Do You Need to Handle a Hangover?
One of the most debilitating feelings you ever experience can be a hangover. If you’re badly hungover you do not want to move, you do not want to eat, you do not want to drink, and you really do not want to go to work. It’s painful, and you want it to stop ASAP!
Just as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best way to deal with a hangover is really just not to get one in the first place, which really isn’t too difficult. Of course, you could simply avoid getting a hangover by not drinking alcohol at all, but many people don’t see the fun in that. So, if you do plan on consuming alcohol, take some preventative measures. To begin with, don’t go drinking on an empty stomach. If you have food in your stomach it will help you absorb the alcohol slower, which is a good thing if you don’t want to feel terrible the next morning. Also, make sure you are hydrated, since the majority of the symptoms of a hangover come from merely being dehydrated.
Once you’re out on the town, select your alcohol carefully. Drinks with high sugar content or sulfites (like wine, for instance) will probably make you hurt more the next morning. Also, it helps if you stick to just one drink for the night; your stomach won’t be as upset and you’ll probably end up drinking less. Drink water while you’re out too in order to try and stave off dehydration.
Once you make it back home, drink a big glass of water or two; this is one of the most important prevention steps. Keep away from Tylenol since it’s hard on your stomach and liver if you take it with alcohol, however a multivitamin will probably do you some good.
When you wake up the next morning, hopefully you have avoided the worst of a hangover. If you’re still hurting, keep away from the coffee and the Tylenol. Drink some more water and possibly some vitamins, B1 should help. When you can finally eat, something full of nutrients is always good, many people have luck with hamburgers. So drink carefully, and drink water too!