I need a good hangover remedy

[bbinacan]

I tend to like pickle juice and a V8. What do you have to offer. No alcohol please.

[Sanity Claws]

1. lots of water

move around like a fast walk
Aspirin
time

Pickle juice? Yuck!

[bbinacan]

2. Pickle juice is some good stuff.

It has to be dill. I hate that sweet pickle crap. Football players use pickle juice at half-time to get ramped up.

[Sanity Claws]

3. I'll have to try it sometime

What do you mean by "ramped up?" Replace electrolytes like Gatorade? Or something else entirely?

[bbinacan]

5. Replace electrolytes.

What did you think I meant?

[AwakeAtLast]

4. A wonderful friend in college

said bananas and water - worked like a charm every time. :shrug:

[bbinacan]

6. Good idea

but I'm not a fan of bananas.

[rcrush]

7. weed

[bbinacan]

9. Don't like weed. n/t

[appal_jack]

8. most importantly

Most important thing to prevent a hangover is to drink massive quantities of water after drinking but BEFORE going to bed.

When I say massive quantities, I mean like twice the volume in water as you drank in beer, or 3x the volume of wine, or just boo-koos of water if you've been into the hard stuff (the exact math is too hard to do when drunk anyway...).

Only hangovers I've had in decade or so since I figured this out came when I forgot this all-important prevention strategy.

My morning-hangover cure of sorts is more water, juice, and B-vitamins; but the prevention strategy works better...


-app

[bbinacan]

11. Damn that's a lot of water.

I do have Vitamin B complex.

[Kali]

10. Menudo.

all the locals swear by it. (spicy hot salty soup of any kind would likely help)

I don't overindulge like I used to but back in the day chugging a bunch of water and a few aspirin BEFORE crashing seemed to help.

[bbinacan]

12. I've heard what's in Menudo

and don't think it would help. Maybe if I didn't know, I'd do better with it.

[likesmountains 52]

13. I hate McDonald's, and it's been years since I needed a hangover remedy..but

a hamburger and fries usually made me feel a lot better...I can't explain why. Maybe the fat?

[bbinacan]

15. Probably the protein.

The fat probably helped.

[JVS]

25. Also the salt

When in the process of dehydrating from drinking, you piss out a lot of the salt in your body. Adding new water may be helpful to get rid of some of the dehydration, but it isn't going to do much without salt to help you retain it.

[Brigid]

14. A hangover is basically a bad case of dehydration.

It comes form the body needing lost of water to process the alcohol you drank. So drink lots and lots of good old H2O.

[dysfunctional press]

17. i get 'hangovers' from eating ripe fruit.

it's the acetaldehyde that causes it.

[dysfunctional press]

16. can't help you- i've only had bad hangovers.

what does a good one feel like?

[Redstone]

18. Don't drink the night before. That's the only remedy.

Redstone

[blogslut]

19. Chocolate milk

I think it only works for me though.

The other one is called a Hot n' Tasty. Old bartender's cure. Fill a rocks glass with beer and top it off with about 20 drops of tabasco sauce. Shoot it down.

EDIT ADD: I forgot - a pre-emptive cure is to take two aspirins before you pass out go to sleep.

[asdjrocky]

20. Pickle juice. Trust me.

[MrMickeysMom]

21. Big Red Soda

http://www.bigred.com/

Learned about it when I lived in Texas.. Yee-ha....

[rrneck]

22. Stay drunk. nt

[LostInAnomie]

23. Some fast food and a couple big glasses of water before you go to sleep.

Really, the more water you can handle the better.

[IntravenousDemilo]

24. Weed.

Lots and lots of weed.

And drink a lot of water when you're having alcohol in the first place.

[LeftyMom]

26. Stay hydrated. Drink and eat and have a good pee before you go to sleep.

I've never had a hangover. I've certainly done my share to tempt them so I figure I must be doing something right.

[Blue-Jay]

27. Find an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet and chow down.

[Whisp]

28. pickle juice. old timey remedy. polskie garlic pickles.

suppose the idea is when you consume too much alchohol you dehydrate and salt is a hydrate. but each to his own, I know I can't STAND coffee the morning after but others need it.

[fNord]

29. stick your finger down your throat.....

and don't stop until your shoes come out of your mouth.

or you could eat something salty, drink a shit ton of water, and pop a couple of your favorite over the counter pain pills before bed.... if you can remember to do ANYTHING before bed, but that is more of a preventive than a cure.

the one I personally use is to have a job I don't need to be at until 4pm, but that's not for everyone.

(edited for spelling)

[lillypaddle]

30. Grease

Honestly. Eat some bacon and eggs. You will feel much better as you have your heart attack! :)

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

31. Don't drink!

Works like a charm! :)

[Beer Snob-50]

32. gotta agree with water and time

or if you have neither, a couple of shots of the hair of the dog that bit you.