The survey has outlined when exactly our Sundays are the scariest. 

A new study has revealed the exact age when the dreaded hangover from hell begins. According to a survey of 2,000 people aged 18 to 65, the after effects of a night on the drink are most felt at the age of 34, at which point most respondents noted that a hangover can last two whole days. 

While the median age of the survey indicated your mid-thirties as the decade in which hangovers do the most damage, additional data from the study revealed that most drinkers don’t acknowledge their alcohol limits until age 37. For those doing the math, that equates to nursing a three-year hangover.  

In addition to the onset of two-day hangovers (which effectively erases an entire weekend), the study also outlined respondents’ changing drinking habits as they age. According to the survey, most consumers stop doing shots at age 33, which doesn’t account for the elderly man sat at the pokies with the faint whiff of Fireball in the air. 

Speaking of the study, so-called ‘hangover expert’ (we share that in common) Dr. Deborah Lee said there’s been minimal research on the severity of the morning-after as we age. “Hangovers are likely to worsen with age because the activity of the key enzymes involved in alcohol breakdown becomes less efficient with age,” Lee said. 

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In any case, the study suggests a few tips to avoid the hangover from hell, namely in the consumption of water and food alongside each beverage. These sound manageable in theory, but all it takes is a couple of schooners for caution to be thrown to the wind.