Not getting hungover is one reason I decided I need to deliberately dial down the booze! other night I had a 16 oz high alcohol beer, a large Negroni, and then a 6% alcohol dry cider … and felt nothing the next day. Oops. |
I am the same way. I suggested electrolytes and bread and butter upthread. Butter lines your stomach and alcohol isn’t absorbed as much. You won’t get as tipsy but you’ll hold up well through the night |
People saying to take Tylenol are either sadistically trolling, or plain evil. Tylenol is hard on the liver, and combinding it with ethanol can be very harmful and even deadly. |
The F kind of drugs are you on? |
You’re right, they weren’t light. I just checked and 5% ABV. That’s regular, isn’t it? I drank them over the course of 3.5 hours but I wasn’t eating and I didn’t drink water. But the advice I was hoping for was more specific because ‘rules’ are easier to take in and follow rather than just ‘eat less, drink more’… ykwim? |
. The accurate term is “drunk.” |
Means nothing. That's not that much, assuming you are a man over 150lbs, if you are healthy. Hangovers are a sign of over consumption and toxic buildup of acetates and is caused by consuming badly made alcoholic drinks, or having a body or genetics that doesn't handle the breakdown of the toxin well. A healthy person won't have a hangover or negative effects from 5 drinks or less the next day, unless they drink junk, eat carbs with it, and don't hydrate, or have a faulty liver. A sign you need to dial back drinking is weight gain, or if you get drunk on less than 3-5 drinks, then something is amiss and you are in the damaging stage of drinking. |
Good tips, thank you. I need to plan better when I drink. It feels silly but I hate feeling out of it for a day afterwards when I drink |
Tell us you're an alcoholic without telling us you're an alcoholic. |
That was an old wives tale about the butter, or a troll. Stomach acid doesn't care. Alcohol is being absorbed by the body as soon as it hits your lips, and the majority is absorbed by the small intestines. Eating food with alcohol = weight gain and fast. The body cannot metabolize food when you drink, so it's all stored as fat until the alcohol is digested and broken down completely. Is why Sumo Wrestlers and other large athletes and bodybuilders even will drink several pints of beer a day in the offseason when dirty bulking. |
Retired doctor and former competitive athlete. Though I still do marathons. You are projecting or have some mental issues. |
Yup, only sick people get hangovers from 5 of fewer drinks. ![]() |
Op, this is were you went wrong. You never drink for 3.5 hours without eating or drinking water. By the time you ate, the alcohol was already in your blood, and while the glass or two of water you drank may have decreased your dehydration a bit, they did little to offset. If you want to not feel bad, you need to eat while drinking. So have a glass of beer, have some heavy appetizer (preferably fat/ protein), and a glass of water. You’ll end up consuming less beer this way, but also it will be with food and water in your stomach and won’t dehydrate you so much. Seriously, what’s the point of you eating after 3.5 hours of drinking on an empty stomach? |
Maybe you need 87 more min of exercise a day, than just shuffling to those AA meetings? Not a cop also are you? ![]() |
Sweetheart, I'm also a competitive athlete and workout daily. Today was my rest day: a 5 mile walk, house clean, and some yard work. If you need 5+ drinks to experience an effect, you're body's trying to tell you something. And it's not good news. |