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It's a scenario many of us are all too familiar with and, as the weekend is only just over, one which many of us have dealt with in the last 72 hours.

Friday and Saturday nights spent drinking and carousing are generally followed by a day of pain and paranoia. Sometimes two days.

For in spite of huge advancements in the field of medicine, there is no known cure for a hangover - but there are a few things we can do lessen the severity of one.

Food and water can help ease the pain. The thing is, you have to remember to do that - and one man thought he had the perfect foil.

Steven Davidson, 30, took the responsible step of leaving a note to remind himself to eat and have a bottle of water before he went to bed.

"To drunk Steve"

Addressed from his sober self to his drunk self, for the benefit of his future hungover self (still with us?), it all started off well enough, before getting a bit 'Jekyll and Hyde'.

(Image: Twitter / Tarryntino)

What a difference a few hours make!

Gone is caring Sober Steve. In his place is Drunk Steve, who not only does what he wants - but doesn't think very highly of Hungover Steve, either.

Since a friend of his posted a photo of the brilliant exchange on Twitter, it's got a lot of attention. But what was the story behind it?

Speaking to Mirror Online, Steven, from Western Australia, explained:

"I wrote the note to hopefully lessen the hangover as I'm now on the wrong side of 30 and they're just getting worse and lasting longer."

(Image: Facebook / Steven Davidson)

While it is the first time he's written to himself, Steven admits, "but I have been known to have conversations with myself while intoxicated."

"I'm quite stubborn when drunk so when I saw the note I thought, 'no one tells me what I can and can't do", so I replied, but I remember I kept getting confused to which Steve I was talking to hence the crossed out sections."

In terms of preparing for a hangover, Steven says, "I usually make sure I have nothing on as a hangover day usually consists of sitting in my own filth watching TV and eating KFC."

(Image: Getty)

Fair enough.

But as for this particular hangover?

"It was absolutely terrible. There just isn't enough water in this world to cure the thirst."