Advice: Feed a cold, etc. OK. So
my band is playing a show tonight. It's a fairly big one for us, being a Friday night deal where some local music figures should be in attendence. We've been psyched for a while.
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The bad news: For the past two days, I've had this hellish cold that are giving me sinus headaches, a sore throat, and that balloon-head feeling. That's not going to stop me from playing-- I would basically have to lose a limb before I'd pull out of the show-- but it's going to be an extra factor to deal with.
So my question: do I teetotal at the show tonight, on the theory that I'm sort of impaired anyway, and the last thing I need is several pints of beer further messing with my head? Or do I pour it on, in the hopes that liquid courage will help me rock out when I'd sorta rather be home with my head buried under pillows?