orange juice or whatever.

Reply 3

what_apples

englishstudent

... or drink loads of water before you sleep to fend off headaches, or drink orange juice or whatever.

I agree with this. Whenever I get back from a heavy night out I ALWAYS drink down as much water as I can and then have a large bottle of water next to my bed, which I drink from when (not if) I wake up during the night/eary morning. This has helped me avoid any seriously bad hangovers for a couple of years now.

Once I am up I find that lots of orange juice (great for getting through that weird morning after taste in your mouth) and sometimes a fried egg sandwich with lots of pepper and toamto ketchup sets me up for the day really quite well. When you are hungover breakfast really IS the most important meal in the day!

Follow these simple rules and life will be much easier. Oh yeah, and DON'T DRINK SO MUCH :p:

Seriously, if you are drinking so much that you can't drink a reasonable amount of water when you get back or are throwing up, then you only have yourself to blame for the hangover.

Reply 4

kartoffelngeist

there is a cheap and easy answer that i personally guarantee to work...

drink less...

Reply 5

Pure malignity

... or wish you was me, who never gets a hangover.

Reply 6

randomuser#6

or...stop...maybe give your organs recovery time

Reply 7

kartoffelngeist

i know it's english tradition, but being reliant on alcohol for a good time isn't good...

not drinking as much is the only sure way not to get a hangover...

Reply 8

Book-worm

Have a pint of water before bed, then set your alarm 1 or 2 hours before you need to be up, have another pint of water and return to bed for an hour or so!

You will need to continue drinking water all day as a hangover is basically just dehydration!