Is it possible to get drunk and not have a hangover the next day???

eoghan h

Exactly what it says in the title......

When I started drinking at 15/16 I used to be able to drink myself senseless and not feel the effects in the morning but not anymore!! I ****ING HATE HANGOVERS!

Anyone have any suggestions??? Beer? Spirits? Alcopops?

eoghan h

I hope this thread isnt breaking the rules??? I'm not trying to promote getting drunk...I just want to find out what drinks leave people feeling great in the morning lol.

Miller for me gives me the worst head aches of all time!

MrJoeSoap

Have you tried the Lifeline tablets they sell in off-licenses?

ball ox

Nope, although the extent of your hangover can depend on what you drink. i.e. I'd rather be hung over from drinking Guinness than wine any day. I also find that if you smoke 20 fags when your on the piss your hangover is far worse.

Jimbo

Eat plenty, drink loads of water before you go to bed with a couple panadols and/or glass of andrews and sleep it out for as much as you can. Only solution I've found

MargeS

eoghan h wrote: »

Miller for me gives me the worst head aches of all time!

Your hangovers definitely get worse as you get older.
Budweiser kills me, but Miller is fine. I have stopped drinking wine when I'm out because the hangovers last 2 days.

I don't get hangovers from anything.

IanCurtis

I think your frame of mind has a lot to do with it too.

A hangover in Christmas Day is far easier than say tomorrow morning, even if you're up the same time etc!

MarkR

I can drink half a bottle of whiskey (Bourbon I suppose really - Jack Daniels) and have no hangover the next day (don't worry - was just news years eve or something, not a regular occurance!) but 6 beers and I feel a little worse for wear.

I would advocate alternating in a soft drink, as well as a pint of water before bed (and more next to you while you sleep - keep drinking if you wake up at night).

Green Hornet

Dont think so unfortunately. I'm the same. Used to be able to drink gallons and not have any after effects when I was 18 or so but now I dread the thoughts of a big session! Takes days to get over it. Often wondered if I'm allergic to something in the beer.

Jimbo

Moonbaby wrote: »

I don't get hangovers from anything.

Wow, so no ill-effects for getting plastered?
Most people would be alcoholics if it weren't for hangovers

Faith

The key I've found is taking two ibuprofen, drinking a pint of water and having two slices of toast at night before going to sleep.

jimbo78

jimbo78 wrote: »

Wow, so no ill-effects for getting plastered?
Most people would be alcoholics if it weren't for hangovers

I don't drink particularly often, I enjoy myself just as well without it.
That might be the reason I don't get hangovers. Apparently they think some of the effects of hangover are caused by mineral deficenies caused by alcohol consumption.

eoghan h

i've never tried lifeline tablets...but never had anyone reccommend them either!

Stangely enough on Stephens night I just drank JD and I wasn't feeling too bad in the morning.......problem with drinking JD is it gets you waaaaay too drunk!

One of my friends drinks alot of water before he goes to bed after a session but he usually ends up pissing the bed so I'm afraid to drink too much water!

BaZmO*

One of the biggest factors in getting a hangover is the fact that alcohol dehydrates your body. Rehydrating yourself with plenty of water throughout the night and next day helps. But if you've got a weak bladder it can be a pain.

I also think that some people are just more prone to getting hangovers and this increases as you get older. Although I have a friend that has always gotten really bad hangovers, so bad that if I were him I'd give up drinking.

BeerNut

eoghan h wrote: »

I used to be able to drink myself senseless and not feel the effects in the morning but not anymore! ... Anyone have any suggestions?

At the risk of sounding like someone's Dad, don't aim to drink yourself senseless.

rubadub

Avoid drinking methanol if you can. Apple juice has methanol in it, when fermented it has even more. Red wine, brandy, cheap whiskey, cheap quickly brewed beer (bud) are all full of methanol and other nasties (cogeners).

Rum is a good choice, or good vodkas, I find skyy vodka is especially good.

The best way to get alcohol devoid of all the crap is to make your own.

www.homedistiller.org

Guys on their got poorly made homedistilled stuff and sent it off for testing with a regular brand. The commercial stuff had far higher levels of other chemicals, other than ethanol. And that was poorly made stuff, with decent equipment it can be extremely pure.

Drink lots of water during and after drinking.

FruitLover

I'd drink a bottle of wine or a fair bit of spirits (easily go through half a bottle of Southern Comfort myself) the odd time, with little ill-effect bar a bit of tiredness. I find that as long as you keep hydrated and limit yourself to one type of drink, it's not so bad.

jimbo78 wrote: »

go to bed with a couple panadols

BAD idea. Paracetamol in combination with excess of alcohol will beat the crap out of your liver. Plus, what's the point in taking painkillers when you're going to be asleep?

BeerNut

rubadub wrote: »

The best way to get alcohol devoid of all the crap is to make your own.

www.homedistiller.org

Guys on their got poorly made homedistilled stuff and sent it off for testing with a regular brand. The commercial stuff had far higher levels of other chemicals, other than ethanol. And that was poorly made stuff, with decent equipment it can be extremely pure.

Extremely pure and utterly balls-out illegal in this country.

oblivious

BeerNut wrote: »

Extremely pure and utterly balls-out illegal in this country.

and very dangerous, remember the term blind drunk!

kenmc

Pre-emptive paracetamol often works for me.
Usually don't have too much of a hangover if I stay on beers, which I usually do. And just know when to stop really. My body tells me to go home when it's done. I literally just get up, get my coat and go. Don't even usually manage to say goodbye to people!

BeerNut

So you don't normally run a tab, then? Or at least not twice in the same bar...

ChristOnAStick

Yep, I swear by the ol' pint of water before your go to sleep. The main cause of a hangover is dehydration so 1 pint minimum, drinking more helps.
Also fruit or juice in the morning will fill you with natural sugars which aid water retention.
If you ARE still dying the next day, avoid caffeine, stock up on nicotine, and go back to bed!

shrapnel222

pure ethanol is the way to go. use it with mixers and no hangover

Frisbee

I can go through the bones of a bottle of vodka on a big session and still function the next day.
But give me six pints and the next day ill be a complete mess.
Its wierd...

donaghs

kenmc wrote: »

Pre-emptive paracetamol often works for me.
Usually don't have too much of a hangover if I stay on beers, which I usually do. And just know when to stop really. My body tells me to go home when it's done. I literally just get up, get my coat and go. Don't even usually manage to say goodbye to people!

Might want to get some more expert advice on this, but as mentioned before, I understand Paracetamol can be tough on the liver, so regular mixing with alcohol (especially hangover-inducing amounts) is to be avoided. Alcohol also apparently increases the risk of paracetamol toxicity. Drugs like aspirin are recommended in its place for hangovers, but I don't know about pre-emptive use.

Personally, my own way of avoiding hangovers if I know I'll be having a lot of booze: Have good meal before-hand, and eat while drinking if possible. Stick to beer, only one type. Preferable a German-Pils type beer in a bottle so you know exactly what you are getting. Drink water in between drinks and before I go to bed. Get a good sleep. But its never a predictable experience!:D

rubadub

BeerNut wrote: »

Extremely pure and utterly balls-out illegal in this country.

But have you ever heard of a single person in Ireland being prosecuted for distillation for their own use?
You could also go live in one of the several countries where it is legal. Or just get a cheap ryanair flight, make it and bring it back!

oblivious wrote: »

and very dangerous, remember the term blind drunk!

Yep methanol will turn you blind drunk, that is what that site is all about, making pure ethanol, as an alternative to the methanol laden commercial alcohol out there.

There is a section on alcohol myths on the site, that is the main one. You see the odd article in papers where people go blind on "moonshine", usually it is people selling industrial methanol as ethanol, not home distilled stuff. Methanol costs more to produce than ethanol, no "moonshiner" would make it as a cheap alternative! Criminal gangs would steal it from industrial plants though.

Grow your own & distil your own, only way to know it is quality

Frisbee wrote: »

I can go through the bones of a bottle of vodka on a big session and still function the next day.
But give me six pints and the next day ill be a complete mess.
Its wierd...

Not weird at all, beer is full of congeners and methanol, good vodka has very little. Hydration is only half the story.

Green Hornet

donaghs wrote: »

Might want to get some more expert advice on this, but as mentioned before, I understand Paracetamol can be tough on the liver, so regular mixing with alcohol (especially hangover-inducing amounts) is to be avoided. Alcohol also apparently increases the risk of paracetamol toxicity. Drugs like aspirin are recommended in its place for hangovers, but I don't know about pre-emptive use.

Hi. I have a degree in chemistry and although I'm not a pharmacist I think I'm qualified enough to know thats good advice! Its true. Paracetamol does indeed damage the liver (if taken in high doses) and in fact people have died accidentally by taking too many. Obviously the liver is already under pressure breaking down the ethanol from the body and adding paracetamol only puts an added strain.

WooPeeA

Yes it is. I've never had anything like that.

gucci

Green Hornet wrote: »

Hi. I have a degree in chemistry and although I'm not a pharmacist I think I'm qualified enough to know thats good advice! Its true. Paracetamol does indeed damage the liver (if taken in high doses) and in fact people have died accidentally by taking too many. Obviously the liver is already under pressure breaking down the ethanol from the body and adding paracetamol only puts an added strain.

Just to add to this, i had Jaundice when i was about 13 or 14 (not from drinking too much!) and my doctor advised me to not take paracetamol for 2 to 3 years if possible as it was very severe on the liver. Of course i think nothing of knocking back pints now a days, but i always stick the hangover out and dont take paracetamol on top of it.

Plenty of water and food before during and after your night/evening out should leave you fairly alright the next day.

rubadub

Green Hornet wrote: »

Hi. I have a degree in chemistry and although I'm not a pharmacist I think I'm qualified enough to know thats good advice!

What would you advise? If you had to pick one painkiller?

I would like some sort of slow release one, that only kicked in 8 hours after taking it, so I could wake up an hour after it kicking in.

eoghan h

The only solution I can see is drinking less

Stupid Question:
What is the healthy recommended amount of binges per month???

but I want to know how many binges can my body take without seriously ****ing it up

BeerNut

The clue's in the question there: none. It's a bit like asking how many cigarettes you can smoke each day without contracting lung cancer.

Fact is, there's no clinically proven safe level of alcohol intake, and "level" includes zero here.

Mr.Boots

Ive never tried it but somebody told me they swear by having 2 vitamin C tablets and two alker seltzer before bed with a glass of water.

rediguana

jimbo78 wrote: »

Eat plenty, drink loads of water before you go to bed with a couple panadols and/or glass of andrews and sleep it out for as much as you can. Only solution I've found

I'd basically second this.

Here's my strategy:

1. Try to get good quality sleep in the nights leading up to the binge.

2. Eat a filling meal about seven or eight pm the night itself. Pasta and chicken, something like that, not trash.

3. Everyone's different, but the ones I avoid are beer and whiskey. I find vodka gives me little or no hangover. Wine is variable. Whatever your poison, drink maybe six glasses of water during the session.

4. When the drinking is finished, have another meal, even if it's 3am (think of it as your breakfast, as you're unlikely to make the real one). Again, best to keep it something healthy-ish. For me, kebabs are okay (they have meat and veg in them!) but I try to steer clear of chips.

5. Before bed, have a Dioralyte rehydration sachet and two painkillers. Put in earplugs, turn off your mobile and make sure your curtains are closed.

6. Try to have planned so that you have no work the next day. Sleep as long as you can, get up and have a meal, more rehydration sachets plus paracetamol.

7. If you're a member of a leisure centre, go to the sauna / steam room and balm out for the day.

8. When the sun starts to go down, repeat steps 1-8.

Hope this helps, Alco-Boy

BaZmO*

God, if I had to do that ever time I went out for a drink I'd have given up by now!

rediguana

BaZmO* wrote: »

God, if I had to do that ever time I went out for a drink I'd have given up by now!

You get faster the more your drinking spirals out of control.

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Tips on binge drinking?

Try here tbh.

Illegal distillation tips?

Nowhere on this site can illegal stuff be discussed.

Taking parecetemol while drinking?

Cop on folks.

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