05 PLAN AHEAD

Practise caution the night before. Dr Rao points to the ‘disconnect from reality through suppression of our frontal lobes’ that tricks us into believing we’re more sober than we are. Setting hourly ‘check in’ alarms to remind yourself to drink water is one strategy. Too late? Walk it off: a 15-minute stroll in a wooded area can reduce anxiety by 23% to 31%*. Leave the hip flask.