Almost 30 and I don’t remember ever getting such a bad hangover. Heck, I used to get sober on the way home before even crashing on the bed.

  • I’ve never actually had a hangover. I have no idea what they feel like other than, from inference, bad.

    And I drink.

    I have been drunk in the past too, though I really don’t like the sensation so try to avoid it.

    Perhaps instead of age there’s something else that’s causing your hangover?

  • cageythree@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    24 hours ago

    Idk if hangovers are more intensive for me or if I’m just overly sensitive, but I’ve stopped getting drunk simply because of hangovers. I’m just past the point where the upsides of drinking alcohol aren’t worth the intensity of the hangover after it. It’s just not fun anymore.

    And I don’t understand how people the same age as me or older still get wasted and just shrug at the hangover, if they even have one. I still drink alcohol rarely, but probably never get wasted at memory-loss level ever again.

  • dreugeworst@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    yep, I’ve been discovering the virtues of low-alcohol beer. perhaps they had it right in the middle ages with small beer

  • MintyFresh@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    Ya, whenever I think about having a drink, I immediately start calculating how long I’ll feel like shit after. If I don’t have an entire day I can set aside to feel awful I don’t even. It’s rarely worth it

  • thingAmaBob@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    Once I hit my 30s I ditched alcohol and switched to weed. All but two of my friends stopped drinking once we entered our 30s.

  • ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    I can still tolerate drinking fairly well, but I probably drink too much. In general it is an immunosuppressant so it’s a bad drug to consume regularly. I grew up in a drinking family and a drinking area. I am deciding in my middle age that the benefits are too far below the costs. Sticking more to edibles for my unwind time after a hard day.

  • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    I’m in my 40s and haven’t drank anything in over a month at this point. I never really drank heavily, but I hate how it makes me feel in general. I also looked around at the men my age and they all have dad bod with the gut. In the words of Radiohead: I’m “fitter, happier, more productive.”

  • TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    Yeah as you get older you really need to make sure you’re drinking enough water before you knock out and probably get something in your stomach otherwise you’re in for a bad time.

    Might be a placebo but drinking those “liquid IV” mixes have been a game changer since once I’m drunk enough I don’t like to drink regular water but I can convince drunk me to drink those at least and it’s saved me so many hangovers lol

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      21 hours ago

      When I was younger that was enough to totally avoid a hangover, but over time it got to be more like a way to make it less bad, still going to have a headache at least no matter what at two drinks or more.

    • Gerudo@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      24 hours ago

      Hydration is so huge for hangover prevention. If I’m going hard for some reason, I’ll chase shots with those IV mixes.

    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 day ago

      I have salty watermelon Promix packs that I’ll mix into water when needed. They’re primarily for my workouts, but they’re great for getting you hydrated quickly when drinking.

  • misk@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    I was always hungover when drinking young. Then I stopped getting hangovers because I had an alcohol problem. YMMV.

  • Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 day ago

    I’ve never tolerated alcohol well so for me it’s just as bad now as it was when I was a teen. I just get sleepy which makes me want to go home at 12 and the day afterward I spend half my day puking, even after just a couple of beers.