I have one after the baby goes to bed but maybe because I don’t have it until 9pm or so I feel exhausted the next day…
Edit It’s bourbon but I’m counting standard US drinks.
My guess is that the reason why you are exhausted is the baby, not the drink
It’s gotten to the point where it’s easier but still hard. I’m thinking my habit of 报复熬夜 doesn’t help. Thanks for the obvious point, that I didn’t consider, though, that tells me I should sleep earlier :)
It will get better at the age of 4, and then get worse at 14… so maybe just start drinking again in 3-4 years
Alcoholic drinks are neurosuppressors. The social extroversion that people feel is a result of it suppressing higher functions first, mainly impulse control and shame. But any sufficient amount of drinking will send you to unconsciousness fast.
People are recommended to eat a full meal of carbohydrates and fat rich food, and a good rest before drinking to protect both the intestine and the nerve system. Slowing down absorption, and keeping up cognitive skills. No matter how you see it, objectively and biologically speaking, alcohol is toxic. It’s treated as such by the body. It strains the liver and gastrointestinal system. But more importantly for your question, it halts the neural upkeep that the brain does during sleep. As in, you’re unconscious but not asleep, your brain doesn’t rest, busy getting rid of the alcohol.
Now, that’s the extreme version when people binge drink. But it’s the same principle and proportional effect with small doses like a single drink or two. You sleep, but this sleep is not 100% as effective as it should be with sober sleep. Specially if you drink already sleep deprived and exhausted from a long day of taking care of a baby. Do it daily and the body never gets a chance to fully clean the toxin out.
The longer you keep up the habit, the worse you’ll feel everyday. People who drink often develop a mild tolerance for a while, up until a point when the body can longer keep up, and their tolerance then drops off a cliff. This is why longterm alcoholics get absolutely hammered with a single strong drink.
If you want to truly rest, just skip the drink. Use something else like light reading, soft music, smart screen fasting, massages, etc. To relax at the end of the day. Definitely stop drinking daily, find help. A strong support network is the easiest way to stave off a bad habit. Daily drinking is the fast lane to alcohol dependence.
The effects of alcohol can be seen in various biometrics too. For example, in has a negative impact on heart rate variability, resting heart rate, deep sleep, restlessness, duration of sleep and sleep efficiency.
source: Pulse blog
Interesting, for some reason i find that i usually wake up very relaxed when i go to bed after having a drink or two. I think i’m allergic to alcohol though, so i’m sure that plays a part
I’m allergic, too. Every time I drink, I get a headache about 5-7 hours later. Still not enough to make me stop. But I do frequently wake up with headaches, which doesn’t help me feel rested.
Interesting! I find when I’m at my parents or in laws and have the same amount I sometimes have the best sleep of my life. But at home that’s not the case.
Hot (literally temperature wise) and red. I have the asian flush, so just one drink if drank too fast makes me red quickly. There’s not much of a difference anymore by the second drink, other than my hearing getting a little worse (due to said reaction to alcohol).
That sounds horrible
One or two within an hour doesn’t do much for me, three might give me a buzz, but I’m also a few pounds overweight so I guess I’d need a little more alcohol to get that buzz.
Like I need ten more.
Ugh, I feel you. One is too many, 12 isn’t enough.
I think the last time I had two drinks was about six years ago when a friend brought home some fancy elderflower mead after visiting England.
Those two drinks had me giggling and silly. My head was spinning, I was sweating slightly, and I was perfectly okay with all of the above. I can’t remember the time before that.
Obviously, I’m not a drinker of alcohol on any regular basis
When I have a single drink, it’s rare for me to feel much of anything because I’ll be sipping it over an hour or two, and I’ll have picked the drink for the taste, so I don’t want to get tipsy and enjoy it less.
As such, I don’t have any lingering effects either. My body can handle the amounts I’m taking in without any issues.
Even those two glasses of mead, all I felt the next day was a little extra grogginess for that first hour awake. After that, I was good to go.
I get a huge headache if I have one or two drinks. Past that I get tipsy
Def same with the headache!
One drink shouldn’t have any effect on a person. Unless by one drink you mean something like half a litre of something above 10% alcohol.
Standard drinks but 50%
