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Published 22:34 29 Sept 2016 BST
While some may say it's all in your head, gastroenterologist Mark Welton, M.D. explained to Men's Health that it's actually your body changing and your liver is not processing alcohol with the efficiency of your younger self.
"When we get older, our whole recovery process for everything we do is harder, longer, and slower," Dr. Welton said.
As you get older, your body produces less dehydrogenase. This enzyme is responsible for breaking down the two types of alcohol, ethanol and methanol, which are present in most of your favourite drinks.
Basically this means that as you get older, your body can't process alcohol as quick and it stays in your system far longer which means that your, "two day hangover," is actually a real thing.
To sum it all up, you're not imagining it, your hangovers are getting worse. The only way to avoid it is to cut back on how much alcohol you drink.

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