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Red Red Wine [Philosophical Monday]
I’m usually pretty good at monitoring my alcohol intake, but two things happened at the wedding I attended on Saturday night: 1) I got embroiled in a great conversation with the people sitting on my left, and 2) The catering staff was so good, it took me quite a while to realize that they were surreptitiously keeping my wine glass full on my right.
The result was that I woke up with a hangover on Sunday morning.
This was annoying, not only because of the physical toll it took, but also because as a world traveller-former Derby Doll-stereotypical writer, I pride myself on knowing how to drink copiously without suffering the next day for it. I haven’t had to deal with a hangover since New Year’s Day 2002 — that’s how good I am at drinking. I felt a real kinship with the Russell Brand character in GET HIM TO THE GREEK — that’s how good I am at drinking. I usually only drink wine, because I know how much of it I can drink without getting so drunk that I don’t keep my systems in place: a glass of water for every two glasses of wine consumed, a cup of coffee when the drinking’s all done, and a sports drink (like Gatorade) before I go to bed.
However, on Saturday night, I was so busy running my mouth that did none of that. I drank no water. I remember vaguely wondering where all these people were getting coffee from as the “time to leave” hour approached, but I never followed up that mental question. And I desperately fell into bed, without drinking a Gatorade or even changing into my pajamas. The next thing I knew, I was waking up with something I only distantly recognized as a raging hangover.
Luckily, I got a lot of advice from Facebook and Twitter about how to get over a hangover. A piece of toast, and two tabs of Alka Seltzer Cold dissolved into some PediaLyte — hey, you have to work with what you’ve got in the fridge — later, I was able to function again.
But this made me wonder about you guys. When was the last time you had a hangover? How did it happen? And do you think you’ll ever have another one? Apparently I’m due one at the beginning of every decade. I shiver to think what 2021-2022 will bring.
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Apparently the catering staff was not so good after all. Almost every wedding I’ve ever been to, the alcohol has flowed freely but the water has been almost impossible to get refilled.
I have never had a hangover! Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
I think it’s their way of making sure that every “has a good time.” Seriously, it was my fault. CH was fine and stayed plenty hydrated. Usually, I dance at weddings, and end up drinking lots of water that way, too. But the conversation threw me for a loop. I spent most of the night talking to folks. I have no idea what came over my normally introverted self — oh wait, I do…
I have 2 drinks & I have a hangover. No joke. I’ve learned a few thing over the years including hydration…
1. charcoal pills to help soak up the booze toxins
2. drink the good stuff
3. avoid sulfites in wine (the organic, no sulfite kind doesn’t stuff you up/give you a headache)
4. stick with one kind of drink all night. same brand. same, same, same.
5. ibuprofen before bed or if you have it, a vicodin.
As I get older, I just realize that my body can’t handle 2-buck chuck. The problem with the wedding was that it was “the good stuff” — hard to turn down.