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dozerboy
19-Dec-06, 20:46
Here's a topical one for this time of the year.

What hang over cure do you recomend, apart from not drinking at all?

I always find that as long as I drink a glass of water as well as my drink, I usually avoid a hangover - just means you have to make a few more trips to the gents!!

Billy Boy
19-Dec-06, 21:00
my personal cure is to stop drinking budwiser,what a sore head it give's me,but i havent managed to stop yet as it taste's soooooo good[evil]

dozerboy
19-Dec-06, 21:03
my personal cure is to stop drinking budwiser,what a sore head it give's me,but i havent managed to stop yet as it taste's soooooo good[evil]

Nice one Billy Boy - I can sympathise with the feeling.

obiron
19-Dec-06, 21:03
chocolate and irn bru. it also helps to drink a load of water when you get it.

quality
19-Dec-06, 21:06
Drink three pints of water before you go to bed always works for me.

Billy Boy
19-Dec-06, 21:29
Drink three pints of water before you go to bed always works for me.

lol if drunk 3 pints of water after a night on the budwiser, i would be up all night with my head down the loo shouting on hughie and ralph [lol]

Fluff
19-Dec-06, 22:02
dont drink as much!! lol

the glass of water between drinks is an excellent one. it gives the body a chance to process each drink.

be careful people, dont kill your liver, or someone else!!

weeboyagee
19-Dec-06, 22:13
*rubs hands*!!!! Oh, one of my favourite subjects!!! After a night on the deoch in the summer, drink a pint of water at least but as much as you can drink comfortably in any case and then sleep with the window ajar - being Caithness this would be OK but if you're in London, erm, I don't know what you would do especially if your bedroom is on the ground floor! This usually works for me - it certainly clears the head and the longer you are asleep the more effective it is.

I like a party and so much so I got a book for Christmas from some friends in Mull. "Miracle JuicesTM, Hangover Cures - Juices for Speedy Recovery". ISBN 0-600-60672-4 Price £4.50.

Try this one in any case:

400g grapefruit
500g cucumber
1 lemon
Ice Cubes
Sparkling Mineral Water

Juice the lot, crush the ice, throw it all into a big jug and pour in the sparkling mineral water. Not bad eh? :D

Then there's this one!

400g carrots
400g fennel

Juice them together and crush the ice. Put all together and drink - :eek:

flash
19-Dec-06, 22:21
After years of experiance, the best thing I find is either drink clear spirits, or Millers beer (don't mix), water and paracetomol before you go to bed. Grapefruit first thing in the morning and loads of cold fresh air.

connieb19
19-Dec-06, 22:25
After years of experiance, the best thing I find is either drink clear spirits, or Millers beer (don't mix), water and paracetomol before you go to bed. Grapefruit first thing in the morning and loads of cold fresh air.
I don't think it's recommended to take paracetamol when you've been drinking.

engiebenjy
19-Dec-06, 22:36
Curry and loads of lucozade. Curry preferably cold from the night before! Soooo good when you have a head like a badgers behind.

MGB1979
19-Dec-06, 22:53
A cooked breakfast and a brisk walk to the pub.

Whitewater
19-Dec-06, 23:20
Drink lots of water between drinks, and try to avoid mixing red wine and spirits, but the water is the main thing, helps prevent dehydration.

SNOWDOG
20-Dec-06, 00:07
Bacon, eggs and a tin of sweetheart stout! (Works for me):)

adasco69
20-Dec-06, 00:08
A fine cooked breakfast from the Harbour Café, and gallons of Irn Bru. It's the only way to go!

gollach
20-Dec-06, 00:42
Brandy and port (no ice) before breakfast works for me. The first glass is a struggle but the 2nd one hits the spot. Don't take a 3rd one though, that's a slippery slope!

whatsherface
20-Dec-06, 00:43
A Banana milk shake for breakfast works wonders.
Banana, vanilla ice-cream and milk.

Geo
20-Dec-06, 00:59
my personal cure is to stop drinking budwiser,what a sore head it give's me,but i havent managed to stop yet as it taste's soooooo good[evil]

Please tell me you mean the Czech Budweiser!!!

Metalattakk
20-Dec-06, 01:15
Isn't the Czech stuff called "Budvar"? He must be talking about the US stuff, which frankly is barely classifiable as 'beer'. [lol]

Czech beer in general is rather good, although the Belgians make a good fist of it too.

Edit: Oh, and hang-over cures? 'Hair Of The Dog' is not such a good idea, just delays the inevitable. Lots of water and salt is what the body loses through drinking too much. Replace it and you're halfway there, combined with a decent night's sleep (which let's face it isn't so easy after a night on the razzle!) All it takes is time.

The Pepsi Challenge
20-Dec-06, 01:57
A Black & Tan, plus Time, usually does the trick.

Jeid
20-Dec-06, 02:04
Salt N Vineger Squares and a can of pre prepared very cold Irn Bru.

dozerboy
20-Dec-06, 09:13
Thanks for all these - I will have to have much to drink over the coming festive period to try all these out......... lol.

Merry Christmas all ye .orgers

Moby
20-Dec-06, 09:23
This one definately works - If I forget to do this I get the most horrendous hangovers (3 day jobs). Don't know how it works - but it does.

Take 2 x vitamin B6 tablets with half a pint of milk before you go out and drink a pint of water before you go to bed.....guaranteed!!

henry20
20-Dec-06, 09:28
I've never found a cure for a hangover :( I just try and sleep it off as much as possible and only eat when I feel able to. Must agree with Jeid, you can't beat s&v squares on a hangover day. It doesn't cure me, but its about the only thing I can face to eat. :lol:

The Angel Of Death
20-Dec-06, 10:23
How many have can relate to the 6 star one !!!



1 star hangover

No pain. no real feeling of illness. You slept in your own bed and when you woke up there were no traffic cones in there with you.
You are still able to function relatively well on the energy stored up from all those vodka Redbulls.
However, you can drink 10 bottles of water and still feel as parched as the Sahara.
Even vegetarians are craving a Cheeseburger and a bag of chips.

2 star hangover

No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay but you have the attention span and mental capacity of a stapler.
The coffee you hug to try and remain focused is only exacerbating your rumbling gut, which is craving a full English breakfast.
Although you have a nice demeanour about the office, you are costing your employer valuable money because all you really can handle is some light filing, followed by aimlessly surfing the net and writing junk e-mails.

3 star hangover

Slight headache. stomach feels crap. You are definitely a space cadet and not so productive. Anytime a girl or lad walks by you gag because the perfume/aftershave reminds you of the random gin shots you did with your alcoholic friends after the bouncer kicked you out at 1:45 am. Life would be better right now if you were in your bed with a dozen doughnuts and a litre of coke watching daytime TV. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 2 Sausage Rolls and a litre of diet coke yet you haven't peed once.

4 star hangover

You have lost the will to live. Your head is throbbing and you can't speak too quickly or else you might spew. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes, but you smell of socks, and you can't hide the fact that you (depending on your gender) either missed an oh-so crucial spot shaving, or, it looks like you put your make-up on while riding the dodgems. Your teeth have their own individual sweaters. Your eyes look like one big vein and your hairstyle makes you look like a reject from a second-grade class circa 1976. You would give a weeks pay for one of the following - home time, a doughnut and somewhere to be alone, or a Time Machine so you could go back and NOT have gone out the night before. You scare small children in the street just by walking past them.

5 star hangover

You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the employee who sits next to you. Vodka vapour is seeping out of every pore and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from brushing your teeth. Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva, so your tongue is suffocating you. You'd cry but that would take the last drop of moisture left in your body. Death seems pretty good right now. Your boss doesn't even get mad at you and your co-workers think that your dog just died because you look so pathetic. You should have called in sick because, let's face it, all you can manage to do is breathe very gently.

6 star hangover

You arrive home and climb into bed. Sleep comes instantly, as you were fighting it all the way home in the taxi. You get about 2 hours sleep until the noises inside your head wake you up. You notice that your bed has been cleared for take off and is flying relentlessly around the room. No matter what you do you now, you're going to chuck. You stumble out of bed and now find that your room is in a yacht under full sail. After walking along the skirting boards on alternating walls knocking off all the pictures, you find the toilet. If you are lucky you will remember to lift the lid before you spontaneously explode and wake the whole house up with your impersonation of walrus mating calls. You sit there on the floor in your undies, cuddling the only friend in the world you have left (the toilet), randomly continuing to make the walrus noises, spitting, and farting. Help usually comes at this stage, even if it is short lived. Tears stream down your face and your abdomen hurts. Help now turns into abuse and he/she usually goes back to bed leaving you there in the dark. With your stomach totally empty, your spontaneous eruptions have died back to 15-minute intervals, but your body won't relent. You are convinced that you are starting to turn yourself inside out and swear that you saw your tonsils shoot out of your mouth on the last occasion. It is now dawn and you pass your disgusted partner getting up for the day as you try to climb into bed. She/he abuses you again for trying to get into bed with lumpy bits of dried vomit in your hair. You reluctantly accept their advice and have a shower in exchange for them driving you to the hospital. Work is simply not an option. The whole day is spent trying to avoid anything that might make you sick again, like moving. You vow never to touch a drop again and who knows for the next two or three hours at least you might even succeed.

The Soft Parade
20-Dec-06, 10:24
A cooked breakfast and a brisk walk to the pub.

Too true mate, cooked breakfast and brisk walk to pub/binends!

;)

paris
20-Dec-06, 10:44
My daughter suggests having a pint of water and a big greasy pizza before bed.... YUCK !! i FEEL SICK AT THE THOUGHT OF IT !

weeboyagee
20-Dec-06, 10:46
How many have can relate to the 6 star one !!!

I had that one in my email box on another computer and that's why I couldn't post it last night!!! Or I would have! I was inabsolute stitches when I first read that about 1 month ago! nice one - loads of hilarity - and I can pitcure several occassions for each one!!! Off to hang my head in shame before I get myself ready for the festive season and try out some of the "cures" stated here.

Hands up all of you who will go out on the razzle, come home - feel ill the next day and NOT look up this thread to see if there's anything you want to try as a cure? Hmmmm,....... ;)

Ricco
20-Dec-06, 10:47
I always have someting to eat before heading out, then I pace myself with the odd J2O in between. About two pints of water and a slice or two of toast before going to bed, then a good cooked breakfast the following morning. Luvverly! :cool:




Oh... and sungalsses. lol

squidge
20-Dec-06, 11:03
Irn Bru and a cooked breakfast

The Angel Of Death
20-Dec-06, 11:05
I normally am fixed by a greasy bacon roll from where ever i can get one but thats kind of failing me the last few times maybe i'm getting old !!!

Lolabelle
20-Dec-06, 11:22
A good greasy fry up; bacon; eggs; fried potato; mushrooms & toast and coke to wash it all down.
I no longer drink alcohol, but I still remember.:Razz

Saveman
20-Dec-06, 12:27
Don't drink soooo much!!

Apparently your brain swells as the liver struggles to get rid of the poison in your system.
A medical student told me that two ibuprofen before going to bed will stop your brain from swelling, and stop you becoming too dehydrated.

Hmmmm.....Dark Island......

MGB1979
20-Dec-06, 12:49
Too true mate, cooked breakfast and brisk walk to pub/binends!

;)

Yeah, I'm not really one for the drink but I find that works best. :lol:

Through
20-Dec-06, 14:20
my personal cure is to stop drinking budwiser,what a sore head it give's me,but i havent managed to stop yet as it taste's soooooo good[evil]

American Budweiser doesn't taste of anything at all. It is designed that way so as not to offend anybodies taste buds and so that way is open to more potential sales.

The Czechoslovakian Budweiser is the original. The Americans have tried repeatedly to buy the name, but fortunately the Czechs have resisted so far. Let's hope they continue in that vein. The Czech Budweiser is one of the tastiest and best beers in the world. Other Czech beers are also excellent. What a country that was before the Russians got in about it. Now it's two countries and I hope both prosper.

As for hangover cures, your other national drink, Irn Bru, plus ice cream does it for me.

George Brims
20-Dec-06, 17:52
After years of experiance, the best thing I find is either drink clear spirits, or Millers beer (don't mix), water and paracetomol before you go to bed. Grapefruit first thing in the morning and loads of cold fresh air.

DO NOT use paracetamol with alcohol! That combination is very bad for your liver. Always use aspirin or ibuprofen for booze-induced headaches. Of course those are harder on the stomach, already inflamed by that vindaloo curry you were daft enough to order on the way home from the pub.

loobyloo
21-Dec-06, 20:02
Milk Thistle, herbal remedy from Boots etc etc.. Take two tablets before going out on the lash and two when you stagger in. You'll still be a wee bit tired in the morning but absolutely no hangover, guaranteed!!!! Flushes out your liver while you sleep.

oldmarine
21-Dec-06, 21:15
Hangovers!!! Wow!!! Now I remember why I cut out drinking alcohol years ago. That and the fact I am a diabetic helped mt to give it up. Good luck to you people that have to fight the hangovers this year.

Naefearjustbeer
21-Dec-06, 21:43
When i have a hangover which is almost every time I have more than a few pints I find the only way to get rid of it is too get some sleep and more sleep. I normally wake up fine for about 10 minutes until a stinking headache kicks in and then the feeling of sickness arrives. I think that a pint of water as soon as I wake followed by some toast then a fry up and some of that Yop yoghurt drink helps. But i have to go back to bed and sleep or I will be ill all day. This is why I think I have only been pissed a couple of times this year. Two young kids puts paid to lying in bed all day. They need looked after so it is easyer not to get blootered than cope with them and my failing health.

outsider
24-Dec-06, 14:53
I think if you get enough sleep after going out then the hangover isnt as bad.
It gets reall bad when you drink so much that you get memory loss of the night before...:confused

danc1ngwitch
24-Dec-06, 14:55
nope i will stay clear o the drink lol