Awful awful hangover

Dr Crayfish

artanevilla wrote: »

Then you've never been hungover. Just a bit tired.

I think I drank a bottle of red wine, 4 pints of Guinness and 6 cans of Bavaria last night. Yes I have a problem with alcohol, but I haven't stopped eating all day, and I feel like absolute death.

moby2101

Ice cream ftw!
Used to get awesome fffing hangovers but if you prepare in advance it will pay dividends!
As has been mentioned earlier, a dioralyte before you go out and maybe one before bed will do the trick
If you know you have a huge session coming up in a week or so stag or a wedding get down to boots and buy a supplement called milk thistle, it's cheap as chips..it bolsters your liver function and you'll drink for Ireland and not get a hangover,
If you forget then ice cream is yar only man

The flying mouse

To be printed out and kept on your mirror I myself stick to number 13 and it feels great

1. Go one for one. It’s no secret that drinking water can help deflect a pounding AM headache. (Pretty much the opposite of a good morning.) Tissues around the brain are mostly made of water, and dehydration will shrink these tissues, creating pressure in the head. Alcohol can lead to dehydration, so make sure to continuously drink water throughout the night
Try matching each alcoholic drink with one glass of water to avoid any next-day pain.

2. Chow down. Just because beer has calories doesn’t mean it counts as dinner. Drinking on an empty stomach will allow alcohol to absorb faster, so try getting in a good meal with lots of healthy carbs before breaking out the bottle. Alcohol also increases acid secretion in the stomach, which can make us feel nauseous, and food can act as a buffer to the acid. Some research even shows a stomach full of food may help keep blood alcohol content at a lower level.

3. Keep it light. Darker drinks like red wine or rum contain congeners (substances produced during fermentation), which may contribute to hangovers[3]. Skip the whiskey in favor of vodka or a glass of white wine.

4. Stay classy. More expensive liquors tend to contain less filler congeners (a cause for headaches, as described above). So pass on the well liquors and take it up a notch with some top-shelf booze.

5. Take a multivitamin. Drinking depletes nutrients in the body, including vitamin B12 and folate. Try popping a multivitamin to replenish what’s lost from a night of drinking.

6. Skip the bubbles. Opt out of champagne or other alcohol that’s mixed with carbonated beverages. The bubbles may cause alcohol to be absorbed more quickly. (Hence that New Year’s Day hangover.)

7. Snack on Pickles. The thought of ‘em might turn your stomach the day after partying, but snacking on a few pickles could help out a dehydrated body. Pickles contain vinegar, water — and sodium, an electrolyte that we lose after excessive drinking. Some people really do knock back a few shots of pickle juice to help a hangover, but we’ll leave this one up to you.

8. Grab some potassium. When dehydrated, we lose not only water, but electrolytes, too. Gain ‘em back by snacking on potassium-rich foods like bananas or spinach ((Potassium. AHFS Consumer Medication Information. Last reviewed: September 1, 2010.)).

9. Scramble eggs. Eggs contain taurine, which has been shown to reverse liver damage caused by a night of heavy boozing[4]. Scramble them up with lots of veggies for added antioxidant power!

10. Sip ginger tea. Hangovers can sometimes come with a side of upset stomach. To settle that tummy, brew a warm mug of ginger tea. Ginger has been shown to help combat nausea[5].

11. Refuel at the breakfast table. Alcohol will lead to a drop in blood sugar, so boost it back up with a glass of OJ in the morning[6]!

12. Get some fresh air. Oxygen increases the rate that alcohol toxins are broken down, so bundle up and get outdoors. A little exercise never hurt anyone — and it may even release some endorphins to boost a post-hangover mood.

13. Play D.D. We’re sorry to say that the only sure-fire way to avoid a hangover is to skip the booze altogether[7]. So if waking up to a pounding headache doesn’t sound fun, play designated driver for the night (even if not actually driving).

HS3

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I think I drank a bottle of red wine, 4 pints of Guinness and 6 cans of Bavaria last night. Yes I have a problem with alcohol, but I haven't stopped eating all day, and I feel like absolute death.

Have all the things you've been eating been salty? Try a cup of tea. Not meaning to be irish about it, but the times I've had a hangover nothing will cure, a cup of tea out of desperation has helped a little.

harry Bailey esq

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I think I drank a bottle of red wine, 4 pints of Guinness and 6 cans of Bavaria last night. Yes I have a problem..

I dont see amount you skulled back as being too excessive,its a fair oul sup alright but unless your drinking that nightly its not all that problematic.The mistake that you made last night was mixing the grape with the grain friend.Its a garaunteed hangover.

HS3

The flying mouse wrote: »

To be printed out and kept on your mirror I myself stick to number 13 and it feels great

1. Go one for one. It’s no secret that drinking water can help deflect a pounding AM headache. (Pretty much the opposite of a good morning.) Tissues around the brain are mostly made of water, and dehydration will shrink these tissues, creating pressure in the head. Alcohol can lead to dehydration, so make sure to continuously drink water throughout the night
Try matching each alcoholic drink with one glass of water to avoid any next-day pain.

2. Chow down. Just because beer has calories doesn’t mean it counts as dinner. Drinking on an empty stomach will allow alcohol to absorb faster, so try getting in a good meal with lots of healthy carbs before breaking out the bottle. Alcohol also increases acid secretion in the stomach, which can make us feel nauseous, and food can act as a buffer to the acid. Some research even shows a stomach full of food may help keep blood alcohol content at a lower level.

3. Keep it light. Darker drinks like red wine or rum contain congeners (substances produced during fermentation), which may contribute to hangovers[3]. Skip the whiskey in favor of vodka or a glass of white wine.

4. Stay classy. More expensive liquors tend to contain less filler congeners (a cause for headaches, as described above). So pass on the well liquors and take it up a notch with some top-shelf booze.

5. Take a multivitamin. Drinking depletes nutrients in the body, including vitamin B12 and folate. Try popping a multivitamin to replenish what’s lost from a night of drinking.

6. Skip the bubbles. Opt out of champagne or other alcohol that’s mixed with carbonated beverages. The bubbles may cause alcohol to be absorbed more quickly. (Hence that New Year’s Day hangover.)

7. Snack on Pickles. The thought of ‘em might turn your stomach the day after partying, but snacking on a few pickles could help out a dehydrated body. Pickles contain vinegar, water — and sodium, an electrolyte that we lose after excessive drinking. Some people really do knock back a few shots of pickle juice to help a hangover, but we’ll leave this one up to you.

8. Grab some potassium. When dehydrated, we lose not only water, but electrolytes, too. Gain ‘em back by snacking on potassium-rich foods like bananas or spinach ((Potassium. AHFS Consumer Medication Information. Last reviewed: September 1, 2010.)).

9. Scramble eggs. Eggs contain taurine, which has been shown to reverse liver damage caused by a night of heavy boozing[4]. Scramble them up with lots of veggies for added antioxidant power!

10. Sip ginger tea. Hangovers can sometimes come with a side of upset stomach. To settle that tummy, brew a warm mug of ginger tea. Ginger has been shown to help combat nausea[5].

11. Refuel at the breakfast table. Alcohol will lead to a drop in blood sugar, so boost it back up with a glass of OJ in the morning[6]!

12. Get some fresh air. Oxygen increases the rate that alcohol toxins are broken down, so bundle up and get outdoors. A little exercise never hurt anyone — and it may even release some endorphins to boost a post-hangover mood.

13. Play D.D. We’re sorry to say that the only sure-fire way to avoid a hangover is to skip the booze altogether[7]. So if waking up to a pounding headache doesn’t sound fun, play designated driver for the night (even if not actually driving).

Tis a bit...shutting the door after the horse has bolted :pac:

Dr Crayfish

HS3 wrote: »

Have all the things you've been eating been salty? Try a cup of tea. Not meaning to be irish about it, but the times I've had a hangover nothing will cure, a cup of tea out of desperation has helped a little.

Salty yes but I never eat sweet things in any state. I don't drink tea or have any in my house. I'm actually drinking a box of Erdinger Non Alcoholic, it's soothing me a little, and is "isotonic" whatever that means so hopefully it'll do me good.

Arghus

I'd second what a few posters have had to say: if you can eat you aren't hungover, just a bit wrecked. It can be hard for people who don't suffer like this to get their heads round it, to them feeling about 70% equals "dying". If you can hold down water things are beginning to improve. People who can post on the internet or Facebook that they are hungover are truly pretty far from it, in my opinion. If you can even comprehend eating a full breakfast then you're more or less cured in my book.

Being hungover as I understand it means: not knowing whether you'll poop or puke at my moment, even plain oul water sitting uncomfortably in the tum like a bag of evil and any thoughts of motor function that are sent up to your brain are shot back down from your splitting head and into your limbs again without any further useful instructions, aside from any clue you can garner from that omnipresent sound, kind of like a tape unspooling violently in the deck, that accompanies anything more physically ambitious then the mere thought of trying to remove your permanent scowl from your face. And then you puke.

Being hungover can also sometimes mean being dimly aware of the presence of the sun behind your drawn curtains, as it goes up, hangs there for a few hours and disappears again until tomorrow. And that's been the day.

Elliott S

Lawrence Crashing Dime wrote: »

There is no doubt that the cure is the only thing that actually makes you feel better within about 30 mins after starting. Even terrible hangovers are made so so much better once you get that first pint or maybe two into you.

Yes it can be dangerous as you could create a new hangover but on many occasions I've had 5 or 6 pints to cure a hangover and it wouldn't be enough to make another one. The other thing that helps is if you are so hungover you can't but you manage to force down a few pints (or vodka and 7up if you are really bad) you will be able to eat then when the drink has you feeling much better and this food will also help a lot.

I've tried the cure once out of curiosity, it didn't help at all, it was just depressing. "The cure" is just an excuse to justify drinking so soon again the next day. And unless I'm very, very hungover, I never have a problem eating. Anyway, eating food doesn't cure a hangover. The only thing that cures it is the second night's sleep.

Oh and to all who say you are not hungover if you can eat - nonsense.

De Bhál

Arghus wrote: »

I'd second what a few posters have had to say: if you can eat you aren't hungover, just a bit wrecked. It can be hard for people who don't suffer like this to get their heads round it, to them feeling about 70% equals "dying". If you can hold down water things are beginning to improve. People who can post on the internet or Facebook that they are hungover are truly pretty far from it, in my opinion. If you can even comprehend eating a full breakfast then you're more or less cured in my book.

Being hungover as I understand it means: not knowing whether you'll poop or puke at my moment, even plain oul water sitting uncomfortably in the tum like a bag of evil and any thoughts of motor function that are sent up to your brain are shot back down from your splitting head and into your limbs again without any further useful instructions, aside from any clue you can garner from that omnipresent sound, kind of like a tape unspooling violently in the deck, that accompanies anything more physically ambitious then the mere thought of trying to remove your permanent scowl from your face. And then you puke.

Being hungover can also sometimes mean being dimly aware of the presence of the sun behind your drawn curtains, as it goes up, hangs there for a few hours and disappears again until tomorrow. And that's been the day.

All of this and throw in something which has happened me a couple of times and that is waking up crying. Yep, tears rolling down my face when I wake. I sit up and the headache is really something else.
I tell myself never again many times that day but inevitably it will happen. Some stag or something although I have learned to leave and just go home.

Arghus

Elliott S wrote: »

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Oh and to all who say you are not hungover if you can eat - nonsense.

It comes down to the difference between being depleted... and being destroyed.

Dr Crayfish

Arghus wrote: »

It comes down to the difference between being depleted... and being destroyed.

But you're just saying that there are different levels of hangovers. If I go out after work and don't eat and drink 10 pints or something like that, and am DYING at work the next day, but I'm able to eat... Am I not hungover? People's bodies react differently too.

TallGlass

Wasnt too bad today, considering I just done a quick tally in my head. I had around maybe 12/13 pints of Guinness. Usually, if I feel ****. I food coma myself and then have a nap. Water is great, I always try to get a pint in before bed and during. A quick walk always helps things out.

Gonna try keep of the booze for a while, turning into a bit of a excessive drinker, between yesterday and Friday I just realised I have had around 18/19 pints.

Arghus

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

But you're just saying that there are different levels of hangovers. If I go out after work and don't eat and drink 10 pints or something like that, and am DYING at work the next day, but I'm able to eat... Am I not hungover? People's bodies react differently too.

Ah yeah. For the record: all joking aside I know you can be hungover and feel relatively human.

But the days where you feel like you're in the grip of something monstrous, that someone, somewhere must surely be sticking a voodoo doll with your name on it full on pins and setting it alight over and over for the craic. They'll make you look with fondness at the other day afters where a lucozade might set you straight. Those are the days where I would truly say, yes, I am HUNGOVER. And eating? Eating! Pfft, forget all about that on those days of woe.

MadYaker

I don't think I've ever gotten a hangover that bad and it's not from lack of trying! I was out thursday, friday and saturday this week, was blackout drunk on friday and saturday night and I'm relatively ok today. Some people just don't get hangovers as bad as others.

Elliott S

Arghus wrote: »

It comes down to the difference between being depleted... and being destroyed.

I've had hangovers where I could eat plenty but where I otherwise felt like I'd been run over by a bus. That ain't just tiredness!

darkpagandeath

Gaggser wrote: »

Don't recall much of anything last night. Just awake. Could be dying.

You have various social media to let you know... I pity the new generation If you cant go out and not get reminded in the morning what's the point.

Stigura

Fusel Alcohol.

Any of you doubters want to experience a Real 'Hangover'?

Arghus, there. He has a grip on things.

Sorry. I haven't read the whole thread yet. Been feeling like total and absolute sh1t for the last couple of days and nights.

Noo

MadYaker wrote: »

I don't think I've ever gotten a hangover that bad and it's not from lack of trying! I was out thursday, friday and saturday this week, was blackout drunk on friday and saturday night and I'm relatively ok today. Some people just don't get hangovers as bad as others.

I'm guessing you are early to mid twenties?

The flying mouse

Arghus wrote: »

I'd second what a few posters have had to say: if you can eat you aren't hungover, just a bit wrecked. It can be hard for people who don't suffer like this to get their heads round it, to them feeling about 70% equals "dying". If you can hold down water things are beginning to improve. People who can post on the internet or Facebook that they are hungover are truly pretty far from it, in my opinion. If you can even comprehend eating a full breakfast then you're more or less cured in my book.

Being hungover as I understand it means: not knowing whether you'll poop or puke at my moment, even plain oul water sitting uncomfortably in the tum like a bag of evil and any thoughts of motor function that are sent up to your brain are shot back down from your splitting head and into your limbs again without any further useful instructions, aside from any clue you can garner from that omnipresent sound, kind of like a tape unspooling violently in the deck, that accompanies anything more physically ambitious then the mere thought of trying to remove your permanent scowl from your face. And then you puke.

Being hungover can also sometimes mean being dimly aware of the presence of the sun behind your drawn curtains, as it goes up, hangs there for a few hours and disappears again until tomorrow. And that's been the day.

That for me was the hangover on many a time, I would have sold my soul to the devil if he could have put me back right, alas I just lyed there and died a small death,sometimes for days. Promising never again.......until the next time :P:P

MilesMorales1

Stuff like this gives me a vague feeling of smugness, not being a drinker and therefore never having experienced a hangover :cool:

Wanderer78

MilesMorales1 wrote:

Stuff like this gives me a vague feeling of smugness, not being a drinker and therefore never having experienced a hangover

You ain't missing much

CarrickMcJoe

Jesus. wrote: »

I don't buy that Candie. Water never helped me out. I feel as bad as Gaggser but as Samaris said a fry up and a few pints always do the trick (even if the first pint is like hell to get down)

Maybe if you stopped turning it into wine it might help....

lee_baby_simms

Gaggser wrote: »

I am spewing up green and black gloop

That's guilt and shame in physical form.

andekwarhola

Gaggser wrote: »

Having the awful violent scutters on the Jax now

One would certainly hope so.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I'm hanging out of my rear end. I felt like a loser last night going home at 11:30. Til I remembered today that I was drinking from about half 1 that day. Ugh, I always feel cheated being sick on a day I make good choices and go home early.

To the shop with me.

Gunslinger92

I'm still not right today from saturday night

HensVassal

Down to the pub and get a Bloody Mary.....a proper Bloody Mary. Pint glass full of ice, double shot of Absolut, then filled with tomato juice, couple of dashes of tabasco, half teaspoon of chopped horseradish, generous few hits of cracked black pepper, slice of lime or lemon...then shake the whole combo.

Knock it back in 2 or 3 gulps.

Wait for the tomato and other ingredients to replenish your depleted potassium, electrolytes, vitamins, etc. Then get a nice pint of Bulmers in a glass of ice and a packet of salt and vinegar crisps and watch the telly or sit out in the beer garden to get some fresh air.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

On really bad hangovers though, death feels like it might be welcome. I was at a wedding a month or so ago, and my friend got so frightened she thought she'd have to bring me to hospital I was so hungover.

I was drinking til about 6am, puked a lot before sleeping. Had a great sleep. Got up feeling good, but quickly started vomitting rapidly. The more I was sick the worse I felt. It was so bad it went from vomitting every ten mins to standing up, walking outta the bathroom and having to go back in. We had to check out at 12, and at 20 past, I couldn't move. Reception was calling the room telling us to get out, so myself and my friend left but honestly, I didn't feel like I'd make it down one floor in a lift to the public toilets. She later told me she thought I was going to collapse while waiting for the lift as I was shaking like mad but my legs kept buckling underneath me.

Got into her car and she contemplated what to do with me. Does she go to the chemist, does she bring me to a doctor, or does she try feed me? We decided on going for food, and if I was no better then bringing me to the chemist.
Ugh, walking into the hotel, there was carvery on and a lot of screaming small kids, I order myself some lucozade because at this stage I've been sick so much, there's literally nothing left. All the green stuff is gone. All the black water is gone. All the foam is gone. I am literally vomitting air. I figured lucozade would give me sugar and give me something to puke. And it was so strange. Even though I was sick after the lucozade, even though that was in my tummy, when I heaved, it wasn't coming back up, it just made foam.

My friend insisted I eat, but the sheer effort of sitting upright made me unwell, and then the smell of carvery wafting around. I couldn't face it. She bought me soup and a roll and demanded I eat it. Couldn't touch the soup but had the roll. It was so strange. I had only had half the roll before I could feel the waves of nausea passing.

But I tell ya, laying on a public toilet floor, at 1pm on a Sunday afternoon, with kids running in and out, was a particularly low point in my life.

Elliott S

Elliott S wrote: »

I've tried the cure once out of curiosity, it didn't help at all, it was just depressing. "The cure" is just an excuse to justify drinking so soon again the next day. And unless I'm very, very hungover, I never have a problem eating. Anyway, eating food doesn't cure a hangover. The only thing that cures it is the second night's sleep.

Oh and to all who say you are not hungover if you can eat - nonsense.

All I can say is it works for me and anyone I drink with. I've gone from barely being able to contemplate anything but lying in bed, force myself up and out to the pub all the while on a very very thin line with getting sick or not. Force in the first pint and once into the second pint the relief starts to kick in and by the third I'd feel fairly normal. It would be 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening before I'd feel the same level of recovery with just water/soft drinks and food and only takes about an hour with the cure.

Also food very much helps with a hangover as it helps your stomach a lot to get food into it rather than have an empty irritated stomach and you get energy, salt etc from the food. It also just comforts you in general to have a big fry or a breakfast roll.

HensVassal

LexieOnRale wrote: »

On really bad hangovers though, death feels like it might be welcome. I was at a wedding a month or so ago, and my friend got so frightened she thought she'd have to bring me to hospital I was so hungover.

I was drinking til about 6am, puked a lot before sleeping. Had a great sleep. Got up feeling good, but quickly started vomitting rapidly. The more I was sick the worse I felt. It was so bad it went from vomitting every ten mins to standing up, walking outta the bathroom and having to go back in. We had to check out at 12, and at 20 past, I couldn't move. Reception was calling the room telling us to get out, so myself and my friend left but honestly, I didn't feel like I'd make it down one floor in a lift to the public toilets. She later told me she thought I was going to collapse while waiting for the lift as I was shaking like mad but my legs kept buckling underneath me.

Got into her car and she contemplated what to do with me. Does she go to the chemist, does she bring me to a doctor, or does she try feed me? We decided on going for food, and if I was no better then bringing me to the chemist.
Ugh, walking into the hotel, there was carvery on and a lot of screaming small kids, I order myself some lucozade because at this stage I've been sick so much, there's literally nothing left. All the green stuff is gone. All the black water is gone. All the foam is gone. I am literally vomitting air. I figured lucozade would give me sugar and give me something to puke. And it was so strange. Even though I was sick after the lucozade, even though that was in my tummy, when I heaved, it wasn't coming back up, it just made foam.

My friend insisted I eat, but the sheer effort of sitting upright made me unwell, and then the smell of carvery wafting around. I couldn't face it. She bought me soup and a roll and demanded I eat it. Couldn't touch the soup but had the roll. It was so strange. I had only had half the roll before I could feel the waves of nausea passing.

But I tell ya, laying on a public toilet floor, at 1pm on a Sunday afternoon, with kids running in and out, was a particularly low point in my life.

Wait a minute....black water?

Are you sure you hadn't heaved so violently that you ruptured some blood vessels in your stomach and were vomitting congealed blood?

The flying mouse

Tis a great thread for a Monday morning :-)

IamMetaldave

I had the hangover yesterday and THE WORST fear today. It's just a black hole.

slapper999

Don't worry everybody just want's to kill you, and look at you and talk about you, they'll get you one way or the other.

Arghus

slapper999 wrote: »

Don't worry everybody just want's to kill you, and look at you and talk about you, they'll get you one way or the other.

Interesting. A riff on the "fear" phenomeon.

I don't get the fear really. When I feel real low, it's too much higher brain function to even think about what everyone else thinks. It's an internal war.

slapper999

Well then only you can get you., that's not fear.

CINCLANTFLT

A good hard fap... Rub it all over yourself so that you are nice and sticky... Back to sleep...

pappyodaniel

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

A good hard fap... Rub it all over yourself so that you are nice and sticky... Back to sleep...

AH HERE!





LEAVE IT OUT!

bgr123

Lawrence Crashing Dime wrote: »

Breakfast roll, bottle of coke and get down to the local for a few afternoon cure pints and watch the soccer.

Dont call it the cure for nothing!

IamMetaldave

CINCLANTFLT wrote: »

A good hard fap... Rub it all over yourself so that you are nice and sticky... Back to sleep...

Jaysus.....

CINCLANTFLT

IamMetaldave wrote: »

Jaysus.....

Nice and sticky... mmmmmmmm