Somebody please invent a cure for hangovers

Thank you

- Trevor

WHAT WAS THAT? COULD YOU SPEAK UP?

<turning my empeg up as loud as I can>
Hehe.

One of my brothers once told me to drink a tall glass of cold milk to cure a hangover. He laughed while I was drinking it and then running for the bathroom. So I wouldn't recommend it.

You're both horrible for making fun of me for being dumb the night before! I'll be there next time you've got a hangover with something with lots of nice loud bass

I've tried the milk idea before. The reasoning behind it was that I'd heard people saying that you should drink milk BEFORE going out so I reasoned it may work if I did it after. And as you've found out, no it doesn't!

- Trevor

The best cure I found was my baby boy!
Since he arrived a night on the town meant almost 3 beers!
Being woken up though the night and still having to get up for the morning feed at 6am sure curtails any thoughts of drinking

Somebody please invent a cure for hangovers

I started my career in Fleet Street in the '60's with all the journalists and surrounding characters.

If you drink consistently, day in day out, night in, night out, no such thing as a hangover can ever break into your routine - it's all just another session!

A nice cold beer. The best cure.

I find that eggs are good. A nice big omelette to soak up the crud left in my stomach, and to give me some energy to get started on the day.

However, most of my hangovers are dehydration-caused. A nice big 2 pint glass of cool blackcurrant squash usually helps with that. Drink it slowly, or you'll just get bloated.

The most reliable solution however, is to drink plenty of water before going to bed. If you wake up with a headache, drink some more water, take a painkiller, and then go back to sleep for another hour.

Alternatively, read this

My favorite quote from that k5 post:

"But as you lie there, cursing your fate, remember that there is no such thing as a bad drink, only a bad drinker."

Priceless wisdom.

Too true - it's 10 times worse having a hangover *and* responsibility.

Personally I find that having a dump can really help sort out a queasy stomach, although if it's *really* severe then a tactical chunder might be a better option. Headaches are only dealt with by drinking the appropriate amount of water, with a painkiller if necessary to help you through the re-hydration phase. Avoid paracetemol in favour of aspirin or one of the other liver-friendly painkillers.

Try not drinking alcohol. Works for me - I've never had a hangover.

The best thing you can do is get water and caffeine in your system (as well as an aspirin or Tylenol). Goody's headache powder is the best hangover cure on the planet (just do not inhale the stuff while going for the drink of water).

If you don't have Goody's, a coke and lots of water will work. Oh, and eat something.

Advice from someone with lots of experience...

Try not drinking alcohol. Works for me - I've never had a hangover.

Ditto. I've never consumed an alcoholic beverage, and really have no desire to.

roger, roger. (the affirmation, not the pronoun) ive never touched the stuff, and as such have been hang-over free my entire life. dont intend to either.

I found during my long term as a drinker( have not drank for two years, thank you) that the only cure for a hangover is time. At one time I knew what the chemical by-products were that the liver produced while converting the alcohol to sugar but I have forgotten them. The toxins that are rendered are really rather nasty.

I have to agree with David, the only thing that stopped them was not drinking, and BTW, nice to see that David is still hanging out here.

AlkaSeltzer Morning Relief.

It has saved me on MANY occasions.

the best cure is a few glasses of prevention... namely water. drink as much as you can before you go to sleep to rehydrate your body. Won't get rid of everything but helps a ton.

I'm with Loren on this one. Everything I've heard about hangovers suggests that it's mostly due to dehydration. Tod ("Commori") even talks about "hockey hangovers", the day after he plays hockey, having the same symptoms as a hangover because he's unable to keep himself hydrated enough on those nights. I also notice that if I didn't drink enough fluids on any given day, I will wake up with a headache the following morning.

Yes, and salt is good for you when your dehydrated. It doesn't seem like it would be, but it is. Something to do with electrolytes. So I'd drink gatorade or powerade because the salt content will help dehydrate you better than water.

Ditto. I've never consumed an alcoholic beverage, and really have no desire to.

You don't know what you're missing. I hate getting so drunk to the point that I have a hangover, but there ain't nothing like having a good drink after a long day.

I drink, but I've never been drunk before. . . and never intend to.

You don't know what you're missing.

That's the point. I have no idea what I'm missing, and thus, am perfectly happy without it. Ignorance truly is bliss.

After seeing how it affected my alcoholic grandfather, I just decided it was something that I can do without, no matter how great it is.

Exactly. I'm straightedge, and plan to always be.

I agree. I don't want to get into that stuff. I have many reasons, but I've basically never had a drink. I've sipped several, but never ever cared to drink any more.

The biggest reason is that I just dislike the taste. I seem to be one of about .05% of the population who doesn't drink for this reason.

I also just dislike watching the people at the parties I've hosted who drink solely because they are underage. That's the college thing. These people just drink because they're not supposed to. They see me, who has been of age for quite some time, and they can't figure out why I never partake.

Give me a niiiice taaaall glass of milk any day. Man am I square.

Give me a niiiice taaaall glass of milk any day. Man am I square.

Homer: So, I realized that being with my family is more important
than being cool.
Bart: Dad, what you just said was powerfully uncool.
Homer: You know what the song says: "It's hip to be square".
Lisa: That song is so lame.
Homer: So lame that it's... cool?
Bart+Lisa: No.
Marge: Am I cool, kids?
Bart+Lisa: No.
Marge: Good. I'm glad. And that's what makes me cool, not caring,
right?
Bart+Lisa: No.
Marge: Well, how the hell do you be cool? I feel like we've tried
everything here.
Homer: Wait, Marge. Maybe if you're truly cool, you don't need to
be told you're cool.
Bart: Well, sure you do.
Lisa: How else would you know?


(I've really been slacking on my Simpsons-reference-of-the-day duties lately.)


Edit: And, speaking of Los Simpsons... My buddy just sent me this top 25 episodes list. Definitely some omissions on there, but not a bad list.

I'm straightedge, and plan to always be.

Straightedge straightedge, or just borderline? To me, straightedgers don't use drugs (including alcohol), are generally vegan (though that isn't necessary), no smoking, and no sex outside of marriage.

Why in God's name anybody would do that to themselves is beyond me

Straight edge, meaning poison free/drug free. I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs. There are people who take it to the extreme, more power to them, I guess. I could never be a vegitarian. There's nothing like a good steak dinner.

Oh, and the sex thing, it's usually defined as "promiscuous sex," not complete abstinence. Like I said though, there are varying degrees, so people take things to the extreme.

Agreed; The problem here is that that opportunity has been missed. Dehydration is the enemy and it takes hold after you've made yourself too stupid to remember to combat it; namely before you go to sleep or [reality] passout [/reality].

Water will help but not quickly. The body isn't capable of ryhydrating itself quickly. So any help that I can get along the way is much appreciated.

I kid you not. That 'Morning Relief' has literally got me going on the road to recovery long befoe I should've been.

In addition to all the tips above, I have one to add.

I have never been so drunk as to get sick, so this goes for those who don't go to that extreme:

Besides drinking a good 1-2 pints of good old water before going to bed, I also pop a multivitamin with the water. I've found that the water takes the majority of the edge off, but the addition of the vitamin seems to eliminate it.

I remember reading that alcohol (or it's digestion) somehow removes certain B-series vitamins from the body, and that lack can lead to a bad morning. Not as bad as the dehydration part of a hangover, but it contributes.

At the very least, DRINK WATER. If you're coherent enough, perhaps a vitamin may help?

-Germ - not a health scientist by any stretch.