You wake up in the morning feeling horrible and wanting to just literally die. At this point all the enjoyment from the night before fades into oblivion.
See the things we all do wrong, because well, we’ve all been there.
1. OK so this one is probably the least surprising of the bunch. But while we know we should be doing it, we almost never do.
The ethanol in alcohol has a dehydrating effect, which is why you feel so desperate for liquid when you wake up, but alternating your alcoholic bevs with hydrating ones could help to minimise this impact.
“Drinking plenty of water and soft drinks helps to optimise your levels of hydration and can help avoid a hangover, providing you drink within a sensible limit,” Paul details. Plus, following the one-for-one rule paces your consumption and stops you drinking too quickly, which is another guaranteed ticket to terrible hangover city.
2. Forget ‘eating is cheating’ – it’s never a good idea to drink on an empty stomach, but even when you do eat, it’s important to consider the kind of snacks that you’re choosing carefully.
3. Not only does being ‘out out’ typically mean getting to bed late, research shows that being drunk can have a negative effect on the quality of sleep you do end up getting. So, although you might nod off faster after a few gins, you’ll still wake up feeling drained.
4. In 2012, a study of college students revealed that those who smoked reported much worse hangover symptoms than those who didn’t – and the symptoms got even worse when they smoked the following morning.
5. In 2012, a study of college students revealed that those who smoked reported much worse hangover symptoms than those who didn’t – and the symptoms got even worse when they smoked the following morning.
