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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Yeah, at a certain point, hair of the dog becomes more about staving off withdrawals more so than a hangover.
Source: Alcoholic family members.
gpt
Yeah at that point the alcoholic usually has night beers next to their bed to drink from throughout the night in order to not go into withdrawal while just trying to sleep.

Source: AA is pretty useless for opiate addiction.