Best Done Without A Hangover?
January 1, 2008 by Mark
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Happy New Year all…
From The New York Times Health section, Benedict Carey shares his thoughts;
[Categorized under - Psychology - New Year's Resolutions - Regret - Mental Health]
The New Year’s Cocktail: Regret With a Dash of Bitters
“The ideal New Year’s Eve party would come with a psychological voucher, redeemable the next day for a post-mortem session with friends. A chance to relish the night’s humiliations, take bets on who went home with whom, and nominate the guest most in need of therapy, present company included.”
Love it… a psychological voucher, lmao. Could any of us relate a “psychological voucher” to a “nudge from a judge?”
Post-mortem? With friends? Oh, I’m rather certain there are those who were at parties last night where they knew no one, made asses of themselves, came to with a hangover this morning and thought, “Oh hell, what did I do now?” Or…
Have yet to come to but when they do they’ll discover someone they don’t know lying next to them in whatever sleeping arrangement they wound up in and think “Oh hell, what did I do now?”
“Granted, it may be hard to make the case that one of those is the person capsized on the couch, recovering from last year’s last party. But give it a few days. Ghost-busting is possible, but best done without a hangover.”
Liz Lewis has ten cures for hangovers at Healthbolt. There’s one neither she nor Forbes mentions, including moderation (what’s moderation?). It only applies to folks like us, me and you;
Sobriety = abstinence = no hangover.
















I am now 1580 days without a drinking hangover. That’s amazing. I got so used to operating on a hangover, I didn’t even notice them any more.
For many years now I’ve opted to celebrate New Years Day instead of New Years Eve. I’ll stay up til midnight and check out fireworks, but my focus is on doing something rejuvenating on the first day of the year, like a hike in the snow, and to do it with a clear head.
That’s a wonderful new perspective and action Ali – thanks!