Poll of the Day > Best way to deal with a hangover?

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So I was out at a festival last night and may have drank a bit too much. This is my first hangover because I've always been the sober driver of my group. My skull feels like it's about to shatter. What advice do you give to help with a hangover?
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There's not much you can do for a hangover other than sleep it off. People claim to have hangover cures but there's no real surefire way to make it go away.

Drinking water, taking aspirin, and rest is about the best you can do.
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Not drinking helps
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Water and fried chicken.
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Ibuprofen for me.

I might use more for actual pain killing, but for a hangover just a 200mg tablet makes mine disappear in about half an hour.

Just don't go wild with it. While it may seem like a miracle, like any pills and booze it does have the potential for accelerated liver damage which is a bad thing. Hangovers suck, a fucked up liver is exponentially worse.

Take a shower and alternate between hot and cold water every minute or so. That helps with the headache.

I've read that exercise actually helps, but I've never tested it firsthand because who in their right mind wants to go for a brisk run when your insides are about to explode out of you?

Apparently grease and bread are good ways to "soak up" the excess alcohol. Not sure if that's a myth or not. I feel better if I can stomach anything, greasy or otherwise.

Also, water. Drink as much as you can.
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Hair of the dog
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A multivitamin, water, and eating something helps me, a couple hours i'm basically fine but still tired.
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Personally, I just drink water and eat a lot of food. I don't fuck with aspirin or any of that shit, because you likely still have a lot of alcohol in your system and mixing that shit is a bad idea. Also, coffee, while it may pep you up, isn't a good idea if you aren't also drinking a lot of water, because coffee dehydrates you further.

Finally, I feel like stretching, roam rolling, and light exercise help me. Don't go in the gym and like, have a full workout, but just like some bodyweight squats, push-ups, and a walk should suffice.
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Eating fat stuff always helps for me. The alcohol then seems to mix up with it and after a good shit or two my hangover is gone. Also drinking water and cardio exercise help.

I usually start drinking again.

Drinking a lot of water and eating something kinda fatty always helps a hangover.

Then go back to sleep for a couple hours
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Water and some vitamin C.

A greasy meal also helps.
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IVs get rid of hangovers pretty much instantly. When I was in the barracks, I'd have people from my Battalion come knocking on my door on Sundays asking for IVs all the time. I eventually stopped answering the door because I kept getting yelled at for wasting my IV equipment unnecessarily.
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water, sleep, greasy food and weed
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Okay, I'm feeling a lot better now. I took some ibuprofen, drank a lot of water, took a small nap and went for a short walk. I'm not 100% but I'm feeling a lot better. Thanks for all the advice.
Thank god I'm not in work today. I wouldn't be able to handle it.
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I always drink powerade and a banana. I've heard good things about pedialite too.
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TheCraigadile posted...

Okay, I'm feeling a lot better now. I took some ibuprofen, drank a lot of water, took a small nap and went for a short walk. I'm not 100% but I'm feeling a lot better. Thanks for all the advice.
Thank god I'm not in work today. I wouldn't be able to handle it.

I also forgot:

DirtBasedSoap posted...

weed

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Cacciato posted...

I usually start drinking again.

Monica
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