Atlas Obscura has a list of reader-submitted hangover cures

[conuly]

Of course, the best hangover cure is not to get a hangover in the first place. Which means you drink in moderation, with food, and when you get home you brush your teeth and take an ibuprofen with a big glass of water.

This is not really that hard, and it pays off when you don't feel bad in the morning.

Comments

[notasupervillain]

I raise counterpoint, worrying about the future is for suckers.

[conuly]

If you add in a little water and food to your drinking, you don't have to worry in the first place.

[notasupervillain]

Young me would have agreed. Young me could do anything that wasn't obnoxiously stupid and would be fine the next day.

Now, I always suffer. Even when I'm mostly responsible. It hardly seems fair.

[marahmarie]

Young me couldn't do anything obnoxiously stupid and be fine the next day. Breathe, yes. Drag myself around like 3 ton weights were attached to each foot, yes. Everyone looking at me going, "Wth just happened to you?" yes. My hangovers were so bad I basically had to stop having them.

Back then *drags out dinosaur; hops on* we didn't know about things like drinking water before/during/after and popping B vitamins to help diminish the effects (nor any of the other cures listed there). But I might be a heavier drinker to this day if we did, so that might not be a bad thing.

Incidentally, there are people who can drink themselves to oblivion and not get hangovers or feel tired or all that much different the next day; I've lived with them so can attest to this, and have felt pure envy of the highest order.

[alasse_irena]

I am one of those feel nothing people... But I'm still pretty sure healthier drink habits are a good idea. I did not know about the B vitamins. Perhaps I should have vegemite with my alcohol

[marahmarie]

Yeah, perhaps you should. *seethes*

[notasupervillain]

I knew someone who had a theory that a hangover was your body's way to protect you from long term liver damage.