How Do You Get Rid of a Hangover?
So you've just gotten back from your first big kegger.
The guy with the crazy hair who kept giving you refills out of turn thought he was doing you a favor, and granted, you never turned down the extra drinks.
One of the things your older friends had told you before you left for school was that as long as you wore the right shirt and smiled once you got to the keg, you were almost guaranteed to skip in front of the line for more beer.
The one thing they didn't tell you, though, was that the more of that cheap keg beer you had handed to you, the worse you were going to feel the next morning.
So the real question-- other than how to get more beer more quickly-- is how do you get rid of a hangover, since you're going to have one anyway? The worst hangover I ever had was in the winter of 1998.
I was seventeen and had just closed a musical with a local musical education organization, in which the most talented-- and, incidentally, the most hedonistic-- members of the arts community were allowed to show off in front of locals in the largest production house in town.
The cast party after the show closed involved all sorts of substances that were less than appropriate for people under the ages of, oh anything.
And of course, most of the people involved-- myself included-- were too young and too inexperienced with booze to know that, yes, hangovers are real, and that they hurt.
A lot.
Granted, I was seventeen, so my rebound time should have been better than when, on my 25th birthday, I decided that it was a good idea to drink seven Long Island Iced Teas at a bar in Chicago without water to back myself up.
The key to getting rid of hangovers is prevention.
Hangovers happen primarily due to dehydration.
So the next time you decide to cozy up[ to the keg, remember to drink at least five glasses of water before you pass out or during the night as you go.
The next morning will feel much better if you do.
The guy with the crazy hair who kept giving you refills out of turn thought he was doing you a favor, and granted, you never turned down the extra drinks.
One of the things your older friends had told you before you left for school was that as long as you wore the right shirt and smiled once you got to the keg, you were almost guaranteed to skip in front of the line for more beer.
The one thing they didn't tell you, though, was that the more of that cheap keg beer you had handed to you, the worse you were going to feel the next morning.
So the real question-- other than how to get more beer more quickly-- is how do you get rid of a hangover, since you're going to have one anyway? The worst hangover I ever had was in the winter of 1998.
I was seventeen and had just closed a musical with a local musical education organization, in which the most talented-- and, incidentally, the most hedonistic-- members of the arts community were allowed to show off in front of locals in the largest production house in town.
The cast party after the show closed involved all sorts of substances that were less than appropriate for people under the ages of, oh anything.
And of course, most of the people involved-- myself included-- were too young and too inexperienced with booze to know that, yes, hangovers are real, and that they hurt.
A lot.
Granted, I was seventeen, so my rebound time should have been better than when, on my 25th birthday, I decided that it was a good idea to drink seven Long Island Iced Teas at a bar in Chicago without water to back myself up.
The key to getting rid of hangovers is prevention.
Hangovers happen primarily due to dehydration.
So the next time you decide to cozy up[ to the keg, remember to drink at least five glasses of water before you pass out or during the night as you go.
The next morning will feel much better if you do.
