I feel poo

[alibear]

I'm currently massively paying the price of going out till 2am on a school night. But it's got me thinking about the lack of hangovers I seem to suffer at Glasto, or any other festival. Why do you think this is? The fresh air? The Growlers? The excitement of the day ahead? The fact it's ok to partake in a beer (or your substance of choice) as soon as you wake up?

Whatever it is I wish I had some now...........

[Woppa]

The beer with breakfast combo. (Or cider or whatever is your tipple)

[GingerRock]

Yeah, weird. Never had a hangover at glasto. Well not a real one, that a breakfast of warm lager and a bacon sarnie couldn't fix.

Maybe it's the fresh air, or that the drinking is spread out during the day. Who knows.

[roseyrose]

i think its the excitement! hangovers with me are often a state of mind, if i have nothing to do and im lolling around the house i feel shit and feel sorry for myself. But at glastonbury there just isnt time for a hangover theres too much to do so it gets forgotten

[Lowey]

Personally I think it's coz the drinking at Glasto is over a long period of time, so more gradual, whereas on a night out you're drinking faster in a shorter period of time.

And that your honour, is the case for the defence!!

[Ed209]

I'm currently massively paying the price of going out till 2am on a school night. But it's got me thinking about the lack of hangovers I seem to suffer at Glasto, or any other festival. Why do you think this is? The fresh air? The Growlers? The excitement of the day ahead? The fact it's ok to partake in a beer (or your substance of choice) as soon as you wake up?

Whatever it is I wish I had some now...........

[snipe]

There is a theory that a lot of hangovers are from badly washed glasses in pubs so that could be it. I reckon also people eat more frequently when drinking in Glastonbury which helps and also being out in the fresh air is a big one too.

[chief_scrutter]

it's one thing to be a copropheliac, it's quite another to post this info on a public message board. OH, THE SHAME

i think the lack of hangover is to with the pyramid structure giving out good vibes man. yeah.

[Redcanadahat]

i've always wondered this too..i. think maybe because i tend to drink all day (from around 11am) and then begin to slow it right down at about 9pm...so i go to bed around 4am after only having about 3 pints between 9pm - 4am and i feel fine the next day.

in 'normal life' i'd usually down about 9 pints between 7pm - 2am and not be able to get up in the morning :-( my little 4'11 frame can't handle it

[fumps]

It's the same with camping i can glug booze all day & next day i'm up & off......weird innit

[gracious]

i had the worst hangover last year. was sick in my tent- i couldn't drink anything until 6 pm...and i only felt slightly better then. not going to over do it so much this year perhaps

[gReG s]

A pint of wine for breakfast seemed to sort any hangover our last year and really set us up for the rest of the day!

[alibear]

it's one thing to be a copropheliac, it's quite another to post this info on a public message board. OH, THE SHAME

i think the lack of hangover is to with the pyramid structure giving out good vibes man. yeah.

[jsn]

... could be wrong, but my understanding is that it's not actually the alcohol that makes you feel bad - it's meatabolites of the alcohol (eg. when you drink you don't feel bad, you feel good - it's only when the alcohol later starts to be metabolised that you feel hungover).

It is an irony of sorts though that alcohol itself actually slows down that metabolisation - it still occurs, though more gradually and slowly and so you do not experience an acute wave of nasty metabolites ('hangover').

People tend to drink more (consistently) at festivals... the ever present alcohol levels tend to prevent metabolite levels spiking.....

Revel in the aforementioned irony and drink my friends, drink......

[alibear]

... could be wrong, but my understanding is that it's not actually the alcohol that makes you feel bad - it's meatabolites of the alcohol (eg. when you drink you don't feel bad, you feel good - it's only when the alcohol later starts to be metabolised that you feel hungover).

It is an irony of sorts though that alcohol itself actually slows down that metabolisation - it still occurs, though more gradually and slowly and so you do not experience an acute wave of nasty metabolites ('hangover').

People tend to drink more (consistently) at festivals... the ever present alcohol levels tend to prevent metabolite levels spiking.....

Revel in the aforementioned irony and drink my friends, drink......