btw I hear this a lot from North American/English speaking parts of the world but less in others. There seems to be more tolerance/less judgement towards drinking alcohol, its seen as an integral part of socializing, almost to a fault in some cultures. I wonder if this is some pre-emptive virtue signaling,since if you break it down, hangovers is largely the result of dehydration and loss of minerals. It might be that as you get older you retain less fluid or something, i do not know, just guessin.

having said that, i can go without drinking. you tend to increase consumption in bursts, social events. it can cause a lot of societal problems (ex. south korea/russia) and combined with tobacco (ex. south korea/japan), its right up there in terms of toxicity with combining cocaine and alcohol (dramatically/needlessly increases toxicity).

One might make the same judgement about cocaine hangovers or any substance for that matter.