What's Your Cure for a Hangover?

#1: don't get drunk. Seriously. I don't enjoy vomiting, so I just don't get drunk. You'd be amazed at how effective it can be.

#2. If for some reason #1 fails, I believe in the old aspirin and lots of water before bed.

Sent by Tricia, NPR | 12:29 PM | 3-17-2008

When I used to enjoy a beverage or two...water, water, water was the key to a fairly pleasant day after. Someone on this site devoted to HO cures agrees....http://www.hungover.net/top10_readers.asp?currentbrightness=null

Sent by Alison Stewart-NPR | 12:35 PM | 3-17-2008

dry toast, 2 pickles and pellegrino...and 4-5 pillows in order to remain upright!!!

Sent by jayn | 12:47 PM | 3-17-2008

Back when I used to drink I just made sure every other beverage was a glass of water. If nothing else the amount of time I spent in the bathroom prevented overindulging.
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I sense a trend in these responses. Is the average BPP blogger or blog reader a teetotaler or something close to it?

Sent by Dave Wiley | 12:58 PM | 3-17-2008

If at all possible, stay awake until you're mostly no longer drunk. Failing that, as Alison and Tricia say, proper hydration is key.

Eating something before going to bed is also good advice, hence the canonical dodgy kebab or street-meat hot dog eaten at 2 a.m. Although because my own period of habitual nightcrawling coincided with my post-collegiate years in Albuquerque, my traditional end-of-night ritual was the huevos rancheros with green chile stew, plus a fresh-squeezed orange juice, at the Frontier diner near my apartment. I ascribed great restorative powers to the combination of green chile and orange juice. Tasty, too!

Sent by Stewart | 1:01 PM | 3-17-2008

That's a good question, Dave. I'm beginning to wonder the same thing myself. I asked for ways to cure hangovers, not ways to avoid getting drunk.

Sent by Dan Pashman, NPR | 1:02 PM | 3-17-2008

It's not so much not getting drunk as it is proper buzz maintenance. At least for me, it's kind of a fine line between "loose 'n' happy" and "dark night of the soul," so pacing myself spares my fellow imbibers from dealing with excess Hibernian brooding. It's just good manners, really.

Sent by Stewart | 1:09 PM | 3-17-2008

To get over a hangover in the morning, I used to drink a lot of water.

When I was in Tokyo, someone suggested I drink a bottle of "Pocari Sweat" before I go to sleep to avoid a hangover. It worked! I haven't had a hangover since then.

Sent by Charlie | 3:31 PM | 3-17-2008

as much as i hate to see hipsters walking around with their trendy overpriced kombucha drinks, the gingerade plus a ton of water tends to help greatly. if you can't bring yourself to drop $4-5 on magic tea, i recommend not-from-concentrate juice (carrot is good, and hearty!) and maybe some toast.

Sent by tehresa | 2:22 AM | 3-18-2008

It depends on the degree of hangoverness. If completely sick nothing helps me. I can't even keep water down. If only slightly to medium hangedover water water water and aspirin. A little bit later, any hearty (but not spicy) food will do.

Sent by Nathan in Holland | 5:57 AM | 3-18-2008

Bloody mary, water and pizza. Nothing cures a hang over better

Sent by Rachel | 3:38 PM | 3-18-2008

If you are sober enough to remember to drink water every other drink or take an aspirin before going to bed, you probably won't have a hangover in the first place.

Sent by Stella Bagadonitz | 10:51 PM | 3-18-2008

1. Keeping on drinking to avoid hangovers is plain idiotic.

2. Advil, Aspirin, Tylenol: Too late; damage is done. And can mess up your liver bad.

3. Greasy foods: Saddlebags & cellulite. Hooray.

4. Chaser pills are only activated charcoal and Tums and don't work. Enjoy the Trots!

5. Most so-called hangover pills are nothing more than repackaged vitamins = snake oil.

There's only one genuine prevention remedy. Cheerz. I never drink w/o it! Tablets and new IntelliShot - lemon-lime functional shot/mixer. And it works before the damage is done because it contains powerful natural immune system boosters and super antioxidants that help flush alcohol tocixity. Namely a poison called acetaldehyde (produced as the liver breaks down alcohol) that is 30x more toxic than alcohol itself. Cheerz is gonna be bigger than Red Bull (and healthier!) Remember u heard it here first!

http://www.CheerzHangover.com

Sent by Samantha | 6:04 AM | 4-10-2008