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anyone know?
i've tried aspirin, i've tried "andrews" - tried sleeping tried eating, now considering another beer but i dont think thats gonna do it.
Southern Comfort bottles should carry a Government Warning on the label :(
Sleep normally does the trick for me, saying that tho, sleep solves most of my problems lol!
Nismo_Freak
21-12-2002, 19:15
Hangovers just require lots of water (fluids), and sleep. No other way to get rid of them. Try some exercise to get the body moving. You'll feel like total ass but once you get it out of your system then you'll be fine.
Glass of water before bed to stop dehydrtion (too late now!)
Try to avoid caffiene before sleep. The soporific effect of booze seems to wear off before the red bull and you wake up at 6am with a headache. It's best to sleep through it.
Lots of water when you get up. Re-hydrate.
Vitimin C is good, so a litre of fresh orange juice is always high on my agenda.
Aparently, a shower while rubbing down with baking soda is refreshing. I stick to a shower and tea tree and mint shower gel. Anyone else know this? Really great stuff and leaves the dangly bits with that feeling you get inside your mouth after an extra strong mint! lol
Fresh air an 2 anadin are another favorite.
Full fried breakfast, if you can keep it down.
Hair of the dog. On cricket tours I used to get a coffee mug full of straight vodka down my neck within 5 minutes of getting up, along with a slice or two of dry bread. Drunk in 15 minutes and no hangover!
Best one though is to get up at 6am and do a shallow reef dive :)
I swear, it always worked and felt great.
Actual_Ben_Taylor
21-12-2002, 19:53
Yup, minty shower gell is a good one...
Other than that, a Bloody Mary always does the trick for me. In fact if you drink Bloody Mary all night you rarely get a hangover...
It's work for me... because I'd throw up as soon as drinking one! :D
Paul_S13
21-12-2002, 19:58
Alka Seltzer XS and 2 litres of Lucozade. :D
Chris_thedr
21-12-2002, 20:10
Water water water
And water
And some vitamin B - preferably dissolved in... Water:)
Only time will let your body get rid of the alcohol (hence sleep), but water and getting going will help to get rid of the residual toxins that give you a headahce.
Did I mention water:)
SteveCarter200
21-12-2002, 23:26
A couple of pints of water before you go to bed along with a couple of Ibuprofen. In the morning drink more water and a cup of coffee (just to wake you up a bit) and then go outside to do something (washing the car always seems to do the trick). Chocolate seems to help too, it gives you a bit of energy and gets some sugar back into your system.
I'll probably still have a hangover tomorrow though.:(
its still bangin away in me head now!! Cant believe how sh!te i feel.... havent been this bad in years.
Steve, sorry to disturb you this morn - was supposed to go with GT to get his new tyres and overslept!!:o Matters were made worse that i didnt even have his number!! Felt terrible!
SteveCarter200
21-12-2002, 23:48
Originally posted by arry
its still bangin away in me head now!! Cant believe how sh!te i feel.... havent been this bad in years.
Steve, sorry to disturb you this morn - was supposed to go with GT to get his new tyres and overslept!!:o Matters were made worse that i didnt even have his number!! Felt terrible!
No worries mate, I was up and about anyway.
Tim\s13Auto
21-12-2002, 23:58
Went to my works do last night i remember getting home and watching tv for a bit woke up this morning in the spare bedroom im still trying to work out why :confused: i carnt remember bugger all, im now drunk again im gonna need this thread tomorrow
Martin T
22-12-2002, 01:50
Ahh ****e fookin stellas anyways
According to Doc Hilary Jones...
BEfore going out drinking, make sure that you drink plenty. Have a glass of mil or summat similar. And pop a Nurofen - that apparently stops the contriction of the blood vessels in your brain...
And prolly pop one more before you go to bed, along with half a pint of water per unit drunk...
Originally posted by Starionman
According to Doc Hilary Jones...
along with half a pint of water per unit drunk...
bloody hell i would have drowned meself!
the list went something like this:
Hour 1) pints
Hour 2) JD and Coke
Hour 3) Double JD and Coke (a splash by now)
Hour 4) Double Southern Comfort and Lemonade
Hour 5, 6 and 7) Double SC and L with Drambui chasers
Hour 7-8) puking
never never never again....... still had bit of hangover when woke up this morning :(
>BEfore going out drinking, make sure that you drink plenty
Yeah. Works for me. I always down a couple of tinnies of Strongbow before going out :D
Never get drunk on Port. It's hell in the morning.
And if you get drunk on cider, make sure that the first thing that you sit on in the morning is the toilet, or you'll be in trouble!
Lots of water before bed if possible, & keep a glass by the bed.
A shower always helps me :)
Eat as soon as you can when you get up - the greasier the better :D (Kill or cure ;) ) And take coffee and orange juice with it.
Alka-seltzer XS works reasonably well, probably the best remedy I've found.
Otherwise the only thing to do is to sleep it off.
I've never had the courage to try hair of the dog - always seems like the worst idea, the morning after! Fortunately, I rarely get hangovers...but then I normally pass out before I've had too much :D
couple of cans of coke and two ibuprofen
(the full fat red can full of caffine stuff)
Shock the system, drink a load of water, cold shower then excercise hard for 10 mins or so, after you've chucked up a couple of times drink some more water, then go for a walk and get some fresh air
drink some water then goto the gym and do about 2hrs of weights
Hot stong sweet tea and a sausage egg bacon and tomato sandwich
Steer clear of SC. The worst I've ever been was after drinking that stuff. :( :( :(
Stick to the JD and beer.
Originally posted by siranui
Full fried breakfast, if you can keep it down.
Supposed to be something in eggs apparently that helps the enzimes in you convert the alcohol better. So lots of eggs (again if you can keep 'em down). Tomatoes have a similar thing I think :)
Also find Lucozade Sport gives you a slight pick up from the sugar buzz ;)
best cure 4 a hangover: On the nite that u r drunk, b4 u go to bed, drink at least 2 pints of water (here comes the technical bit) bcoz alcohol dehydrates u - creates a headache coz yer brain swells - so by drinkin water u r re-hydrating yor body therefore yor brain goes back 2 its normal size and doesn't feel like it's bashing yer skull everytime u move (well, it works 4 me).
The morning after - have a nice big fatty fry-up. U may not wanna face it but once you've taken that first bite u feel 10 times betta. :D :D :D
Comments courtesy of Cosmo - it's a girls best friend!!!;)
Chris_thedr
23-12-2002, 19:38
There's no way cosmo would suggest fatty food:D :D :D
Admittedly in most cases no, but hangovers - well u just havta make some exceptions:p :p :D
What's a hangover? :confused:
:D:D:D
Youngster!
Wait till you get older and your kidneys and liver don't work so good!
I used to be immune to them too.
Horror story:
Went on cricket tour a few years back. Rule is that each person must drink 100 pints of beer (or equivalant spirits) over the course of a week. Daily totals are recorded. 'Dead Easy' you might think. 14 pints a day. But it only takes one day of feeling naff and not being able to drink until the evening, and you're really screwed for the week. Anyhow, we had a week of this, followed by the AGM on night 8. Next day marked the start of the Ipswich beer festival.
A friend attended the holiday, the AGM and every single beer festival session throught the week. Next week he was rather ill and went to hospital. Result: 1 kidney totally screwed, one at 60%. For about 4 years he wasn't allowed more than 2 pints of beer per week. One kidney is now ok and the other is at about 50% and will be for life! EEK!
I should have consulted this thread this morning :D
Originally posted by siranui
Youngster!
Wait till you get older and your kidneys and liver don't work so good!
I used to be immune to them too.
Well okay, I'll give you that, I am younger than you by about half a year. But I don't really drink that much, moderation is a good prevention to the hangover. But when I binge I'm lucky that it doesn't bother me. :D :D :D
Chris_thedr
25-12-2002, 20:05
. Result: 1 kidney totally screwed, one at 60%. For about 4 years he wasn't allowed more than 2 pints of beer per week. One kidney is now ok and the other is at about 50% and will be for life! EEK!
The alcohol wrecks your liver (only way to stop that is not to drink as much for as long), but its the dehydration that knocks off your kidneys, so plenty of water and :D
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