Tips to Get Rid of a Hangover this Holiday
Nov 30, 2009 | Posted by bryan | 0 Comments
How To Cure a Horrible Holiday Hangover
Okay, so the holidays are coming up, which means more parties, group outings, family gatherings. If you’re a drinker, you’re going to be hitting it harder than ever during this time, and yeah, hangovers suck. But they don’t have to. With just a few simple tips you can be hang over free this holiday. So what do you do to make sure your hangover isn’t debilitating and painful?
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
The first part of the answer comes with prevention. Alcohol dehydrates you, so the night you’re drinking, be sure to include a lot of water. Drink a big glass, too before you go to bed, and your chances of a dehydration hangover are greatly lessened.
Be sure too, to take a couple of aspirins before you go to sleep. They’ll work at night to battle the headache that’s coming before you even wake up. You might consider taking a multivitamin the night before, along with a B-Complex tab, to pre-empt the depletion that’s headed your way.
What Drinks Cause Hangovers
Another part of avoiding the hangover from hell is choosing wisely what you drink in the first place. Heavily sugared drinks are big culprits in making you feel terrible the next day, as are high-tannin cheap wines.
The Best Hangover Cure is Sleep
To Cure a hangover, your best weapon is sleep. If it’s a work morning, try to go in as late as possible or not at all. If you don’t get enough sleep, you’re going to feel horrible all day. Some other commonly antidotes include hydrating with energy drinks, water and fruit juice. Skip the coffee, because caffeine will only further dehydrate you, which is exactly what you don’t need. Try eating foods high in minerals, and avoid fatty foods. The grease will make you feel worse.
Hair of the Dog
Consider a modified “hair of the dog” approach to curing your pain. A Bloody Mary helps because the alcohol is tricking your body into forgetting the damage the alcohol from last night did, and the tomato juice and celery are full of needed vitamins. In fact, take a multivitamin and a B-complex as soon as your stomach is ready.
Wash Away Your Hangover
Hop in the shower, and try to keep it lukewarm. Super hot will dry you out further, and cold is just miserable. Warm water will help open up your capillaries and speed the benefits of whatever pain killers and vitamins you’ve ingested.
Exercise can help, again, opening capillaries to help speed the pain-killing process, and helping you sweat out the toxins you ingested the night before. It might seem like a monumental task to even stand upright, but taking in a huge amount of water, and sweating out the evil might be just what you need.
Try an Alka-Seltzer Morning Relief
Consider a fizzy remedy, like Alka-Seltzer Morning Relief. Some users report pain relief after only a few minutes, and if you can keep it down, it seems worth a try. Frankly, even if you can’t keep it down, throwing up may be an option that helps you feel tons better. Getting rid of the horrors in your stomach and then a good nap may be the fastest way for you to recover for the damage done the night before.
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