To have had enough of hangovers

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It was my birthday celebrations last night and I went out with friends. I had copious amounts of wine and have woken up this morning feeling awful. Pounding head, anxiety, groggy, tired. Why don’t I ever learn? The older I’m getting, the more I think I’ve just had enough of it. I don’t drink that much usually but I just over indulge on these nights and then feel awful the next day. Anyone else feel this way?

I had my very last drink on Christmas day, so 50 days so far and it's great. None of that disgusting dry mouth in the morning, the palpitations, the acid reflux, the puffy face and the pounding head.
It's just not worth it for me.

I stop at two drinks, hangovers are not worth wasting my day off feeling like shit

I think with age, your ability to handle it declines. I don’t miss it now. I’m mid forties.

Can't be doing with hangovers so I just don't drink. Even on holiday I might have a couple of mojitos with an evening meal and then stop, I'd much rather wake up the next day with a fresh head. I also hate that drunk feeling. I find I don't get nothing out of it anymore, I was getting a hangover while I was still drinking !!

I love a drink, but now mid 40's, my ageing organs just don't deal with it as well as they did when they were younger and fresh and perky.
So I don't often get drunk these days as I can't bear the horrors of the next day.

If I ever do get drunk, it's because I've been on the Pub Wine.

I'm feeling exactly the same as you today!

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Does anyone ever think “never again”?

I did, and managed to give up for 18 mths. But then I started again, except now get a hangover on much less alcohol. Am seriously considering giving it up again.

Just know your limits, or don't drink alcohol. You can celebrate without it.

Too much Alcohol makes me anxious. I can handle one small glass of wine. That’s it.
Used to drink tons.
Now I have three tiny glasses a week. One fri one sat and one sun.

Couldn’t be doing with a hangover nowadays. Pushing 40 and three kids.

Thanks so much for everyone’s responses. It’s really good food for thought!!
I’m late 30s and a mum. Luckily my daughter was being babysat at my mils. But I just felt like I had let her down today. She would be none the wiser so I think it’s the anxiety talking but that’s what I’m so fed up with! I had such a fun night, proper belly laughs and a bit of dancing. But it’s NOT worth how I’ve felt today. I said to my partner “enough is enough” today. I’ve just got to be strict with myself and next time there is a party … just limit myself to say 3 drinks and then onto sparkling water.

I feel about the same as you today.
Rarely drink now after having ds but the couple of times I have, it makes me feel terrible the next day. Puffy face, bad skin and a horrid feeling of anxiety. Definitely not worth it but I usually forget after a while.

I hate the “fear” … did I say something/do something stupid? I know I didn’t (I can remember) but I still had moments where I was probably talking too loud or not listening to people attentively

Get yourself a few pints of water and an early night. Hang-xiety is awful. I get it every time I drink, even if I’ve only had 1 or 2 glasses of wine. Together with a horrendous sleep and the awful dry mouth….. why do we do it to ourselves?

I rarely drink now in my early 50's but was always drying with a hangover after a night out when younger, anxiety for days, physically ill, felt awful, turns out have gluten intolerance. If have a drink now on rare occasions have a gin with cranberry juice or cider, anything that does not have gluten in it and shocked no hangover at all. Next time you drink try something that has no gluten. Even when younger if had one or two drink felt awful, like as if poisening the body.

I can drink till I pass out and i never get hangovers. It’s very weird but when I drink o get ravenous so I always eat something and that helps. My father was an alcoholic and I think I have his tolerance for drinking. I can have a slight headache when I wake up but a couple of paracetamol and I’m good to go, I have never felt ‘rough’

Weird thing is I could drink all night as drank first few slow and always ate before went out but most down the first few and are so drunk so fast but I still be going at 4am and am a happy drunk. But feeling so ill the next day and for says after can be gluten intolerance. Happy Belated Birthday by the way...Eat some thing sweet and salty to replace sugars or dioralyte.

Yes fair enough. I've massively cut down. I used to be a happy wino but it's just not worth it these days. Non alcoholic beer is a game changer. There's some really nice ones out there if you do a bit of research/ hunting around. I never drink more than two alcoholic drinks of an evening now, maybe once a week, or less, and I feel better for it.

Thanks all. Such interesting point of views and so much I can relate to.

I think that’s why I posted today. I needed to hear it “isn’t just me”. Some solidarity I guess.

I wish drinking wasn’t such a big part of our culture. I love sharing a bottle of wine, slowly with some food. So I can’t see myself going T total. But something has to give on nights out … I just can’t do this anymore

I grew out of hangovers at about 24 years old. Life is so much better without alcohol. There are plenty of nice soft drinks and it seems so juvenile to me now to drink to get drunk.

I am 47 find for half the month now even one glass of wine makes me feel groggy and brain foggy and nauseous the next day. Bloody annoying

Honestly, I’m doing dry feb and I usually only drink at weekends, so it’s not a big deal, but when I’m socialising, yes I like to drink with my friends, no one gets slurring drunk but we drink too much, laugh, dance, sing, talk shit and are drunk. I just see thr hangover as the price I need to pay every few weeks. I don’t want to not do that. 🤷‍♀️

Yes oP so now I refuse to do it. I get called boring by DH and others in my circles but I don't give a shit. I don't want to do that to my body anymore and refuse to, so now I have one of two drinks max. I might go on a blowout once a year and the last time I did said I'm not even going to do that - it feels too frequent lol

I have one small glass of wine or a cocktail a month and that's more than enough. Getting tipsy is only fun for half an hour then I would start getting sleepy. What's the fun? I had the best and most fun nights out with no and very little alcohol. I sleep better and feel so fresh the morning after, full of nice, not awful memories. It is a habit. Same as cutting down on sale or sugar or caffeine, you get used to it. Think about the cost of getting drunk too. There are so many delicious alcohol-free cocktails these days, and I am telling you, no one care what you hold in your hand!