The hangover lasts for the second day: what to do? How to get out of binge drinking on your own - “Three days method After alcohol, 3 days feel bad

You are not easy, mama!

Do you want truth in a glass -

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And if you drink ten glasses -

relief!

Vladimir Vysotsky

The period of clinically developed alcoholism, giving us eighty percent of patients. This happens, apparently, because they do not seek help in the early stages of the disease, since they do not consider themselves sick, and many do not live to see the later stages. For the flourishing of alcoholic illness, two syndromes are most typical: hangover syndrome and the so-called tolerance plateau.

The hangover syndrome, formed in the previous period, in the second stage occurs after almost every massive consumption of alcohol. It is especially pronounced after. Everything is here: a dull look, a swollen purple face, shaking hands, convulsive seizures, and “delirium tremens.” The intensity of the desire to get hungover often exceeds all other feelings. For such an unhungover alcoholic, there is no thirst, hunger, debt, responsibility, or love. All this later, then, and now - like air, a breath of life-giving liquid is needed, and only after that a person briefly returns to the real world, and then everything is repeated with renewed vigor. A hangover usually lasts from several days to several weeks, and for another month or a month and a half the trail of the so-called astheno-neurotic syndrome lasts: poor sleep, fatigue, irritability, decreased performance. If a person at this stage drinks at least once every two months, then, by and large, he does not have time to be in a normal state. With this variant of the course of the second stage of the disease, alcohol is usually consumed in a pseudo-binge type, although some patients may already experience true binges.

The “plateau of tolerance” is a classic version of constant alcoholism. If in the early stages of the disease the body adapted to the intake of large doses of alcohol and its resistance to alcohol constantly increased, then in the second stage it reaches maximum values ​​and remains at this level, sometimes for many years. Such an alcoholic can drink several liters of vodka every single day, with virtually no sober intervals. The maximum amount of alcohol is consumed in the evening hours, so this may not affect work for a long time. If the specifics of his work permit, he may drink small doses of alcohol during the working day. There is also the phenomenon of so-called delayed hangover, which often allows an alcoholic to proudly declare that he has never had a hangover in his life. The bottom line is that with constant consumption of alcohol, against the background of high tolerance to it, the withdrawal syndrome does not have time to fully develop in the morning hours, and the person goes to work in fairly good condition. Work, as a rule, is invigorating, and the alcoholic spends the working day quite energetically, and goes to recover from a hangover immediately after it ends, sometimes stocking up on alcohol in advance. But this is no longer assessed as a hangover, but as another, planned, so to speak, drinking of alcohol.

Thus, in the second stage of alcoholic illness, the forms of alcohol consumption are divided into cyclical and constant. But no matter how a person drinks during this period, his entire life is under the constant and vigilant control of the Green Serpent. Even this stage of dependence against the backdrop of general alcoholism can sometimes be considered a variant of the norm, although a narrowing of the range of human life activity is already clearly defined. If we take the constant form of drinking alcohol, then in the best case, while the alcoholic is socially adapted, his life is divided into a mandatory non-alcoholic minimum (work, driving) and everything else - but in the company of the Green Serpent. All his aspirations, joys, pleasures are now possible only in combination with a bottle. Now the alcoholic lives in another dimension, in a parallel world, and only occasionally returns to reality for a short time. During periods of forced sobriety, he feels like a diver who holds his breath while swimming underwater, and then with relief emerges into such a familiar, close and beloved world, where he breathes deeply.

With cyclical, that is, binge drinking, the addiction algorithm is somewhat different. The sober periods that an alcoholic “over-dives” are sometimes quite long, up to several months. During this period, a person can be very active, but still, “sober” time is mainly spent on neutralizing the consequences of the previous binge and preparing the ground for the next one. The cycle diagram is approximately as follows:

• binge (or pseudo-binge)
• hangover
• way out of this state
• solving problems that a person creates for himself during alcoholism
• period of external prosperity
• provoking factor
• another binge.

Despite the flourishing of the disease, few of our patients during this period consider themselves sick as long as they still work, live with their families, and do not have serious health complaints or troubles with the law. Many people become aware of the problem when there is a threat of dismissal, trial, divorce, or hospitalization. And for some, this is not enough; in such cases, drinking alcohol stops only in cases where the person is reliably and permanently isolated from the bottle or is sick to such an extent that he cannot bring the glass to his mouth.

But even those patients who admit the presence of alcoholic illness, for the most part consider it a temporary, passing phenomenon.

Let's take a few standard options. During this period of illness, three main pillars hold within the alcoholic: health, work, family. But they keep it within limits, that is, they do not allow you to drink too much in a short period of time, and do not protect you or get rid of the disease.

Health

To drink the way they drink in the second stage of alcoholism, you need to be in remarkable health. Therefore, there are no weak people here. They have either died or quit drinking. If an alcoholic has just suffered a serious illness or surgery, this, as a rule, does not stop him. At best, he will take medication, follow a diet, maybe take a break from alcoholism, but then everything will return to normal. The only option when a person stops drinking is a disease, which is sharply aggravated by even minimal doses of alcohol. For example, as soon as an alcoholic drinks a little, he experiences a severe hypertensive crisis, an allergic reaction, an attack of suffocation, arrhythmias, and so on. Moreover, the reaction should develop immediately after drinking alcohol, so that the person does not have time to experience any pleasant sensations, but immediately feels very bad. Because if it’s “very bad” in at least an hour, he will still have time to get drunk. And so, having tried to drink several times and received a severe reaction in response, he realizes with horror that his friendship with the Green Serpent has come to an end. Because of this, the alcoholic first becomes depressed, and then notes with surprise that life has become much better and more interesting. This is a rather rare option for “recovery” from alcoholism, but it exists and, unfortunately, supports the erroneous idea of ​​​​the temporary, passing nature of the disease and the possibility of self-healing.

Job

Work most often is not an obstacle for a drinking person at this stage of the disease. Problems and conflicts arise only when the algorithm of work activity does not correspond to the algorithm of alcoholism. In most cases, the second-stage alcoholic finds a job that goes well with his main, and more often than not, only hobby. Moreover, his main trump card for a long time will be: “What kind of alcoholic am I if I work?” Let's evaluate how the main forms of alcohol consumption in the second stage of alcoholism are combined with some professions and specialties.

1. Constant consumption of alcohol against a background of high tolerance. A person drinks every day, drinks large quantities (up to several liters of vodka) of alcohol. The maximum daily dose of alcohol is consumed in the evening hours. I drink a little in the morning and afternoon, and then only if work allows.

We see that any option with a standard work week is perfect. Sober or relatively sober hours are the hours from the morning until the end of the working day. The rest of the time (except for sleep), an alcoholic can drink - which is what he does. This is how workers in many plants, factories, trade workers, drivers, teachers and many, many others drank and drink, whose working day is rationed and ends, as a rule, in the afternoon or, at worst, not very late. Having courageously endured the required number of hours without the usual doping, the multi-million army of alcoholics and candidates for them fills numerous cafes, cafes, kitchens in communal apartments, the space around the stall and other places in order to reward themselves for a long “fast”. They drink alone, they drink in groups, they drink with families, so that they can get up the next day with one thought - the end of the working day is as soon as possible! So a person can live and work for years, having a reputation as a good worker. The only thing you need to do for this is not to get caught in the eyes of your superiors with your morning fumes.

2. Short rare pseudo-binges. A person drinks for two, three or four days in a row, then doesn’t drink for a month or two.

For our country this is the norm. Such an alcoholic can work in almost any position, and no one will think that he has problems with the glass. Drinking occurs more often on weekends (Sunday alcoholism) and can be around the clock; if it happens in the middle of the week, then the drinking algorithm is the same as in the previous version: no or minimum alcohol during the day, maximum in the evening. Problems in this situation are usually created only by forms of intoxication with hyperactivity, and it does not matter what direction: with aggression or, conversely, with obsessive kindness and participation. That is, a person, coming to work not entirely sober, instead of working silently, begins to “pump up his license” or approach everyone, offering his help. Naturally, his colleagues may not like this behavior, and they will create all the conditions for his speedy dismissal.

3. Short frequent pseudo-binges. A person also drinks for two or three days in a row, but the intervals between alcoholism are small, as a rule, no more than the same two or three days.

This form of alcohol consumption is best suited to shift work. For example, I spent a day or three days on duty at home, and you can do whatever you want. This is how doctors, police officers, firefighters, drivers and many others work. Having passed duty or returning from a flight, the alcoholic begins to drink and stops before the next working day. This does not affect work, since the person has time to get drunk and go out.

4. Long-term pseudo-binges. Alcohol is consumed every day for an average of a week to a month.

With this type of alcoholism, a person can work in seasonal work in the field or on a construction site. All other types of cyclical activities that are accompanied by long business trips followed by vacations are also suitable. This is how sailors, geologists, military men and others work. And finally, there are types of work that allow you to drink alcohol during the working day - for example, working as a loader. Although, in fairness, it is worth noting that now not a single decent organization will hire an alcoholic even as a loader or cleaner. This is the lot of municipal structures, where salaries are so low that there is no choice.

5. True binges. Alcohol is consumed around the clock, with maximum doses of alcohol in the first days and subsequent reduction in doses due to a progressive decrease in tolerance. As a rule, it lasts no more than a week.

During a true binge, a person cannot work even in our country, so only the cyclical activity described above is possible here. Or there is an option when management or co-founders turn a blind eye to periodic drinking bouts, due to the special “value of the personnel.” But such situations are now becoming less and less common.

Family

Most often, wives come to us, bringing their husbands (approximately 70% of our patients), less often - parents with children (15%), even less often - husbands and wives (10%) and very rarely - children with parents (5%). I hope everyone understands why this is the case. Children grow up and become someone's husbands and wives. Women, fortunately, are less likely to suffer from alcoholism, and if they do, their husbands don’t bother with them for long. Such a woman either quits drinking or her husband leaves her. Parents who are alcoholics do not often live to the age when adult children begin to engage in alcoholism.

Thus, we see that the main burden falls on the fragile shoulders of our fair half. And if you consider that five-sixths of the alcoholic iceberg (it is this part of the ice block that is under water and hidden from prying eyes) is in the family, it becomes clear: the wives of alcoholics face very serious trials. And it is not surprising that the first alarming signals come to us from them. However, many situations are similar, they can be divided into several options. I would like to make a reservation right away that the family recognizes as a problem mainly those manifestations of alcoholism that are accompanied by uncontrolled behavior, especially aggression, or a lack of social adaptation, on which the level of wages primarily depends. If, for example, a husband quietly gets drunk at home every day and goes to bed just as quietly, but at the same time manages to work and get good money, then no one will call him an alcoholic. The wife will begin to worry only when the quiet husband begins to periodically “rage out” or stops bringing home a salary.

So one of our patients, working as a plumber, drank several bottles of vodka every day. According to his wife, he never lay around drunk and brought money regularly. He drank vodka, which he received for his “left” work. And everything suited everyone for several years. But then the day came when honestly earned money began to be spent on alcohol, and the wife immediately sounded the alarm.

So, in problem families the following options are most often found:

Option 1. The husband drinks out of control and with aggression, but earns good money and provides for his family. Man is still socially adapted. The wife endures as long as she can endure, fulfilling the traditional role of the wife of an alcoholic - the role of a nanny. For many years, the poor woman has been tormented, trying to create the appearance of a normal family, hoping that one day her husband will finally lose his temper and calm down. It helps an alcoholic solve the problems he created while drunk, but in doing so only potentiates the development of his illness. She perceives any sober respite as a long-awaited recovery, but, unfortunately, her husband starts drinking again. There are few prognosis options: either the alcoholic consciously begins to fight the Green Serpent and finds a reliable assistant in his wife, or he continues to drink too much and, as a result, loses both his family and his job. That is, it goes to the next option.

Option 2. My husband drinks out of control and spends everything he earns on drink.

This is the most unfavorable situation; often such families live together only because it is technically impossible to leave, for example, when it is difficult to change an apartment. In this case, the problem must be solved very quickly, since most often we are talking about a malignant course of alcoholism, with rapid personality degradation. Therefore, if a person refuses treatment, it is necessary to protect himself and his loved ones from the danger that he poses to them. How? You can discuss this with our specialists - psychologists, lawyers, psychiatrists.

Option 3. The husband is a “quiet” alcoholic and does not provide for his family. They can live with such an alcoholic for a long time, sometimes until the natural end of the alcoholic illness. The wife plays a dominant role in the family, performing almost all functions. The alcoholic in such families exists in the form of a kind of habitual makeweight: if there is some kind of help - good, no - well, God bless him. He is often taken by the hand for treatment, but at the first opportunity he starts drinking again. If he is nevertheless abandoned, he, as a rule, quickly degrades and turns into what we call homeless.

So, we see that the Green Serpent is perfectly adapted at this stage and in most cases gets along legally among people, despite the obvious signs of their dependence on him.

To summarize, let’s add to the existing symptoms of alcoholism those that appeared at this stage of the disease.

1. Division into two forms of alcohol consumption: cyclical and constant.

2. Fully formed physical dependence on alcohol and, as its manifestation, a full-blown hangover syndrome.

3. The highest resistance to alcohol during the entire period of alcoholization, the so-called tolerance plateau.

4. Narrowing the range of human life activity, when all free time, except for the mandatory non-alcoholic minimum, is spent on alcoholism, obtaining funds for this and neutralizing harmful consequences.

How to quickly recover from drinking? First, you need to find out what is meant by the word - booze. One party or a 3-week binge. If yesterday you had a good time with friends, and today you have a headache and are thirsty, it is better not to drink alcohol in the morning, as good “advisers” advise.
Stick with the hangover, it will get easier over time. The younger your age, the faster your health will recover. Take 1 tablet of Furosemide. This is a diuretic drug. An hour after taking it, take 2 tablets of Panangin. Always take this medication after taking diuretic medications. It restores calcium and magnesium, necessary for normal heart function.

If you have high acidity, do not get carried away with different brines and lemon juice. You'll get heartburn with a hangover.
The adult population is divided into those who normally accept dairy products, and those whose body begins to react violently at the word milk, especially with a hangover. If your body accepts dairy products normally, consume kefir or sour cream. If not, drink mineral water.

It happens that the stomach refuses to accept any food. Just looking at the food makes you feel nauseous. Proceed as follows. Dissolve a chicken cube in a mug with boiling water, add black pepper, and crumble some bread. After this broth, the stomach begins to work.
Avoid pure alcohol. Take tincture of peony evasive and carvalol. They also contain alcohol in small quantities, and they have a calming effect on the nervous system.
And further. There is no need to lie on the couch and die stupidly. Get up, get dressed and take a walk in the fresh air. Health returns to us through our legs, oddly enough.

Over time, your mood will improve and your strength will begin to recover. By the evening you will feel quite good. But here another misfortune lurks. You have been bravely fighting the damned syndrome all day, you seem to have won, you go to bed, but sleep doesn’t come. As a result: after suffering for half the night, come to work with a swollen face and red eyes. The pendulum effect worked. Swung from the extreme left to the extreme right. From a state of malaise to a state of increased vigor. To prevent this from happening, slowly drink 2 glasses of dry wine before going to bed. You will sleep soundly, and in the morning you will wake up refreshed and well-rested.

It is more difficult to get out of a long binge. It all depends on your personal qualities. Some people cannot stop on their own. So, just a dropper. It’s good if there’s only money left for an IV. Usually, everything is spent on other “treatment”. It is very difficult to get out of such a “tailspin”. Nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, high blood pressure, headache, unreasonable fear, nightmares that Stephen King himself would envy. And one thought in my head: I’ll leave now and that’s it! ...not a drop more. If this were true, now all of Russia would consist of only teetotalers.

How to quit binge drinking at home

My former neighbor always went the hard way. I drank while I had money. Then he drank as long as they could. When they stopped borrowing, a terrible hangover set in. I had to leave against my will. There is no money. During this time, “Kondrat Ivanovich” visited him several times. In short, he was teetering on the edge of life and death. Don't let this happen! If you don’t have enough willpower to quit drinking on your own, without someone else’s help, don’t drink at all. Quit, get cured, get coded, but don’t drink at all.

Believe me: you cannot cope with alcohol, it is much stronger than you. Otherwise, after the next tailspin, you will not be able to get out of it. There are a great many examples.
For those whose brakes still work, there are some recipes. Advice about strong tea or instant coffee is not very helpful. And without alcohol at all, it will be very difficult. Proceed on the principle of gradually reducing the amount and degree of alcohol. You can drink vodka, but a little at a time, and at large intervals. The main thing is self-hypnosis.

There she stands, I feel bad, but I’ll be patient. I'll have my next glass in an hour. Pull yourself together, you have a goal: to move away from drinking. Move towards this goal. And no companion, otherwise the treatment will smoothly turn into another binge. You need to come out of binge drinking alone. So, get through the day. Try to drink as little vodka as possible per day. She needs it more to calm down.
The next day, try not to drink in the morning. Wait until evening. Alcohol drunk in the morning does no good, only harm. Before going to bed, slowly, in small sips, drink 3 glasses of fortified wine or 100 grams of vodka diluted with the same amount of water. This will help you sleep and gain strength.

The next day, give up alcohol, you can only use peony tincture. Take a teaspoon 5-6 times a day. Try not to sleep during the day, otherwise the night will be sleepless. Keep yourself busy. It would be nice to take a walk in the fresh air.

Find something to do that will distract you. Remember: there is no magic pill for a bad hangover. The only cures are time and patience. Everything else makes treatment with these medications easier for you. I will be glad if this article on the website “How to do it at home” helps someone. Look around! Life is Beautiful! Don't poison her!

A long hangover often occurs due to binge drinking, but there are cases when the body cannot cope with this syndrome even after just one hangover. This condition is often accompanied by nausea, headache and thirst. In order for a hangover to not last long, you need to properly prepare yourself for such situations.

The severity of a hangover depends on the duration of alcohol consumption, the volume of alcohol consumed, and also on its quality. Not the least factor influencing well-being during a long hangover is age.

Long-term binge drinking is accompanied by pronounced negative symptoms that do not go away for quite a long time. A lingering hangover after heavy drinking can last for weeks. In some situations, hospitalization may be required if the body is not able to cope with the consequences of intoxication on its own.

Traditional medicine is ineffective in cases of binge drinking; drug treatment is required. If the syndrome occurs after one day of drinking alcohol, but in large quantities, then poor health will still manifest itself, you may have a severe headache and nausea.

Causes

The main causes of prolonged hangover syndrome lie, for the most part, in the individual characteristics of each organism. For some people, partying all night and going to work in the morning is the norm, while others will suffer from headaches and other symptoms.

Direct

There are a number of features that, taken together or separately, can provoke a hangover with aggravating symptoms:

• drinking alcohol on an empty stomach;
• insufficient amount of sleep;
• simultaneous consumption of alcoholic beverages of different degrees;
• smoking.

All of the above actions are specific causes of a lingering hangover. In addition, one of the most important factors that provoke a hangover is dehydration. Alcohol is a diuretic, so when drinking it, people visit the toilet several times more often than usual. The result in the morning can be severe thirst and dry mouth. These signs directly indicate that the body needs fluid.

If a hangover lasts for several days, then dehydration is one of the main possible causes.

Indirect

Indirect causes of a hangover include a factor such as decreased immune function.

Symptoms

Each person experiences a hangover differently. However, there are a number of symptoms that are common to most people:

• weakness;
• headache;
• nausea;
• gagging;
• high blood pressure;
• intestinal disorders;
• sweating

Alcohol has a stimulating effect on the nervous system, so sleep disturbance is quite possible. In rare cases, a person may not sleep for 3 days. A headache indicates an increase in blood pressure, but when it does not go away for a long time, this indicates the manifestation of VSD.

Intestinal upset occurs against the background of:

• irritation of the mucous membrane;
• disorders of the liver and gallbladder.

During a long hangover, the likelihood of exacerbation of chronic diseases is quite high, so it is best for people who have them to refrain from drinking more than 50 grams of alcohol.

There is only one universal advice for everyone who wants to drink and at the same time avoid a hangover - do not get carried away and drink too much alcohol. You should not believe pill manufacturers who claim that there are hangover cures. Yes, they can help, but no drug can relieve all the symptoms, especially with prolonged and excessive drinking.

There are a number of ways to help avoid acute manifestations of the syndrome:

1. drink activated carbon before drinking alcohol;
2. drink only after meals, and while drinking alcohol, have a snack all the time.
3. do not drink very heavily, take breaks.

These tips will be effective only in cases where the dose of alcohol consumed does not exceed the norm, otherwise all actions will be useless. When you come home after a party, you need to get a good night's sleep and spend the first half of the next day in bed.

Hangover help

The first thing you need to do when hangover symptoms appear is to saturate your body with fluid. Here are some simple steps to recovery:

• drink natural juice or mineral water, it is best to take them gradually, in several sips;
• You definitely need to eat: the food should be low-fat, it’s best to start with broth;
• fruits and honey will help saturate the body with essential vitamins and help get rid of the main symptoms as quickly as possible;
• a headache can be relieved with the help of a painkiller, but it should be taken with caution, no more than the dosage indicated in the instructions.

Normalization of sleep

In reviews of people who have suffered a long hangover, you can often see the phrase: “I haven’t slept for more than a day.” Sleep disorders often occur with hangover syndrome and indicate excitement of the nervous system. In this situation, sedatives will help, preferably of natural origin:

• herbal tea;
• valerian tablets and the like.

Consequences

A long-term hangover caused by drinking too much alcohol or drinking too much can have a number of consequences:

1. Alcoholism. This disease affects both the physical and psychological state of a person.
2. Long-term intoxication can lead to pathologies of internal organs or become a catalyst for exacerbation of existing diseases.
3. An alcoholic is incapable of adequately perceiving reality; his nervous system is seriously disturbed. Such people are prone to depression and treatment only helps to get rid of addiction temporarily, without guaranteeing complete recovery.

Conclusion

The main reason why people suffering from alcoholism drink alcohol regularly is a hangover. They get hungover, and the result of temporary relief is a new binge, and then addiction. Treating such a disease with alcohol is like putting out a fire with gasoline.

In addition to alcoholism, a long hangover is fraught with problems at the everyday level. The syndrome incapacitates a person for some time, making him incapable of physical or mental work. An excited state of the nervous system can provoke a number of serious mental disorders.

It is necessary to drink alcohol extremely carefully, without exceeding reasonable dosages, otherwise a long hangover syndrome will not be long in coming. Before drinking alcohol, take sorbents and have a hearty dinner, and after drinking drinks, be sure to get a good night's sleep.

A mild hangover, manifested by dizziness and dry mouth, usually goes away after a few hours, or at most, in the evening. Symptoms such as headache, nausea, and palpitations indicate moderate severity of the condition. The reason that the hangover lasts for the second day is severe alcohol intoxication, which has caused serious disruptions in the body. Toxins disrupt the functioning of the nervous, cardiovascular and digestive systems. If the hangover does not go away within 2-3 days, the body needs to be helped to recover. Read on to find out what to do in such a situation.

Causes or why symptoms do not go away

In most cases, a hangover lasts a long time in chronic alcoholism. In a person who drinks frequently, normal metabolism is disrupted and liver cells responsible for cleansing the body of breakdown products of alcoholic beverages are damaged. As a result, they take longer to remove – 2–3 days. Less commonly, other reasons occur. Let's consider all the factors that can affect the duration of a hangover.

1. Chronic diseases of the liver, heart, digestive tract, neurological disorders. Ethanol contained in alcoholic drinks is poison for the body. The destructive effect begins with the stomach (irritation of the mucous membrane) and ends with the brain (oxygen starvation and death of nerve cells). Alcohol is harmful even for a completely healthy person, but for a chronically ill person it is simply dangerous. Alcoholic drinks are contraindicated for diseases of the liver, cardiovascular system, peptic ulcers, and neurological disorders due to the high risk of exacerbation.

2. Chronic alcoholism. With frequent consumption of alcoholic beverages and binge drinking, metabolism is disrupted, the liver, heart, blood vessels and nerve cells are affected. Sick organs begin to suffer even from small doses of alcohol. After heavy drinking, an acute condition often develops - hallucinations, insomnia, tremors of the limbs, severe pain in the right side, bloody vomiting and diarrhea. With such symptoms, a person needs emergency medical care.

3. Poisoning with low-quality alcohol. Additives and impurities that are used in cheap alcohol are strong poisons. After drinking such drinks, a person suffers from a severe hangover. Within two, and sometimes on the third, vomiting, diarrhea, elevated body temperature, severe weakness and headache may be observed.

4. Drinking a large amount, mixing different drinks, smoking, old age, drinking alcohol during illness (ARVI or any other). All these factors increase the hangover syndrome. The more ethyl alcohol enters the body, the more severe the intoxication and the longer the recovery period.

A long hangover may be a sign of liver, heart or other organ disease. It is very important to pay attention to the symptoms here. If on the second day you experience vomiting, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, high blood pressure, severe pain or other severe symptoms, you should consult a doctor.

How to deal with a protracted condition

A severe hangover, especially after a long binge, needs to be treated in a hospital setting. This condition is called withdrawal and threatens the development of delirium tremens or delirium tremens.

To stabilize the patient, it is necessary to detoxify and take medications according to an individual regimen developed by a narcologist. If the hangover on the second day is moderate or mild, treatment can be carried out at home. What to do if the hangover lasts for several days.

1. Start taking vitamins. After drinking alcohol, the body becomes deficient in nutrients. The lack of vitamins B1, B6, C is especially severe.

2. Follow a diet. Eat 4-5 times a day, warm semi-liquid food. Give preference to slimy soups, porridges with milk, lean boiled meat and fish, vegetable purees, and fermented milk products. A therapeutic diet will help you recover faster.

3. Drink enough fluids. For a hangover, it is good to use a decoction of rose hips, chamomile and mint, mineral salt water without gas, juices in the absence of heartburn and vomiting.

4. Stop smoking or reduce the number of cigarettes to a minimum. Nicotine significantly increases the intoxication of the body.

5. Maintain a sleep and rest schedule. The body must have enough strength to recover. Sleep 8 hours, avoid heavy physical and mental labor.

6. If you experience nausea or indigestion on the second day, start taking Activated Charcoal according to the instructions. You can replace it with Smecta, Polysorb, Atoxil, or another sorbent. Mint tea, cool drinks, and temporary refusal to eat suppress nausea well.

7. No-spa, Aspirin, and diuretic tea will help reduce blood pressure and get rid of headaches.

8. If you lose strength or are in a broken state, you should increase your glucose intake. It is found in sweet foods - sugar, honey, fruits, chocolate.

9. Insomnia and nervousness are eliminated with sedatives - Valerian, Motherwort, Glycine, Novo-Passit.

A prolonged hangover is often accompanied by a strong craving for alcohol. However, it is important to understand that a hangover will only make problems worse. Thanks to the anesthetic effect, alcohol temporarily relieves symptoms, but after a few hours they will manifest themselves with even greater force.

A hangover, which lasts for 2–3 days, is typical for people who drink alcohol excessively. To overcome it, you need complex actions: drinking plenty of fluids, healthy sleep, diet, taking vitamins, sorbents, and symptomatic remedies. If all this time you have an irresistible craving for alcohol and binge drinking occurs, it is recommended to think about treating alcohol addiction.

Drinking alcohol is considered normal in our culture. Alcohol has firmly entered the national tradition of holidays, parties and other fun pastimes. Many ordinary people drink alcohol outside of holidays - with or without reason, considering it the best way to relax the nervous system. We also understand with understanding the various consequences that accompany alcoholic fun, for example, what often happens the next day after a feast - a hangover. But even the most experienced and seasoned drinkers become concerned if the hangover lasts for a second day.

There are reasons for such concern and they lie in the area of ​​​​the health of the human body, which thus signals that it is “at the limit.” Let's try to understand specifically the causes of a hangover on the second day and how to eliminate it.

Factors that cause long-term hangovers

Immediate causes

A hangover that lasts for several days in a row indicates that the liver is not healthy and needs to be examined by a hepatologist. In fact, the liver is a very “tenacious” organ that is quite difficult to disable. But if this is the reason, it’s time to think about stopping alcohol consumption completely, as the result can be sad. Alcohol poisoning can be caused primarily by the amount of alcohol consumed, and secondly by the choice of alcoholic beverage. The alcohol contained in alcohol is of varying quality and, accordingly, has different destructive effects on the body. In particular, the notorious counterfeit is a drink in which the alcohol is obtained by chemical distillation. After it, unwanted impurities appear in the alcoholic drink, including something as dangerous as methyl alcohol.

Less dangerous fusel oils and chemical additives (dyes, flavors, taste stabilizers, etc.) can also create the ground for a long hangover. Particularly harmful in this regard are liqueurs, vermouths, whiskey, and tequilas containing the above chemicals, as they force the liver to fight not only the alcohol itself, but also additional toxins. There are substances that are usually considered not dangerous, but even beneficial for the body - sugar, for example. Sweets in combination with alcohol lead to the most severe consequences, any lover of sweet cocktails can confirm this, and an endocrinologist will add that simultaneous consumption of chocolate and champagne is a direct path to pancreatitis.

Indirect reasons

Methyl alcohol(God forbid the drinker!), fusel oils, chemical additives are those substances that can be found directly in the drink itself, but acetaldehyde is formed as a result of the breakdown of ethanol. If the body is healthy and a little was drunk, then the subsequent chemical reaction will be the total conversion of acetaldehyde into acetic acid. Otherwise, a lot of alcohol placed in a weakened body - acetaldehyde is not completely broken down and mercilessly poisons the body, kills brain cells, destroys the walls of blood vessels, causing nausea, headaches and muscle pain.

Many of those who suffer from a hangover smoke. Not everyone knows that nicotine only worsens a hangover, making it last for many days. Both alcohol and nicotine are neurotoxins, that is, substances that can have a detrimental effect on the nervous system. However, their effect on the human body is different. If alcohol is a depressant, then nicotine is a stimulant. As a result, an excess of both leads to cross-suppression of the central nervous system and severe intoxication, which can lead to stroke and death.

The main resources of the human body are various microelements, vitamins and other substances necessary for life. Alcohol destroys the body. Restoring its functioning requires large energy costs. For example, a violation of the potassium-sodium balance leads to a slower rate of recovery of the body, and therefore to a longer hangover.

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The first and most important advice is to stop drinking! Does anyone need the nausea, pain and other torment that comes with a hangover? Life without alcohol is brighter and more interesting than with it! The dubious bonuses that drinking alcohol gives in the form of liberating and relaxing effects are a double-edged sword. You can relax to such an extent that the difference between the “bestial” and the human state becomes insignificant, and the desire to relax can lead the mind beyond the limits of reality. Advice of this kind is rarely taken seriously. And only when the hangover lasts for three days does an understanding arise of connivance towards the problem of alcohol in human life. Of course, mistakes are common to every person. The ancients said that Homo erare est (to err is human), so let’s not judge him harshly and focus on what can be done if the hangover on the second day is still relevant.

It’s good when a hangover catches a person on the weekend. But what if Sunday has passed and it’s time to go to work? There is an urgent need to put the body in order immediately. According to experts, the most effective way is to use “one hundred grams”. Indeed, there is a rational grain in this statement, since alcohol is somewhat an anesthetic and a sedative that can short-term compensate for the lack of dopamine in the brain. But a new portion of alcohol at the beginning of the day is a symptomatic remedy and nothing more, which turns the hangover into a protracted process (binge). The situation is aggravated by the fact that the overwhelming number of employers have an extremely negative attitude towards employees who come to work smelling of alcohol.

A more correct and healthy way to bring the body into working condition would be to give it a little shake-up, which can be caused by a contrast shower and light gymnastic exercises. You need to open the windows, go out into the fresh air, take a short walk, if possible. After a shower, exercise and exercise, the tone of the blood vessels will improve, ensuring the flow of oxygen to the tissues of the body, creating conditions for the rapid restoration of clear thinking and general condition as a whole.

You need to drink a lot of water to fight dehydration. The lack of the required amount of fluid in the body leads to thickening of the blood, which means the risk of blood clots increases. The latter can significantly worsen the condition, causing pain and aches in the joints. It is important to remember that nothing will cope with dehydration better than plain water. Juices and pickles are good only after drinking enough water. There is no need to believe in the healing effect of strong coffee and tea - they contribute to the constriction of blood vessels, which, with high blood density, aggravates the hangover problem.

Only when the first and most urgent measures of assistance have been taken should one turn to medical means to eliminate the problem of a long-term hangover. Attention! If the average person’s knowledge of medicine is questionable or insufficient, it is necessary to seek the help of a specialist.

The body of a person affected by alcohol has lost not only a lot of water, but also a huge amount of deficient substances - vitamins, microelements. They need to be replenished. The first thing the body needs is glucose. In addition to being a nutrient, glucose is also an antidote to the toxins produced by the oxidation of ethanol. Glucose is an immanent part of the biochemical reactions of ethanol transformations; it promotes its removal from the body and accelerates metabolism. This allows the body to quickly get rid of alcohol breakdown products. Glucose exists not only in the form of a medication. It is found in many foods, such as ice cream or sweet yogurt. The second is aspirin, which thins the blood, relieves vascular spasms, and eliminates pain. The third is activated carbon, which removes toxins from the body. It should be taken in proportion: one tablet per ten kilograms of live weight. Fourth is Enterosgel, a powerful modern medical product that can stop a number of negative consequences of alcohol consumption. The drug absorbs products of incomplete chemical reactions from the blood, removes the effects of toxicosis, cleanses the body of pathogenic microbes, and improves the functioning of the digestive tract, liver, and kidneys.

If the above steps do not bring relief, you should immediately consult a doctor. Medical science can offer a large selection of medicines that help restore health to a person suffering from a hangover.