kombat
Well-Known Member
I turned 40 last year, and in the past couple of years, I've noticed changes to the way my body handles alcohol. In my younger years, I could put away 8-10 beers in an evening, and if I cut myself off early enough (midnight) and drank enough water, I'd sleep through the night and wake up a little groggy and maybe with a touch of a headache, but otherwise functional.
Nowadays, it seems more unpredictable. Sometimes I can drink 6-8 beers and wake up fine the next day, other times I'll wake up feeling like I got run over by a truck. I have no idea what my "limit" is anymore.
One more thing: Occasionally (30% of the time?), after having as few as 4 beers in the evening, I'll wake up at 4:00 am hot and a little sweaty, and be unable to get back to sleep. This has made it virtually impossible (or, at least, irresponsible) for me to have more than 3 beers on a weeknight.
Given the unpredictable nature of it, I tried to determine whether it was a homebrew/macro thing, maybe yeast, maybe something to do with the hops... but I've been unable to narrow it down to anything. It just seems random.
Anyone else going through/remember anything similar around age 40?
Nowadays, it seems more unpredictable. Sometimes I can drink 6-8 beers and wake up fine the next day, other times I'll wake up feeling like I got run over by a truck. I have no idea what my "limit" is anymore.
One more thing: Occasionally (30% of the time?), after having as few as 4 beers in the evening, I'll wake up at 4:00 am hot and a little sweaty, and be unable to get back to sleep. This has made it virtually impossible (or, at least, irresponsible) for me to have more than 3 beers on a weeknight.
Given the unpredictable nature of it, I tried to determine whether it was a homebrew/macro thing, maybe yeast, maybe something to do with the hops... but I've been unable to narrow it down to anything. It just seems random.
Anyone else going through/remember anything similar around age 40?