Chronic illness after heavy drinking

I think I’ve had this illness about every 2 or more years throughout my adult life, but in the last half year, I’ve had it now 5 times maybe due to multiple bouts of covid. It seems to always start with a heavy night of drinking and then waking up to a sore throat. I’ll have the sore throat, which hurts much worse when I swallow, for several days while also sneezing and having itchy eyes and nose. Then the post nasal drip coughing starts. I feel tickling in my throat so bad that it causes me to cough uncontrollably. I also have to blow my nose constantly as huge amounts of mucus is being produced. The mucus is clear but eventually turns yellow at the end of the illness. This can last for weeks and I feel congested and have a slight headache throughout all of it. I try researching this and I can’t find a definitive answer to what this is so I would greatly appreciate any help. If it’s my tonsils, I’d get them taken out tomorrow. I should note, I also have a deviated septum and low white blood cell count.

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