Hangover cures

[Rosco]

You don't want to know why I'm asking.

Really!

[Harold_Z]

Best bet ?

Go back to sleep.

[Rosco]

Been trying. Head pounding too much.

[Big Wheel]

Never tried it before, but I read somewhere that going for a nice long jog will do the trick. Every step will feel like your head is getting whacked with a sledgehammer but it's supposedly all over twice as fast.

[7/4]

A large dose of protein---->Steak.

[Rosco]

  Big Wheel said:

Never tried it before, but I read somewhere that going for a nice long jog will do the trick. Every step will feel like your head is getting whacked with a sledgehammer but it's supposedly all over twice as fast.

Standing up is not an option.

[tonym]

Neat chilled vodka and rollmop herrings

[Rosco]

[7/4]

  tonym said:

Neat chilled vodka and rollmop herrings

I'd skip the fish but it's worth a try. Vodka would take the edge off.

[Big Wheel]

  7/4 said:

  tonym said:

Neat chilled vodka and rollmop herrings

I'd skip the fish but it's worth a try. Vodka would take the edge off.

Maybe, but it could also just serve to prolong things. A hangover is basically alcohol withdrawal--adding alcohol to your system will just draw things out a bit.

[7/4]

  Big Wheel said:

  7/4 said:

  tonym said:

Neat chilled vodka and rollmop herrings

I'd skip the fish but it's worth a try. Vodka would take the edge off.

Maybe, but it could also just serve to prolong things. A hangover is basically alcohol withdrawal--adding alcohol to your system will just draw things out a bit.

There's the solution -> cold turkey and make it real painful, please. Suffer baby!

[Robert J]

Your body loses lots of Vitamin B when drinking, so take lots of that to help with further cravings. Niacinamide is the pure form of Vitamin B3, and though it gives you a "flush" (blood that is) I found it killed the craving/hair of the dog part.

[7/4]

  Robert J said:

Your body loses lots of Vitamin B when drinking, so take lots of that to help with further cravings. Niacinamide is the pure form of Vitamin B3, and though it gives you a "flush" (blood that is) I found it killed the craving/hair of the dog part.

So if you dose up on the B3, the pain goes away? No wonder the big O sounds so good.

[Soulstation1]

[7/4]

  Soulstation1 said:

At least you may feel like eating something.

[Robert J]

Like that steak!

Re B3 - always the best cure!

Vitamin B3 is required for cell respiration, helps in the release of energy and metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, proper circulation and healthy skin, functioning of the nervous system, and normal secretion of bile and stomach fluids. It is used in the synthesis of sex hormones, treating schizophrenia and other mental illnesses, and a memory-enhancer.

Nicotinic acid (but not nicotinamide) given in drug dosage improves the blood cholesterol profile, and has been used to clear the body of organic poisons, such as certain insecticides. People report more mental alertness when this vitamin is in sufficient supply.

[tonym]

  WD45 said:

Water water water.

Doesn't this do something nasty though when hungover/dehydrated?

I remeber reading that because you have this alcohol stored latent somewhere in the body unable to be absorbed through said dehydration. You think "mmm, lots of water" only to allow the booze to course through your bloodstream again and possible get you phished once again.

B3 sounds good though, with gravy naturally

[47 West 63rd N.Y.C.]

Milk Thistle (herb that helps your liver detoxify), B-complex (esp. B6), and C will help.

[sidewinder]

Pat Metheny 'Zero Tolerance For Silence'

or......

Miles Davis 'Agharta'

[Rosco]

I can't even bring myself to listen to music today

[7/4]

  Rosco said:

I can't even bring myself to listen to music today

Hair of the dog 'ah tell ya. Don't get wasted, just a bit to take the edge off.

I hear ya though. I've been there.

[wesbed]

You'll be feeling better with some Gatorade, some food when desired and some time.

For me, the day after never seems to justify the night before.

[7/4]

  wesbed said:

You'll be feeling better with some Gatorade, some food when desired and some time.

For me, the day after never seems to justify the night before.

I'll drink to that.

[Harold_Z]

  Rosco said:

I can't even bring myself to listen to music today

Just lay on a couch in front of a tv until you fade out.

Of course I'm going strictly from memory, but I think I'd take about three aspirins and drink a lot of water. too. Thos gator ade and vitamin suggestions sound good, but you have to be precogniitive of your predicament to have them on hand.

For some unknown reason these situations always took me by surprise.

Edited December 19, 2005 by Harold_Z

[Free For All]

Man, I used to be able to get trashed, recover and do it again all in the same day. Them days is over!

It takes me a lot longer to recover from a hangover than it used to, and that in itself is incentive to not overdo. If I do anticipate one, I try to drink a lot a water before crashing, as it is the dehydration that gives you the nasty headaches.