At what age (if any) did your hangovers change from physical to mental?

For me it was sometime in my late 20s. And I continued drinking heavily into my early 30s despite hangovers becoming more mental and less manageable.

In my teens and early 20s, hangovers were like the movies. Nauseous, dehydrated, and a headache. Easy fixes — drink water, eat some food, take an ibuprofen, and rest.

We’d laugh and say things like “haha wow I can’t believe I did that last night!”

In my early 30s it was an inner monologue — a much more anxious “Jesus, why the fuck did I say that last night?”

Hangovers gradually become more and more about the hangxiety than anything else. And they would last days if I didn’t self medicate with either more booze or some sort of benzo.

That’s basically the road that led to a dead and and me quitting booze altogether.

I couldn’t deal with the hangovers anymore. But I still drank anyways. And then I drank more, so I didn’t have to suffer the consequences…yet, anyways.

How about you all?