As they say, a rainy day often dampens the mood. This is particularly an issue when it comes to being ‘psyched’ to go out. As fate always seems to have it, weekends tend to be especially wet and cold. When a sunny-but-cool winter Friday-day turns grey and the rain starts dropping, so do our enthusiasm levels.
When you wake up after a night out, you need to replenish your lost nutrients. You also often have a craving for junk food. More specifically Mexican food. Eggs are generally hailed as a good hangover food; this is because of the taurine content, which gives you energy and yolk contains cysteine which helps break down nasty hangover causing acetaldehyde.
Recently I had two separate drinking experiences of similar intensity but with different results. One morning after, I could not get out of bed as I felt nauseous and had a bad headache. The other morning after I felt a little tired (which can be contributed to the late night) and exhausted but nothing major.
We’ve all experienced that ‘crawl in a hole’ moment when you know you’ve done something that when you’re sober, you would definitely think twice about. It’s pretty hard to avoid doing regrettable things when under the influence of alcohol - like hooking up with the ex you cannot stand, or even hooking up with your best friend’s boyfriend.
A brewery is a place where beers are brewed. That’s right, they did not just fall from the heavens. They’re a great place to try a few different beers and also to learn about your favourite drop.
Or, ‘Lies We Read That Make Us Feel Better About Binge Drinking’, or ‘Shitfaced Logic’.*
Mono = Monorail. Crawl = Pub Crawl.
It’s less than a month until the monorail in Sydney is removed. The useless mode of transport dreamt up by somebody who read too much sci-fi is on its way out so now’s the time to take advantage.
You get home from work on a Friday evening and do not feel like going out. You’ve had a long day, your boss probably yelled at you or you got singled out in a tute at uni. It’s probably raining too. How do you go from wanting to go to bed with a hot chocolate to hitting the town?
1. You have a boyfriend? Fuck you!
You are in a club having a nice conversation with someone at the bar as you naturally need something to do while you wait. You get talking about some ‘common’ ground (you like movies too?).
It’s inevitable that one day you’ll let yourself slip and drink a little too much the night before work or a family event - any situation you need to not be hung over for. However, that is okay as there is definitely ways to make yourself appear as sober as a pope. Also, if you’re anything like me, then simply looking less hungover makes you feel less hung over.