We are in one of the times of the year when people drink the most alcohol: dinners and family meals, toasts with friends or work colleagues… Christmas is a good time to have a drink, but also in a hangover.
Normally we associate the harshness of a hangover with the amount of alcohol we consumedbut now research determines that’s not exactly why hangovers are worse or better.
As indicated in the Daily Mailresearchers from Open University They collected information on the drinking habits and hangovers of almost 1,200 people in the UK and Ireland.
The study included a questionnaire about their heaviest drinking episode in the past month, how many drinks they had and how drunk they felt, with a score of zero to ten.
They were also asked about their personality or mood while drinking, to assess the effect on their hangovers. According to the researchers, the amount they drank was only an impact of 11%against a 64% impact on their state of intoxication.
In contrast, a person’s personality, whether neurotic or extroverted, or their mood while drinking were not significantly related. with a bad hangover.
The findings were presented at the 14th meeting of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group in Glasgow. The doctor Lydia Devenneywho led the study, said Daily Mail: “This has implications for how we deal with our hangovers. Your future self might thank you for not only keeping an eye on how much you drink, but also checking in on how you’re feeling and remembering what’s ‘normal’ for you before ordering the next round,” he concludes.
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