A hangover that lasted two days

The thing I did not expect was how much better my sleep got, and how much of what I had blamed on other things had been the drinking.

My rule now is that I do not drink on the day, which is entirely my own rule and my prescriber was fairly relaxed about the whole subject.

I would gently say that if you are drinking to manage a difficult week, that is worth saying out loud somewhere, and this is a good place to start.

Marking that I am here, in case that counts for anything today.

Two landed like five for me, very early on, and it took one uncomfortable evening to work out that something had genuinely changed.

Gently disagreeing with Ned, or rather adding the other half of it.

Coming back a year on to say it settled into something I am comfortable with, which is less and better and much less thought about.

What I would say is to test this somewhere safe rather than at a wedding. I did the opposite and regretted it.

I found that having a good non-alcoholic option to hand meant nobody asked, and the asking had been the problem.

Something practical: I switched to something non-alcoholic that looks like a drink, and the number of questions I get dropped to zero.

I found that eating less alongside drinking was the actual mechanism in my case, rather than anything more mysterious.

Mine hit much faster and lasted longer, and the following day was noticeably worse than it used to be.

That is a very clear way of putting something I have never been able to put clearly.