The last time I drank last spring after a sober stretch the hangover was 8 times worse than ever before because I drank almost the same quantity as before but my body was not used to it. I was "acutely" hungover for five days. Sick, sweaty, crawling out of my skin. Five days.
Hypothetically, if I were to drink right now I would be hungover for five days and I think I would restart my six months of PAWS I just completed.
My body was very damaged from alcohol. It couldn't process it anymore. It didn't even make me buzzed, just off balance and like I was outside of my body.