You need to eat and drink water while you’re drinking, not afterward.

So you had 3 beers (2.5 to be exact), then ate something light and drank water and the next day, felt like you drank alcohol the night before and are surprised cause you thought that today, you’d feel like you had no alcohol.

You need to drink less, eat / have water while your drinking, and still expect to feel some effect next day.

Anonymous wrote:I always seem to forget to eat much before I drink, which I know doesn’t help.

Yesterday I had 2.5 light beers, with a light dinner afterwards and I had tons of water and 2 advil before bed, and even still, today is a semi wasted day for me. I ran some errands this morning, but then needed a long nap. No headache but I feel out of it.

To those who drink, what do you do to prevent this?

And again, abstinence is not an acceptable answer. Move on

You probably don't process alcohol like an average person. There are some ethnicities - particularly Asian - for whom alcohol is especially disagreeable. But 2.5 light beers shouldn't be an issue for anyone the following day. I would get your liver and pancreas checked the next time you go to a doctor.

As for recovering from a hangover, brothy things are helpful - like pho or ramen, especially with an egg. Alcohol inhibits your body's ability to process nutrients and a salty broth will help a lot. Follow with a banana for the potassium and wash it all down with pedialyte. Take a B complex, folic acid, and magnesium. Avoid coffee or caffeine, which will only exacerbate the hangxiety. And hydrate. Go for a walk to get some endorphins going, which will help.

But 2.5 light beers should not be an issue for any healthy adult unless they have the enzyme that makes processing alcohol so difficult, which is typically present among those from Asian descent.

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Anonymous wrote:Milk Thistle before you drink and before bed. Scouts honor.

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No studies have come out to 'prove' it helps hangovers, but I definitely notice a difference when I forget to take some before or after having had some drinks. A friend first gave me some for this purpose a few years ago and I was skeptical but it works for me. (And if it is just a placebo effect then, well, it still works!)

I also agree that drinking higher quality drinks helps mitigate hangovers. Light beers are not high quality.

Drink less. Instead of 2.5 beers, drink 1.

Liquid IV. Costco has. Drink before and after drinking

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Anonymous wrote:“I feel terrible when I drink alcohol. What can I do? Don’t tell me not to drink alcohol”

Pretty much. I was OP a few years back but ultimately mostly stopped drinking. I will now have ONE drink sometimes socially, for fun, but only with food and plenty of water and I will often take headache medication proactively before bed.

I found my alcohol tolerance went south fast in my 40s, post-kids, even though my overall health improved (eating great, more consistent exercise, just better lifestyle overall with better sleep and gut health). My doctor thinks there is a link between peri-menopause/menopause and alcohol tolerance, and says she's seen a lot of women with my same issue (migraines or tension headaches triggered by mild to moderate alcohol intake) and there doesn't appear to be a silver bullet.

Your doctor isn’t an alcohol specialist. It’s not like she told you anything meaningful

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Anonymous wrote:I always seem to forget to eat much before I drink, which I know doesn’t help.

Yesterday I had 2.5 light beers, with a light dinner afterwards and I had tons of water and 2 advil before bed, and even still, today is a semi wasted day for me. I ran some errands this morning, but then needed a long nap. No headache but I feel out of it.

To those who drink, what do you do to prevent this?

And again, abstinence is not an acceptable answer. Move on

Are you over 70 and less than 100lbs? Do you have liver problems or kidney issues?
Or were those 2 drinks pitcher sized? I really don't see how that is possible to be hungover from not even being legally intoxicated, much less to the point of drunkenness.

That's enough for me to get a hangover (but not intoxicated). I almost never drink, though.

Something's not quite right there. Could be genetic. Certain ethnic backgrounds have genetics that make it hard to break down ethanol, so that could be it.

I'd suggest hydrating before drinking, and also after. Milk is also an old and highly effective preventative and especially hangover cure, as it has all the proper electrolytes, unlike all the unhealthy sports drinks which are loaded in salt and potassium only.

Other than that, drink QUALITY drinks, not those cheap adjunct rice and corn brewed nasty American Pilsner style lagers, as they are garbage. Any beer marketed as "light" will be one of those. Junk.

Milk? Really? Do you drink it before you drink?

Beers. What do you recommend?

When I drink IPA, I’ve noticed I feel tipsy faster and also get a headache soon after.

I randomly had Michelob ultra light at a bbq recently and I felt much better.

Anonymous wrote:“I feel terrible when I drink alcohol. What can I do? Don’t tell me not to drink alcohol”

Pretty much. I was OP a few years back but ultimately mostly stopped drinking. I will now have ONE drink sometimes socially, for fun, but only with food and plenty of water and I will often take headache medication proactively before bed.

I found my alcohol tolerance went south fast in my 40s, post-kids, even though my overall health improved (eating great, more consistent exercise, just better lifestyle overall with better sleep and gut health). My doctor thinks there is a link between peri-menopause/menopause and alcohol tolerance, and says she's seen a lot of women with my same issue (migraines or tension headaches triggered by mild to moderate alcohol intake) and there doesn't appear to be a silver bullet.

Obviously quit drinking, but abstinence is crazy, unless your doctor said something knock yourself out.

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Anonymous wrote:I always seem to forget to eat much before I drink, which I know doesn’t help.

Yesterday I had 2.5 light beers, with a light dinner afterwards and I had tons of water and 2 advil before bed, and even still, today is a semi wasted day for me. I ran some errands this morning, but then needed a long nap. No headache but I feel out of it.

To those who drink, what do you do to prevent this?

And again, abstinence is not an acceptable answer. Move on

Are you over 70 and less than 100lbs? Do you have liver problems or kidney issues?
Or were those 2 drinks pitcher sized? I really don't see how that is possible to be hungover from not even being legally intoxicated, much less to the point of drunkenness.

That amount of alcohol would absolutely have the same effect on me at the age of 49. 29, not so much.

That's a sign your organs are not that well.

No, it isn’t. I’m op. Healthy. I weigh 120 and 2.5 beers absolutely makes me feel tipsy

Me too!

Two 8 hr Tylenol before bed.

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Anonymous wrote:I always seem to forget to eat much before I drink, which I know doesn’t help.

Yesterday I had 2.5 light beers, with a light dinner afterwards and I had tons of water and 2 advil before bed, and even still, today is a semi wasted day for me. I ran some errands this morning, but then needed a long nap. No headache but I feel out of it.

To those who drink, what do you do to prevent this?

And again, abstinence is not an acceptable answer. Move on

Are you over 70 and less than 100lbs? Do you have liver problems or kidney issues?
Or were those 2 drinks pitcher sized? I really don't see how that is possible to be hungover from not even being legally intoxicated, much less to the point of drunkenness.

That amount of alcohol would absolutely have the same effect on me at the age of 49. 29, not so much.

That's a sign your organs are not that well.

No, not really. Hangovers aren't caused by alcohol staying in your system longer.

More likely, if you can drink significantly more than this without a hangover, you're probably an alcoholic.

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Anonymous wrote:I always seem to forget to eat much before I drink, which I know doesn’t help.

Yesterday I had 2.5 light beers, with a light dinner afterwards and I had tons of water and 2 advil before bed, and even still, today is a semi wasted day for me. I ran some errands this morning, but then needed a long nap. No headache but I feel out of it.

To those who drink, what do you do to prevent this?

And again, abstinence is not an acceptable answer. Move on

Are you over 70 and less than 100lbs? Do you have liver problems or kidney issues?
Or were those 2 drinks pitcher sized? I really don't see how that is possible to be hungover from not even being legally intoxicated, much less to the point of drunkenness.

That amount of alcohol would absolutely have the same effect on me at the age of 49. 29, not so much.

That's a sign your organs are not that well.

No, it isn’t. I’m op. Healthy. I weigh 120 and 2.5 beers absolutely makes me feel tipsy

There it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I always seem to forget to eat much before I drink, which I know doesn’t help.

Yesterday I had 2.5 light beers, with a light dinner afterwards and I had tons of water and 2 advil before bed, and even still, today is a semi wasted day for me. I ran some errands this morning, but then needed a long nap. No headache but I feel out of it.

To those who drink, what do you do to prevent this?

And again, abstinence is not an acceptable answer. Move on

Are you over 70 and less than 100lbs? Do you have liver problems or kidney issues?
Or were those 2 drinks pitcher sized? I really don't see how that is possible to be hungover from not even being legally intoxicated, much less to the point of drunkenness.

That amount of alcohol would absolutely have the same effect on me at the age of 49. 29, not so much.

That's a sign your organs are not that well.

It's actually not a sign of that at all but you believe what you want.

Denial is one of the stages of aging. Get a checkup. Exercise and get in better health.
Abstain from harmful activity if you are unwell.