Are We Entering The Era Of Hangover-Free Booze?
Since the dawn of time man's greatest dream has been to create an alcoholic beverage in which one can freely indulge without fear of bodily recriminations the next morning. Are we finally nearing the achievement of society's greatest goal? To-of course-Britain!
An alcohol substitute that gives the drinker the pleasant feelings of tipsiness without an unpleasant hangover, is being developed by researchers. The team, led by drugs expert Professor David Nutt, has developed the drink using chemicals related to the sedative Valium. It works on the nerves in a similar way to alcohol causing feelings of well-being and relaxation.
Unfortunately, and isn't this always the case, there's a but: "But no matter how many drinks the consumer has, they should remain only mildly drunk." Mildly drunk? Mildly drunk? Fuck that shit! I want to get paralytic. I want to wake up the next morning with a feeling of mounting dread that only increases as I check through the evening's receipts in an attempt to piece together whatever kind of terrible, viscious unpleasantness I forced friends and complete strangers to endure. And I want to do it all with a COMPLETELY CLEAR HEAD. Screw you, British scientists, for raising false hopes. No wonder everyone gets so stabby over there.
I read that as viscous unpleasantness you forced people to endure.
They are not mutually exclusive.
"The substance has been tested on a number of volunteers."
Good enough for me.
This Nutt was sacked!
I'm slow. :(
Slow's good!
If it means I wouldn't be able to blame my streetfighting on booze, I'll pass.
"Drugs expert Professor David Nutt," you made this story up, Balk.
Seriously. How many people are you going to stab when you're only MILDLY drunk? Not enough, that's for sure.
So… it's Purple Drank.
It should be a real hit at Pleasant Hour.
News I could have used yesterday.
If I wanted that effect I could drink ginger ale and strangle myself a little.
For some people, there's no such thing as as a little strangling.
I bet it is really great chased with booze, though.
ha!
Right, it sounds perfect for curing a hangover.
What's weird is I have no memory of previously reading this article, but the hyperlink indicates that I already did. And then I looked in my recycling! I wish my drunk self would leave notes for my sober self.
This is bad news for the other hangover-free booze, cocaine.
And X.
Odd, I've been calling my late twenties the Era Of Hangover-Free Drinking because only teenagers and amateurs get hangovers. Welcome to the Era Of People Don't Know How To Drink Anymore.
Oh yeah pallie? Let's see who's laughing when 30 gets so bombed it pisses the bed.
Ugh, I bet you also believe that g-spots don't exist.
Um, you must not be doing it right then.
I'm doing the drinking right. My dwindling bank account proves that. But I'm also doing the glass-of-water-and-three-Advil after drinking right, so I rarely have a hangover.
Are hangovers that big a problem, I have to admit I'm genetically predisposed not to get them I guess because I've never had one, I should also say I don't drink regularly but when I do it's usually to get super nice Full discloser Ithe first time I got drunk I was 14-15 and it was one a bottle of MD 20/20 that I polished off alone. Drunk as shit I wonder home from my friends house ( across the street) and had trouble negotiating the curb in front of my house. When I overcame the curb I battled My front door then the Stairway up to my room and finally my bed sheets before I had a sleep so good I remember it today. The next morning I woke up feeling amazing and still do every time I tie one on till this day. I say all this to say I can't imagine any of this fooze being good at all and is fighting hangovers really that important? it's not the hangover that has ladettes pissing in the streets.
Yeah, but without the hangover, how else would I get the panicky feeling that I'm slowly killing myself?
choking.
David Nutt: is there anything he can't do?