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Did you wake up with a hangover on New Year's Day?
Kerry:
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My preferred hangover cures, which date back to college days:
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Thanks for listing those suggestions, Katherine. A friend of mine swears that drinking several pints of water before going to bed after a night of boozing will prevent a hangover. Says he always wakes up feeling fresh as a daisy if he drinks a vat of water before retiring, even if he's been completely off his face the previous night. Certainly, the water would prevent dehydration.
I could never stomach the water torture cure myself. My standard treatment was to take a handful of paracetamol and sleep for 12 hours. I wouldn't necessarily wake feeling fresh as a daisy, but it did stop the barfing and the headaches.
Can't remember when I was last off my face drunk. I thoroughly enjoy a glass of red but I just don't drink to excess anymore. It was fun when I did, but it's not for me these days. Boring, no? ;) :)
David In Indy:
I ate a bunch of fried chicken before I started drinking the other night. And Kerry, I always drink a lot of water before I go to bed if I've been drinking alcohol that night. Hangovers are partly due to dehydration. I also take a couple of Tylenols before going to bed. But you should only do that if you haven't been drinking for a couple of hours. Tylenol (acetaminophen) and liquor are bad for you if you take them both at the same time. :)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: DavidinIndy on January 09, 2009, 02:05:40 am --- Hangovers are partly due to dehydration.
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For that reason, I think it's good to eat something salty before bed.
--- Quote ---I also take a couple of Tylenols before going to bed. But you should only do that if you haven't been drinking for a couple of hours. Tylenol (acetaminophen) and liquor are bad for you if you take them both at the same time. :)
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I would be afraid to take Tylenols when the alcohol is even still in my body. But aspirin and ibuprofen are OK.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 09, 2009, 09:53:25 am ---For that reason, I think it's good to eat something salty before bed.
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I often do that after a night out at my favorite watering hole. I usually eat a handful of pretzel nuggets. I also make sure to drink a lot of water before I go to bed. I take a couple of aspirins, too.
At all times, not just New Year's Eve, I try to pace my drinking--one drink per hour--and I stick with one form of alcohol. I switched from gin to scotch years ago because I discovered that scotch does not give me the headache/hangover that gin does. These days I confine gin (with tonic and lime) to hot summer late afternoons. I never drink gin after 6:00 p.m.
I may just have gotten lucky this New Year's Eve in not getting a hangover. I started the evening drinking champagne at a party in a neighbor's home, and ended it drinking scotch and soda at my favorite bar, so I violated my own rule against mixing forms of alcohol. Add to that, I didn't have something salty, aspirins, and a lot of water before going to sleep because, er, I didn't end the evening in my own bed. ... ::)
Also, the champagne was good, and not too dry. Never under any circumstances should you drink cheap pseudochampagne. If you can't go for the real stuff--imported from France--drink something else.
--- Quote ---I would be afraid to take Tylenols when the alcohol is even still in my body. But aspirin and ibuprofen are OK.
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For years--like, twenty years--I took two acetaminophens (Tylenol) before going to bed after drinking, and I'm still here and my liver and kidneys are fine. I think the caveat about liquor and Tylenol really applies to people who chronically overindulge in alcohol. If you take two Tylenols after an occasional night of partying, you really don't have anything to worry about. They just can't put on the label that alcoholics shouldn't use Tylenol. 8)
So, why did I switch to aspirin? After years of using extra-strengh acetaminophen as my general painkiller of choice, not just after a night of drinking, I came to feel that it wasn't helping me any more. Also, I was persuaded by those commercials about aspirin and heart attacks that it might be a good idea to keep some aspirin in the medicine cabinet. I usually use ibuprofen for muscle aches and pains.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 09, 2009, 11:06:04 am ---Also, the champagne was good, and not too dry. Never under any circumstances should you drink cheap pseudochampagne. If you can't go for the real stuff--imported from France--drink something else.
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I agree you shouldn't drink cheap pseudochampagne. But I think good prosecco -- sparkling wine imported from Italy -- makes a fine, inexpensive substitute.
--- Quote ---If you take two Tylenols after an occasional night of partying, you really don't have anything to worry about. They just can't put on the label that alcoholics shouldn't use Tylenol. 8)
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I had hepatitis when I was 20, so I'm always afraid my liver is already compromised and thus am particularly cautious.
--- Quote ---Also, I was persuaded by those commercials about aspirin and heart attacks that it might be a good idea to keep some aspirin in the medicine cabinet.
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Yes, I think it's a good idea not only to keep aspirin handy, but to take a very small dose of it daily.
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