Poll of the Day > finally experienced a real hangover in my mid 30s

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jesus christ people were right its day 3 and im still not 100% back to normal.

my drinking days are over.

day 3?

I dont think you had a hangover I think you nearly died of alcohol poisoning

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I've never had this for more than a day. I rarely get them though. Also "my drinking days are over" is always hollow in this case as you'll drink alcohol again.

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SaltyAndSweet posted...

day 3?

I dont think you had a hangover I think you nearly died of alcohol poisoning

a month ago i drank a lot more than usual because it was right after hurricane ida and we had no power and it was miserable

had both a blackout and a hangover for the first time that night/morning, it kinda sucked

am 29

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Hanover aren't supposed to last for multiple days regardless of age, you have alcohol poisoning my guy.

Technically speaking, a hangover is the result of alcohol poisoning, especially if vomiting is involved. But yeah, I've never had a multi day hangover. I generally feel better by late afternoon the next day at the latest

wwinterj25 posted...

I've never had this for more than a day. I rarely get them though. Also "my drinking days are over" is always hollow in this case as you'll drink alcohol again.

Ehh.

When I hit 40, I finally started feeling alcohol. When I was younger, I never really got hangovers or anything, but now when I drink even a drink or two, I tend to feel a bit stretched out and tired the next day, with an occasional headache thrown in. At which point I kind of stopped drinking entirely, because I don't really like feeling that way.

I still might potentially get drunk on July 4th (the main drinking holiday of the year for me and my friends), but since the pandemic hit we really haven't gotten together so I haven't had anything to drink then either. So for me, for now at least, "I'm probably not going to drink much again, if ever" has actually been pretty easy to stick to.

Granted, I've only really been a periodic social drinker since college anyway (so it's not like I was drinking multiple times a week as-is), but over the last 30 years I've basically gone from casual drinking, to tons of drinking, to casual drinking, to mostly being teetotal.

Though I admit, the "I swear I'll never drink again" line does tend to be BS the younger you are when you say it. Which reminds me of an old classic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eceSHKqwUPY
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