When you started, you were imbibing very slowly, and then, as you picked up steam, and courage and confidence, it only seemed like more and more people were coming to your Party. It got easier to drink heavily, and you scolded the moderate drinkers for not caring as much as you did about the booze. You showed them what real commitment to the Party was by doing 3 shots and an ice luge, and some of them seemed to understand. But now, the party is over, it's the morning after and you feel like shit. All the wind is knocked out of your sails, and you want to vomit. You can't believe it's over. You wonder if there were any solutions or recipes you could have looked up before you got so into it. It seems the people suffering least from the hangover are the moderate drinkers. They had something else important to do the next day, and just sorta took it easy. They're gonna be fine.

(BY THE WAY I AM GOING TO 'DO' MY FIRST ICE LUGE IN NEW JERSEY TONIGHT!)
Recovering alcohol/poliholics can take some solace from this recent study indicating that there is a huge burst of growth in new brain cells in the weeks after an ex-boozer begins to abstain (via Crumb Trail). Recovery is an option, and I'm sure we will be on our way to normal functioning soon enough.