The 20 Stages Of Beating A Hangover

    Hydration is paramount.

    Your alarm goes off. You drank the volume of a small lake and slept for fewer than three hours last night. But miraculously, you feel fine.

    Oh hang on, no you don't. You feel appalling. In fact, you've never felt this bad.

    1. You open your curtains. The pain trebles.

    2. Apparently a sizeable marching band has moved into the space your brain used to occupy.

    3. You look into a mirror. You're now a translucent human with eyes that are smaller than peas.

    4. You try showering. It hurts so much.

    5. You're so tired.

    6. You also need to face the outside world.

    7. And go to work.

    8. It's time to face your boss.

    9. You've never been thirstier.

    10. Everyone is speaking so loudly.

    11. You appear to be experiencing fairly severe mood swings.

    12. It's lunchtime.

    13. Oh god. You've hit the post-lunch slump.

    14. And now you're getting flashbacks.

    15. You're crying. Oh god, you're crying.

    16. And now you're sleepy again.

    17. Hunger. Such hunger has hit.

    18. It's 5 p.m. You can finally head home.

    19. Your friends want to analyse the drunk texts that were sent last night.

    20. The situation is worse than you could have imagined.