Drinking is always a good idea, says everyone before the hangover kicks in. Yet we always seem to forget that drinking before working the next day is NEVER a good idea. But, we’ve all been there. At the time, work seems so far away and a fun night out sounds more enticing. That is, until morning arrives and we have to drag ourselves to work feeling, looking and smelling like shit.
A.K.A ‘Welcome to the Thunderdome’.
It’s one of those nights. You’ve swilled a toxic mix of Gordon’s, goon and God knows what, and you’re in one of those dark drunken murky hazes where the world is sifting through your brain like a bad (is there a good?) episode of Just Shoot Me.
It is a well-know fact that once you wake up to feel the initial pangs of a hangover, you have reached the point of no return. The rest of your day is gone (sometimes even the following), and you are soon to descend into the epitome of shittiness. There is nothing you can do about it.
I have a friend who was born with a special gift. No, it’s not two penises (what?). It’s better. He was blessed with the enviable ability to be able to drink as much as he wants, without any consequences. Actually, there was that sexual harassment charge, but for the purpose of this article I’m talking about the dreaded hangover. He just doesn’t get them.
Drinking on the weekend is a necessity for some people; without alcohol there is no fun, it would be just a normal, boring Saturday or Friday night. Your mates decide it would be fun to get a straight bottle and a shot bucket that should be enough for pre drinks.
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve experienced a hangover. Hangovers can range from feeling really tired, to having a pounding headache, to non-stop vomiting and generally feeling like you are going to die.
Hangovers: the very way in which God made his disciples feel guilty for having one too many at the Last Supper. A tradition which He himself continued to burden the global population with each and every morning after an overindulgence.
Have you ever wondered what causes that head-spinning sensation you get after drinking alcohol? Perhaps you’d like to know what goes on in your head to cause the awful feelings associated with hangovers? Well, it’s all to do with little structures inside your ears called semicircular canals.