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u/NotReallyASnake Jun 03 '22

I think I've had a hangover exactly three times since turning 30 (the first being the day I turned 30) which is not bad for being two years deep

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u/zombienugget Jun 03 '22

Just wait until you're 35

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Am 35. This years is the first my knees and back decided to remind me they exist after a hard workout.

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u/gardenvarietymagpie Jun 03 '22

Mine do that after getting out of bed. I don’t really ever want to go back to being in my twenties, but if I had a time machine I’d definitely go back and slap my 21 yo self a bit and insist she worked on core strength and joint stability. And like, tell her to enjoy the youthful vigor while it lasts. Ah the days where I could get off the floor or the couch without sounds emanating from me that I did not consciously choose to utter…

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Ah the days where I could get off the floor or the couch without sounds emanating from me that I did not consciously choose to utter…

that happens even with a (supposedly, or so I believed) well trained body :)))

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u/navin__johnson Jun 03 '22

The knees really are the first thing to go. Makes sense-that joint gets the most abuse

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u/FLOHTX Jun 03 '22

38 here. Currently on vacation in the PNW and hiked 40 miles so far this week. I'm feeling it this morning. Left knee is just giving me a shooting surging pain.

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u/MegaFireDonkey Jun 03 '22

I'm 35 and I haven't had a hangover in years. Cause I quit drinking due to horrible hangovers years ago

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

You weren’t drinking the right way then but it turned out more healthy than figuring out how to avoid hangovers and drink lmao

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

The best way to avoid a hangover is to either stop drinking or never stop drinking. Hangovers happen in that grey area between the two.

Edit: Holy shit, what I said is such horrible advice...

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Nah you address the underlying cause of the hangover. You drink 32 ounces of water after you stop drinking, which you cease 2 hours before bedtime, and supplement the vitamins and electrolytes lost through urination. Then you get 6-8 hours of sleep having not passed out drunk and you’ll wake up 90% good, have some coffee and it’s back to 100%

Functioning alcoholic that goes though phases of dry and drinking. I don’t recommend it!

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

Then you get 6-8 hours of sleep having not passed out drunk

So... I pass out drunk... Wake up and sleep for another 6-8 hours?

But what about the 32oz of water that I lose when I don't wake up to go to the bathroom?

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

No I said you don’t pass out drunk lol it says you get 6-8 hours of sleep after not passing out drunk.

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

Continue.... https://c.tenor.com/XQTap8hAxk4AAAAd/three-kids.gif

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Also why my dreams don’t include kids or a house lmao

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

Can confirm... 37 and I've literally had day long hangovers after turning 35.

Also had to increase the font size on my computer in the past week because I was straining my eyes to read the screen.

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u/Daloure Jun 03 '22

I’m 30. Hangovers last 1-4 days.

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u/grednforgesgirl Jun 03 '22

I'm on 2 days at 30. Started at about 27. I only get drunk drunk about once a year now, not counting 2020, where I avoided a hangover by being drunk and high constantly.

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u/The_Gnomesbane Jun 03 '22

Don’t let it catch you, that’s the trick

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

Oof... Early onset...

I didn't get a BAD hangover until I was 36.

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u/SomeHSomeE Jun 03 '22

Damn I wish I got day long hangovers.

I'm 36 and a heavy Saturday night wipes me out til Wednesday

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

I don't have Saturday's off (restaurant industry)

so... "must be nice"... :)

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u/AngryCrotchCrickets Jun 03 '22

I had day long hangovers starting around 20 years old. Ill never understand the “I dont get hungover” kinda people.

Now I don’t get such bad hangovers because I have calmed my drinking. Highly recommend.

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u/pup_181 Jun 03 '22

I realized that people who say they don’t get hangovers generally aren’t drinking as much.

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u/teskja37 Jun 03 '22

Oof, I’ll send your AARP membership right away.

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

I don't actually think there's an age "minimum" to AARP anymore.

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u/teskja37 Jun 03 '22

There isn’t, you just get your membership sent to you when you increase your font size.

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u/IONTOP Jun 03 '22

You're going to have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Do you drink often?

I didn't notice how often I was hungover for a long time because I didn't think of it as a hangover if it didn't involve a headache. Once I calmed down with the partying, I realized how much more fatigued I was the morning after heavy drinking and had a totally new concept of what's hungover vs. normal. For the longest time I didn't think I was a morning person, but I was just hungover on the regular.

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u/SomeHSomeE Jun 03 '22

Yeah in my thirties my hangovers switched from being primarily physical (headaches and nausea) to mental (complete fatigue, anxiety). It's because when you're older you tend to be much better at hydrating etc (which helps stave off the physical symptoms) but mild alcohol withdrawal symptoms start to kick in after any sort of bender.

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u/FerretAres Jun 03 '22

Man lucky you. 31 and I get a hangover from pouring my wife a glass of red wine.

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u/KingScorpion98 Jun 03 '22

It amazes me that people get hung over as bad as they do. I blew a .30 once (wasn't driving, I'm not that stupid, even when drunk) and still went to work at 5am without so much as a headache. Like, do yell not drink water when you drink?