BUSINESS The Economic Cost of Hangovers

You being hungover is costing the economy billions of dollars. I read this insane study a few years ago that excessive drinking costs the economy more than $220 billion -- or about $1.90 per drink, which sounds like an absurd number until you do the math in your own life in isolation. Like when I drink, it's usually a two-day ordeal. The night I'm drinking, the morning after my brain's fried until midday. And you extrapolate all that wasted time and wasted productivity over hundreds of millions of people, this number starts seeming a lot less ridiculous. And it's why I spent a year developing the best hangover recovery product in the world to save us, to save our economy.