Sick of feeling awful after drinking

[Lottapianos]

I went to the pub last night and had 2.5 pints of ale, then went out for dinner and only had fizzy water. Today I feel tired, spaced out and have a faint headache. God its PATHETIC! This is a regular thing for me - I have 2 or 3 drinks, plus food, plus water, and yet can still really feel the booze the next day.

I'm 40 and this has been a thing for several years now. I dont want to go out on the lash, I just want to have 2-3 drinks, a couple of nights a week and not know about it the next day. I REALLY enjoy a drink and dont want to have to give it up. I eat really well and exercise, and drink plenty of water and I'm generally in good health. Can anyone relate, and does anyone have any advice? Thanks!

42 and I have such a bad headache and am exhausted from sharing a bottle of red last night with DH. I just want to cry! I have Becks Blue and need to just stick with that.

I was the same, until I read about taking Dioralyte sachets. These are to replace fluids after a bout of diarrhoea. I could not believe the impact! I take one before I drink, one before bed then another when I awake. No headaches at all. Unbelievable. I used to have a migraine and literally be sick all day long after just a few drinks. They are amazing. You can get supermarket cheaper alternatives, Asda's rehydration ones are fab.

Having said this, I've not had a drink since before lockdown..... I may well need more than Dioralyte for my next social event.

Thanks firecracker69, they're going on my shopping list!

This is a bit outing - but trust me- stick to European white wine; preferably French.
Much reduced hangovers.

Definately going to try dioralyte.
I always forget to drink a load of water before bed as well.
For some of us it is not related to age as several posters have complained here that they have suffered badly from a young age.
I do agree with the holiday drinking, drink every night and you eventually do not get a hangover., unfortunately I have not had a holiday for several years.

'This is a bit outing - but trust me- stick to European white wine; preferably French.
Much reduced hangovers'

Interesting, thanks

H says he feels fine after night on bottled beers but rubbish if he has had draught.

Why is that outing?

I've had to pack In drinking !!! ( day 6) I'm 54 and wine started to make we feel horrendous... anxious, hot, argumentative!!! .... early days but I feel way better this week

@IHaveBrilloHair

Why is that outing?

Because my mean friends laugh at me about it all the time 😅

What is it about drinking that you like so much ?
The relaxation or the confidence boost or...?

Whoops name change fail! Even more outing lol...

Used to be a big big beer monster and then went on to spirits a few years ago ..after one vodka session couldnt move for a day and a little voice in my head told me I had to make a choice about my drinking ..if i carried on as I was things would be bad .
I stopped totally for about ten years , now have the occasional gin and tonic , though had two bad experiences on different occasions, one a with a strong pale ale and another a sharp lemon cocktail where I had vertigo the next day..my eyes were bobbing all over the place apparently..sticking to gin and mineral water from now on and wary of that tbh.

'What is it about drinking that you like so much ?'

I love the taste. I love the flavours in a good cocktail that I have mixed myself. I love matching wine or beer with food. I dont drink to get drunk, and I often go out for dinner and only drink fizzy water, but I love being able to have a drink or two when I fancy it. I really enjoy it, but I LOATHE and resent feeling shitty the next day

@Therollockingrogue

What is it about drinking that you like so much ? The relaxation or the confidence boost or...?

The flavours! Beer and wine are both delicious! There is literally nothing better than a cold pint of Bavarian weissbier or Czech pilsner on a hot summer’s day, or a pint of rich, hoppy English ale after long autumn walk to the pub.

'Bavarian weissbier or Czech pilsner on a hot summer’s day, or a pint of rich, hoppy English ale after long autumn walk to the pub.'

Could not agree more! You're clearly a person of excellent taste

Same here. Can you tell from my username that I keep powering through 🤦‍♀️😂

I was never one of those people who didn't get hangovers, but it used to be after drinking much more and nothing that a good fry up and coke couldn't fix. I'd usually be back to normal by lunch time.

Now if I have more than 3, I'll usually feel pretty awful for at least the following day.

I do get different types of hangovers depending on what I drink. Also they vary at different times of the month too. I'm very hormone lead 😔

I would try a different drink OP and see how you get on. You're like me, as it's your only real vice and so I do understand your reluctance to give up completely.

I have found hangovers have got less as I have got older. I'm now perimenopausal, so my experience is the opposite to others.
I do seem to go through phases of being horrendously ill the next day after just a half of lager, or being able to drink a whole bottle of wine and being absolutely fine.
I also tend to wake up at about 3 or 4am after drinking, but I often wake up in the night anyway, so whatever! If I feel a bit headachey in the night I take paracetemol and tend to be fine the next day.

I stick to locally brewed proper ales rather than mass produced ones.

38 here and have cut out all but a very occasional glass of wine for this reason.

Around the age of 45 , I discovered that I can't drink that much anymore and now it's just one or two with food , if that!
I sleep better too if I don't have a drink.