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One Drink, Full Hangover in Perimenopause — Why Alcohol Hits Harder Now (Ep 13)
(Ep 13) Picture a girlfriend's fiftieth — a long table in her backyard, fairy lights in the trees, and a bucket of ice with the bubbles already chilling. You've barely put your handbag down before somebody presses a glass of prosecco into your hand. And when you say no thanks, there's that little pause, the raised eyebrow, the "go on, just one", and someone joking that you must be pregnant. Suddenly you're explaining yourself, when all you did was say no to a drink.
I rarely drink any more, because my body can't tolerate it now. These days, even one drink leaves my skin flushed, a headache…
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