alcohol rehabilitation

Drinking’s fun, until the morning after. Its no joke that hangovers majorly suck.

Here are the best methods of curing a hangover that I’ve discovered:

1. Water, water and more water

Flush the alcohol out! Hangovers result from dehydration so replenish your poor alcohol-saturated body and drink the H2O.

2. Big Greasy Breakfast

This may not do wonders for the waistline, but for hangovers this really works! So head to the nearest IHOP, or Bob Evans and order up the greasiest breakfast combo you can find. The grease seems to absorb the alcohol or something. Also, it sounds really gross, but if you can stomach it a spoonful of plain olive oil, is supposed to work magic. So just remember the greasier the food, the better! Warning: if you make this cure a habit, don’t cry when you can no longer fit into those skinny jeans!

3. Hair of the Dog

Morning afters suck, so break out the Bloody Mary mix and drink that hangover away! Ok you probably should NOT implement this cure. While boozing up the morning after will ward off your hangover, all you are doing is prolonging it. Now this is how the hardcore alchies are made. So if you really want to, grab a beer and buzz that hangover away. It will work, but you risk turning into a 24/7 lush.

4. Vitamins

Kill your hangover and replenish your poor body with vitamins! The best hangover fighting vitamins are C, B6, B12, and Zinc. So take a multivitamin and get them all in one. Or if you don’t have a vitamin, eat come vitamin rich foods. Drink some juice or eat some oranges to get vitamin C. To get vitamin B6 eat meats, whole grain foods, vegetables or nuts. Get your vitamin B12 fix from eggs, milk and meat (particularly liver and shellfish) Finally get some zinc in you by eating oysters, and to a far lesser degree in most animal proteins, beans, nuts, almonds, whole grains, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.

5. Pain Killers

Take Advil or another IBProfin, but do NOT take Tylenol! Mixing the acetaminophen in Tylenol with alcohol is known to cause liver damage. Be careful!

6. Sex

Actually doing the deed with a nasty hangover this may be easier said than done, but it will definitely get the blood moving away from your splitting headache instead to *ahem* other areas. So get your blood pumping, sweat out that alcohol, and have fun. Not to mention, sex produces pain killing endorphins. How can you go wrong with this one?

7. Preparation

Take steps to prevent hangovers while you are drinking! In between tequila shots, go ahead and take a snack break.

(drink a teaspoon of olive oil to coat your stomach—eat while you drink—drink lots of water before bed)

8. Eat Right

Mineral rich foods such as fish, eggs, and pickles help fend off hangovers. Apparently in Poland a common cure is drinking straight up pickle juice.

Let it out and Throw up-eww

9. Massage the pain away! http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-massage-away-a-hangover.

10. Sleep

Who wants to face a hangover with a splitting headache?!