Hair of the dog - is there anything in it?

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No, I don't mean burrs and twigs in the coat of your golden retreiver.

I had a horrendous hangover today - a heavy drinking afternoon yesterday, clubbing last night with the usual enhancements, no sleep. I have never had any faith in the 'hair of the dog' theory, but I had a whisky about an hour ago and I instantly felt 100x closer to being an actual human with working legs and everything. So do people think there's anything in it? If so, why does it work? How does it work?

― Zora (Zora), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

it works, because of the usual enhancements, it helps to glide down

― -- (688), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:33 (twenty years ago)

otherwise, forget it, stick to something healthy

― -- (688), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Oh, it definitely works. I was feeling horrendous yesterday after GlasgowFAP, yet a pint of shandy at lunchtime followed by an actual real pint of proper booze and I was all right as rain again.

The worst thing though, is letting this degenerate into more drinking. Then you end up adding booze to the booze that is already in your system. Then when you get up the next day after that, you have two days worth of booze in you, and you think you might die. It's not pleasant. Trust me on this.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:36 (twenty years ago)

theres something great about drinking beer, out of the can, around noon, not high anymore, but somewhere, thats alright

― -- (688), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:39 (twenty years ago)

like the world is somewhere here, and its going to be alright

― -- (688), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:39 (twenty years ago)

Evidently, the shaky, queasy feeling is actually a rudimentary form of withdrawal from the alcohol. That's why a little hair of the dog takes the edge off. Won't fix the headache or the dehydration, though. And, yeah, remember: just a little hair, not the whole dog.

― Pork Cheops (willpie), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:44 (twenty years ago)

HEARTBREAKER, SOULSHAKER

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Sunday, 10 September 2006 22:57 (twenty years ago)

erm, fleas i guess?

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 11 September 2006 00:05 (twenty years ago)

to answer the main question

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 11 September 2006 00:05 (twenty years ago)

oh oops

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 11 September 2006 00:06 (twenty years ago)

The hair o' the dawg is indeed one of the few joys of the day after. That first beer/whisky/etc. goes down SO well.

― GoodGodHolyShitBagofDemons (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 11 September 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

It was heaven. I wish I'd drunk it 4 hours earlier. Luckily I didn't feel the need to drink more; I seemed to get quite drunk from just the one whisky as if it somehow revitalised alcohol that was already in my system. Marvellous. And I feel (more or less) fine this morning.

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 11 September 2006 07:11 (twenty years ago)

NOW YOU'RE MESSING WITH

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 11 September 2006 07:19 (twenty years ago)

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