🧪 Science / Weekend Optimization
Hangover Simulator
ODE-based model of BAC (Widmark + Michaelis–Menten elimination), acetaldehyde and congener inflammation, dehydration load, and sleep architecture disruption.
Body weight
75 kg
165 lb
Sex
affects Vd (volume of distribution)
Usual bedtime
11PM
Food in stomach
1.8× slower absorption
Drink type
▏midnight▏2am — diminishing returnstap = toggle · double-tap = stack (use with switched type to mix) · max 4
6 drinks · 84 g ethanol · last at 10:30PM
Other substances
tap to cycle 0–4 · severity is exponential
Morning run
−28% hangover score
Results
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Predicted next-day outcome
Bad day (7.6/10)
Peak BAC
0.1 g/dL
Above legal limit
BAC at sleep
0.087 g/dL
Drives SWS suppression
SWS suppression
87%
Slow-wave, late night
REM disruption
70%
Suppressed early, rebound late
Inflammation
9%
Acetaldehyde + congeners
Dehydration
100%
84 g ethanol total
Fragmentation
64%
Clearance microarousals
📊 Charts
BAC computed via Widmark ODE with gamma-distributed absorption per drink type and Michaelis–Menten elimination. Acetaldehyde follows first-order clearance.