Facing those boozy blues

While a night on the tiles can produce a helluva hangover, constant drinking does longterm damage.

In total, we spend almost a year of our lives hung-over. But what actually causes those banging headaches, lurching stomachs and fuzzy tongues?

HEAD, EARS AND EYE: You wake up with a banging headache, dry mouth and your tongue seems to have grown a carpet. You also have blood-shot eyes and find noise intolerable.