Why are my hangovers getting worse?

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Hangovers genuinely get worse with age, and it is physiology, not imagination. The NIAAA explains hangovers as a pile-up of dehydration, immune-system inflammation, stomach irritation, poor sleep, and toxic byproducts as alcohol metabolizes. With age, body water content drops - so the same drinks produce higher blood alcohol - liver enzymes process alcohol a bit slower, and sleep gets lighter, so alcohol wrecks rest more. Drinking patterns matter too: fewer sessions but bigger ones hit harder than the steady habit of your twenties.

New factors that creep in: medications - many common ones interact with alcohol or load the liver - and health changes like prediabetes, reflux, or blood pressure issues that make alcohol's side effects louder. Worsening hangovers are also an honest nudge about quantity: if hangovers are brutal, the amount is usually up too.

What helps: less, slower, with food and water - no supplement has proven hangover-curing power, despite the market. What to take seriously: hangovers that became suddenly severe with small amounts, or drinking you struggle to cut back, deserve a conversation with a doctor. That pattern is information.

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