Mixing alcoholic with non-alcohol drinks?

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Ok, this is more like an observasion I'd like to have comfirmed. I've noticed that when I mix my drink with, say coke, or redbull I always get a hangover the next day, whereas I can get smashed with clear vodka, whiskey but the next day I feel fine. At worse I feel like I took one of those draining afternoon naps. Even when I drink something like caipiroska (vodka, lime & sugar) I don't end up feeling like that.
I've come to the conclusion that alcoholic drinks mixed with non-alcoholic ones probably mess with my blood pressure or something.

Have you noticed something like that? What do you think?

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  • dom180
    10 years ago | pl

    My guess is that it's because hangovers are caused at least in part by dehydration, and those soft drinks like Coke and Red Bull dehydrate you A LOT (the companies that make soft drinks design them to be dehydrating because it makes you more likely to buy a second drink), maybe even more than the alcohol does.

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    • megadriver
      7 years ago | pl

      I'm with you on that. When I get together with my mates, I drink water too. I enjoy my alcoholic drinks, but make sure I get water. Next day - no hangover.

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    • elenaki
      10 years ago | pl

      Oh, didn't know that. Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks! :D

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  • [email protected]
    10 years ago | pl

    Hard liquor should ALWAYS be drank straight out of the bottle,NEVER mixed with ANYTHING.

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  • howaminotmyself
    10 years ago | pl

    Yes, what dom said. Dehydration is the most common reason you suffer a hangover. Also, the sugar content of those drinks are quite high. Mixed with alcohol, it makes for one hell of a crash.

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  • squeallikeasacofpigs
    10 years ago | pl

    Lol the majority of people here don't drink. They're:
    i) Kids
    ii) American kids that wont drink till 21.

    All this whining in America about cannabis but no one is protesting about lowering the drinking age? Dafuq merica?

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  • shade_ilmaendu
    10 years ago | pl

    Precisely what dom said, I have the same problem. I stick to straight liquor or liquor and a few beers. Wine, sugary stuff, even liquers like Hpnotic will give me nasty, pukey hangovers the next day. All those sugars and preservatives dehydrate you even faster.

    Advice: If you're gonna have a mix drink, only get like 1 or 2 for the night, and make sure you eat food and drink a few glasses of water before bed. I always stay up long enough that I know the alcohol has passed through my stomach and eat something filling like peanut butter toast.

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  • DannyKanes
    10 years ago | pl

    What Dom said :) It's all the sugar and caffeine in those drinks that dehydrates you. If you drink a large glass of water before you go to bed, you won't get a hangover :)

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    • scumfuck
      10 years ago | pl

      see that's my problem i get the worst hangovers when i get wasted but when i drink alot of water i can't sleep cause i have to pee all the time !!

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    • kelili
      10 years ago | pl

      Right!

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  • VioletTrees
    10 years ago | pl

    You might be drinking more when you mix drinks. It's easier to drink a lot of something mixed than it is to drink a lot of straight liquor.

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  • kr24
    10 years ago | pl

    Beer is the way to go.

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  • NotStrangeBird
    10 years ago | pl

    Alcohol is rough enough on a sleep cycle without a bunch of sugar and caffiene up in your grill.

    The ideal hangover-proofing is to drink a good top-shelf straight vodka and chase it with lots of water.

    Many folks forget or don't factor in that they've probably eaten a bunch of crappy fried appetizers or rich heavy foods once they got drunk. Try to avoid this, your judgement tries to go south on you when drinking. Don't let it in this regard.

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