If this is supposed to be such an awesome new year then why do so many of us start it off with a hangover?

You have to give the old one a proper sending off and start the new one with a bang (interpret that as you wish)! and a day of laziness and hang-over isn’t that big a price to pay (can you tell my headache’s pretty much gone by now?).

we’re just enjoying it to the max.
for me, it’s only time of the year wherein all of you in the family could stay together..
(because of a tradition..)

it’s perfect because you wake up and think “wow my year has to be better than this”

Sounds like you forgot to drink a bunch of water last night. Sorry you’re feeling so bad, but look at it this way… It can only get better from now on!! Happy New year judo. Healing well from you surgery I hope.

I was a good girl and only had 2 drinks last night BTW, but I still woke up with a headache!

just chill. :D
you guys are fantastic.
way too cool.

hahaha, just spotted the tags….sure new years celebrations are important, but hardly meaning-of-life stuff :)

Oh I feel ok. I do feel like climbing back in to bed with the rest of the house but I’m going to drink some tea and get this year kicked off with a good dinner!

I still have this hangover
(from not sleeping ‘coz i’m too addicted with fluther)
[why haven’t I discovered this before?]
oh well..
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let’s have a toast to a new beginning.

lets toast to a new year ..best of luck in 2009

Wekfdsaaety tyroipjgfbcfwd…

Oh, my headdddfghjt.

I didn’t have oneeeeeeeee :) :)

@krose thats cause you partied too hard the night before new years ;)

i don’t wanna talk about it

Because this country (assuming you are in the US) has a bad relationship with alcohol, and considers playing with brain chemistry and appropriate way to celebrate significant events.

A good question to ask is how can drinking to the point of barely remembering the night before translate to “Oh my god, last night was GREAT!!! Woooo!!!”

That hangover pain is just brain cells dying from alcohol poisoning. Don’t worry, though. Only the weakest brain cells are being killed, thus leaving you much smarter.
So have another drink.

@AstroChuck: I like the way you think. Lurve all the way.

@Noon: I know last night was great for me because I had fun with a lot of my friends. Just because I can’t remember certain parts of it doesn’t mean it wasn’t fun. I’m positive that those parts were fun too.

@original question: Hangovers are just one of those things that you gotta deal with if you’re gonna party hardy. I have no problem starting off my year with a hangover because it’s my mark that I had a good time, which is what new years is all about.

@TitsMcGhee
What’s the point in those parts being fun, if you don’t remember them?

I’m sure I had fun at the time! For the most part, alcohol is what I like to call a “social lubricant.” I find that when I drink to celebrate, I am generally happier, more social, more loosened up, and less focused on the stressful things in life. I also forget things whether I drink or not, so why not get a little buzzed every so often?

But if you had a fun time, at the time, but can’t remember it, then why bother. “I went to the movies yesterday and saw ___, but I can’t remember it.” Was the movie really worth the money then?

As for the “social lubricating” effect of alcohol. I think as a “society” we should work on being happier, and more social without the aid of a foreign substance.

@Noon- Ya gotta live for the now, Man.

I do live for now, and plan on remembering all of it ;-)

Where’s the fun in that? I’m glad I’ve forgotten some things.
Damn! That statement just made me remember some of them.

@AstroChuck: I too am a little glad I don’t remember some of it… For example: “Did I really make out with him? Well, I can’t remember it, therefore, no!”

@Noon: I don’t remember every detail of every movie I’ve ever seen either. In fact, I don’t remember ever detail of most things I do. I can be happy without alcohol, or any other mind-altering substance, but I like the taste of most alcohols and I like how it makes me feel. That is something fun to do, in addition to all the other fun things I do while perfectly sober.

@Noon
>>What’s the point in those parts being fun, if you don’t remember them?

The point is to have fun, and not remembering is a small trade-off.

@ark
I Know I’m a minority and wouldn’t be able to change anyone’s opinion on this matter. But to me that logic is the same as baking a pie, but not being able to eat it.

a hangover does not equal not remembering

@noon nooo that analogy is all backwards. Eating the pie is the best part. Getting drunk and not remembering is like eating an awesome pie but forgetting you made it. Who cares? It was still great.

The time line doesn’t work for your analogy.

Drink, Drunk, Fun?, Forgetting

Eating Pie, Enjoying Pie, Make Pie, Forget Making pie

@noon: not all people who get drunk are like, Leaving Las Vegas drunk.

@noon the time line doesnt have to make sense. Thats how alcohol works, you forget parts of the night, its not in some sequential order. Just parts are missing the next morning, but you remember the really good stuff.

@noon: agreeing with uberbatman on this one. I definitely do not forget the whole night, just little snippets. The rest of the night I usually remember in vivid detail… and sometimes I don’t forget anything!

A few years ago, we used to celebrate every personal achievement by getting our selfs wasted. Mainly we did it for the stories that me or my friends started to tell after we got drunk. But nowadays the gang split up and i find myself saying that i don’t get drunk that often anymore :(

I am 14 and my parents let me have a bit of champagne on new year (right after midnight). I have this fear of a hangover ever since my brother drank wine sooo fast and had a serious hangover. It took me about an hour (maybe more) to finish my small cup of champagne. No hangover the next day :).

I spent my new years alone since everyone i know was working…i watched the indian jones movies and fell asleep around ten o’clock. yeah, i know, real party animal!