Hi,

I always felt the exact same. When I was drinking I would often be looking forward to being hungover. I always wanted to know how i could get that feeling of being without drinking alcohol. I can literally remember hungover days I've had that were so good because of the calmness and focused though I had.

I kind of gave up on finding it though. But recently I started the keto diet. You essentially eat natural foods, mostly fat based, with 20g-50g of net carbs per day. So you can eat fish, eggs, bacon and a load of spinach, mushrooms, avocados, nuts etc.

You're body goes into ketosis. This is where you burn fat instead of carbs for energy. I imagine that's why when we are hungover we crave fatty foods.

For me I never really felt anxious to get my next meal in when hungover, I could lose myself in something for hours.

That's how I feel in ketosis. I have less nervous energy, I don't feel hunger cravings, and my mind is turned on. I feel more chilled and relaxed.

The best thing about this diet is that you can eat all the fat you want, you just have to stay away from grains and other carbs which our bodies probably aren't naturally meant to have.

I strongly urge you to start a keto way of eating if you want that feeling of centeredness you have when hungover.

The more I think about it, for me at least being hungover, and in ketosis are basically the same state.

When you go off carbs your body loses all the water weight that carbs make it hold on to. Since a hangover is essentially caused by having less water in your body I can see the natural overlap between the two.