Hangover Advice

[DementedReality]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

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And a joint.

and if you dont know where to get said product?

[Flash Walken]

The pedialyte should fix you up enough.

[DementedReality]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

The pedialyte should fix you up enough.

well that sure doesnt sound as exciting! especially for those times when you arent hungover.

[Shawnski]

Yikes, you are all rookies!!!

Vitamin B complex (Stress Tabs work fine). Take a couple before you go to bed. And take some Vitamin C before you go drinking in the first place.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

well that sure doesnt sound as exciting! especially for those times when you arent hungover.

It's just electrolyte replacement for infants who've got the ****s (probably like you do) and the pukes (like you probably do aswell). Secumb to the fact that you are, truly, a big baby, and guzzle that sweet crankjuice down.

You can also get them in Freezer Pops. It really is God's gift to the alcoholic.

[The Goon]

Ten days of Stampedin'- I have one huge hangover and it's hard staying awake at work. Not to mention that everyone's surly it's back to reality. This Gatorade is keeping me alive, I'm sure of it.

[Shin Pad]

Rookies. Take your hangovers like men. If you can drink enough the night before to end up with a hangover the next day - you should be man enough to work it off with not much more than drinking some water to get rid of the dry mouth.

[troutman]

http://health.howstuffworks.com/hangover1.htm

The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery" (kveis) and the Greek word for "pain" (algia) -- an appropriate title considering the uncomfortable symptoms experienced by the average drinker.

The most common symptoms are headache, fatigue and dehydration, and the least common is trembling.

When alcohol is consumed, it enters the bloodstream and causes the pituitary gland in the brain to block the creation of vasopressin. Without this chemical, the kidneys send water directly to the bladder instead of reabsorbing it into the body. This is why drinkers have to make frequent trips to the bathroom after urinating for the first time after drinking.


The morning after heavy drinking, the body sends a desperate message to replenish its water supply -- usually manifested in the form of an extremely dry mouth. Headaches result from dehydration because the body's organs try to make up for their own water loss by stealing water from the brain, causing the brain to decrease in size and pull on the membranes that connect the brain to the skull, resulting in pain.
The frequent urination also expels salts and potassium that are necessary for proper nerve and muscle function; when sodium and potassium levels get too low, headaches, fatigue and nausea can result. Alcohol also breaks down the body's store of glycogen in the liver, turning the chemical into glucose and sending it out of the body in the urine. Lack of this key energy source is partly responsible for the weakness, fatigue and lack of coordination the next morning. In addition, the diuretic effect expels vital electrolytes such as potassium and magnesium, which are necessary for proper cell function.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/hangover8.htm


After Drinking

Before Bed

• Take two aspirin with a full glass of water - The prostaglandin inhibitors in the aspirin can decrease hangover severity.

In the Morning

• Take two more aspirin with a full glass of water - This has been shown to minimize headaches as well as decrease inflammation from leftover prostaglandin.
• Take another multivitamin - Replenishing C and B vitamins in particular can help get rid of the rest of the toxins.
• Eat breakfast - A meal that includes eggs (for the cysteine), a banana (for the potassium), and fruit juice (for the fructose) or a sports drink (for the electrolytes, sugars and salts) can get the body on the road to recovery. Keep in mind that caffeinated coffee, tea and soda will further dehydrate a drinker.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Shin Pad

Rookies. Take your hangovers like men. If you can drink enough the night before to end up with a hangover the next day - you should be man enough to work it off with not much more than drinking some water to get rid of the dry mouth.

here here

but some people need to train to get there, that's what this thread is really about

[pepper24]

I've read it in a few posts but........water, water, water!

[hockeygrl44]

I'm a huge fan of the gatorade the morning after. Chug down the bottle of the blue stuff and some water, with two extra strength Tylenols. The night before try and eat some bread before you go to bed.