Lauren Geall, 26, senior writer, Strong Women

How many drinks did you have the night before? Eight glasses of wine across eight hours. I stopped drinking around 10pm.

What are your hangovers normally like? Not fun! I’ve never thrown up from alcohol but I do tend to feel nauseated and get bad headaches. The tiredness and brain fog are usually the worst part, but the hangxiety is often bad too. I also get some digestive upset at times.

How bad was this hangover? I’d say I’m around a four out of 10? I feel tired and a bit brain foggy, but there is no sign of a headache and I don’t feel nauseated at all. I’m surprised, to say the least. It seems my cure has done its work…

Why this cure? My flatmate had tried the Myrkl pill before and said she noticed she was less hungover the day after, so I was intrigued to see whether it would hold up against one of the booziest nights of the year. It works as a kind of probiotic supplement that contains two key strains of ‘good’ bacteria, both of which have been picked for their ability to metabolise alcohol before it gets absorbed into the blood. That means a good proportion of the alcohol you drink will be converted into water and carbon dioxide in the small intestine, so your body has access to less of the alcohol you consume. It also contains other hangover-supporting ingredients such as L-Cysteine and vitamin B12.

How did it make you feel? You have to take two Myrkl pills at least two hours before you start drinking, so that bit was relatively simple. The only thing I was hesitant about was whether it would stop me from getting drunk in the first place – a possible result I’d read about online. I was a bit nervous that I’d spend the Christmas party stone-cold sober while everyone around me was tipsy, but it turns out I had nothing to worry about. While I do think my first few drinks didn’t have the same effect they usually would, I ended the night feeling suitably merry and ordered a classic post-night-out McDonald’s when I got home. I went to bed scared about how I was going to feel in the morning, but I was genuinely amazed by how unaffected I was. The only ‘normal’ hangover symptoms I had were the tiredness and digestive upset (and the latter makes sense because Myrkl is designed to work by breaking down the alcohol once it gets to your small intestine, so it does still have to pass through your stomach and therefore can irritate it).

Would you recommend it? Yes, I’m thoroughly impressed.

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