Is getting drunk worth the hangover?

Northernstorirs said:
I didn't feel "normal" from Saturday's session until yesterday evening after I did an hours work in the gym. I can deal with the physical side to a hangover (the headaches, body ache and nausea), time, greasy food and water helps this. Luckily I had nothing planned on the Sunday but that was a waste of a day. Managed to watch the F1 and a film then went back to bed.

It's the mental side I can't hack, I had a horrid sense of dread and guilt despite having a pleasant day and remembered all of it. I have flashbacks of conversations and it was all fine despite the dread. I was just in a great mood, drinking at a steady pace as the rest of the group. I suppose what goes up, must come down. Not looking for sympathy or telling a sob story at all, I find it absolutely bizarre and intriguing. One of the worst hangovers I encountered was from a day session at the ashes OT test last year. I didn't feel normal until about 5 days after and felt a constant dread which ate in to my holiday a little. The thing is, it was a fun day, I remembered all of the day and left at the right time, didn't act like a tit or say/do anything to cause embarrassment, so can't fathom why I have a sense of dread the following days. Is the beer blues something other folks experience?

I'm 32, drank throughout my 20s, use to get up and play football most Sunday's and was normally ok. Was purely the physical effect I felt. Had all sorts of hangovers and have on occasion had to resort to hair of the dog (usually if I had to be somewhere that day or catch a train etc). These days if I'm rough, it's an entirely a different level of hangover. I suppose it's getting old.

In recent years I have drank less, go out bi monthly with my pals for a day session, other than that I might have a couple of beers at home or at the local with the Mrs once a week.
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A 32 year old complaining about getting old. There's no hope for us FOC's!!
 
still absolutely love the buzz of being with mates 4 or 5 pints in, silly convos, 8pm, feels like youve got the world in your hand and the whole night ahead.

but the hangovers are getting too much. way way too much. Easily fucked until Tuesday or wednesday if i do an all day on a Saturday.
 
I discovered this Bank Holiday weekend that if I don't drink lager or spirits, I can still get fuck faced and feel relatively ok the next day. I spent all weekend drinking various dark fruits cider. I neither suffered the next day, nor did I get in such a state that I have no idea what I might have done.

At 46 had I consumed the same amount of lager, I would have been ruined for a couple of days.
 
Wretched Vengeance said:
I discovered this Bank Holiday weekend that if I don't drink lager or spirits, I can still get fuck faced and feel relatively ok the next day. I spent all weekend drinking various dark fruits cider. I neither suffered the next day, nor did I get in such a state that I have no idea what I might have done.

At 46 had I consumed the same amount of lager, I would have been ruined for a couple of days.
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Slightly concerning that you are on dark fruits cider at the age of 46.
 
Northernstorirs said:
It's the mental side I can't hack, I had a horrid sense of dread and guilt despite having a pleasant day and remembered all of it. I have flashbacks of conversations and it was all fine despite the dread. I was just in a great mood, drinking at a steady pace as the rest of the group. I suppose what goes up, must come down. Not looking for sympathy or telling a sob story at all, I find it absolutely bizarre and intriguing. One of the worst hangovers I encountered was from a day session at the ashes OT test last year. I didn't feel normal until about 5 days after and felt a constant dread which ate in to my holiday a little. The thing is, it was a fun day, I remembered all of the day and left at the right time, didn't act like a tit or say/do anything to cause embarrassment, so can't fathom why I have a sense of dread the following days. Is the beer blues something other folks experience?
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Absolutely. I recently did near enough two months without alcohol (combined with regular exercise) and I felt great. I've been on a few small breaks recently and had a few beers some nights without getting leathered like I used to, and it's like i've pressed a reset button in my head. I'm jumpy and often feeling a sense of dread.
 
shemnel said:
still absolutely love the buzz of being with mates 4 or 5 pints in, silly convos, 8pm, feels like youve got the world in your hand and the whole night ahead.

but the hangovers are getting too much. way way too much. Easily fucked until Tuesday or wednesday if i do an all day on a Saturday.
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Yeah, this pretty much sums it up for me. I'm so relieved to finally feel human again a few days later that I think I enjoy that feeling more than being drunk with my friends! I definitely drink less now and midweek beers are pretty much a no go, as work the next day is unbearable!
 
Northernstorirs said:
I didn't feel "normal" from Saturday's session until yesterday evening after I did an hours work in the gym. I can deal with the physical side to a hangover (the headaches, body ache and nausea), time, greasy food and water helps this. Luckily I had nothing planned on the Sunday but that was a waste of a day. Managed to watch the F1 and a film then went back to bed.

It's the mental side I can't hack, I had a horrid sense of dread and guilt despite having a pleasant day and remembered all of it. I have flashbacks of conversations and it was all fine despite the dread. I was just in a great mood, drinking at a steady pace as the rest of the group. I suppose what goes up, must come down. Not looking for sympathy or telling a sob story at all, I find it absolutely bizarre and intriguing. One of the worst hangovers I encountered was from a day session at the ashes OT test last year. I didn't feel normal until about 5 days after and felt a constant dread which ate in to my holiday a little. The thing is, it was a fun day, I remembered all of the day and left at the right time, didn't act like a tit or say/do anything to cause embarrassment, so can't fathom why I have a sense of dread the following days. Is the beer blues something other folks experience?

I'm 32, drank throughout my 20s, use to get up and play football most Sunday's and was normally ok. Was purely the physical effect I felt. Had all sorts of hangovers and have on occasion had to resort to hair of the dog (usually if I had to be somewhere that day or catch a train etc). These days if I'm rough, it's an entirely a different level of hangover. I suppose it's getting old.

In recent years I have drank less, go out bi monthly with my pals for a day session, other than that I might have a couple of beers at home or at the local with the Mrs once a week.
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I concur with much if this, especially the fear of impeding doom or dread. Usually much worse on a Sunday night.

But the fear or hangovers only started when I was in my forties. You are still young at 32. Now I am in my fifties, the fear and hangovers have subsided again. Almost like I've been there done that, nothing happened and I don't give a fuck anymore. Get the beers in!
 
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