hangover jane although my back is dancing in electric spasms and my throat is dry & tasteless, i find a bit of comfort in veisalgia. up next, hair of the dog, this familiar approach to alienation & the demons that curse & cure. 071121 ... crOwl well said... 071122 ... nr i only really get the post-drinking emotional ones. i try to remember not to drink too much before/when meeting and talking to new people, but sometimes i forget. or i choose not to listen to myself, because it lowers my inhibitions. and then i always wake up the next day feeling down about something i said or did that i might not have if i had been sober. the hangover goes away after a day or so, so i can at least know that the feeling will go away with it. and i know even in the moment that these things don't matter much, and realistically i never say anything so off that it'll be memorable to anyone. but i still have nagging suspicions that i wasn't being totally 'me,' and you know what they say about first impressions. 150820 what's it to you? who go blather from