Why does drinking alcohol give you a headache?

I'm no expert but i am Scottish had the same problem and this is my conclusion

I find if you are not drinking enough water during the day,or drinking too many sugar based drinks as a substitute for water your body will gradually become dehydrated

when you drink alcohol your body will not ingest the H2O content of the beverage as efficiently as usual but rather concentrate its efforts with breaking down the alcohol, which it regards as poison dehydrating you very quickly

So my theory is this.....You are suffering what we call a " mid day hangover"

remember a hangover is just a manifestation of dehydration.

so the solution i found to deal with this is get you body in a regime where water is its main source of hydration (during the day) this takes a bit of time.

I find it takes about 3 weeks to flush out your system.

Then your ready to rock you body can cope with the drinking process with added benefits such as..

The Hang Over Cure - Have a pee then drink a pint of water before bed, it shaves the edge of the morning misery.

Please note from experience if you still feel drunk or unsure you are hung over!

Drinking water sometimes ain't a good idea.

I got on a bus heading to work after a night out. My head was splitting, no moisture in mouth. Infact i was so ill i could not even have a cigarette.

When i got to work, I open a bottle of water and within five minutes of drinking it a was pished again and hungover by lunch time

Polarrball

and the beer you are consuming is being utalised to hydrate your body while the effect of alcohol will dehidrate tor body this may send mixed signals around manafesting its self as a headach

and your urine is dark yellow