My Top 5 Hangover Cures

We all love to go out boozing and we all pay the price with a hangover the next day. When I was a young buck I could shrug off a night of drinking without a problem but as the years progress it becomes harder and harder to recover. I figured I would crack a couple eggs of wisdom and share my favorite hangover cures before you went out and tied one on this weekend.

Excedrin Tension Headache - I have written about these little miracle pills before and if you don’t have a bottle stashed somewhere in your house then you are doing yourself and any fellow drunk that crashes at your house a disservice. The secret is that these little red bastards are packed with caffeine. So you get the headache relieving power of Excedrin plus a little shot of caffeine to get your morning going. Trust me, pop two of these and 15 minutes later you will be able to take on the world.

Copious Amounts Of Water - You know the feeling. You wake up at some ungodly hour (anytime before 10 a.m.), your bladder feels like it’s going to burst and your mouth tastes like a cat came by and took a shit in it. That’s generally when I find some kind of vessel to fill with water and I drink until my stomach hurts. Once I’m full of water I get back in bed and generally by the time I wake up again I am feeling 200% better.

Bloody Mary - It’s always smart to have a little V8 and vodka on hand just in case you wake looking for some “hair of the dog that bit you”. Why deal with a hangover first thing in morning when you can suck down a couple of delicious Bloodys and put it off until 3 or 4 in the afternoon? Maybe not the best idea if you plan on heading out on a Sunday drive but if you are feeling that shitty chances are you won’t be going anywhere anyway.

Work - It’s amazing what you can do when your paycheck is on the line. I can’t count the number of nights I have been traveling for work and ended up shit face drunk at some god awful hour of the morning. Somehow I still managed to be up in the morning ready to meet my coworkers and get the job done. I’m not saying it was a fun day of work (beer shits and work don’t really mix), but you have to admit that work will clear your head.

Greasy Breakfast - Nothing calms a queasy hungover stomach like a nice smooth layer of grease. McDonalds is always a solid option but realistically that 11:00 a.m. deadline is tough to meet. I generally like to go for a local non-chain diner that will setup me up with a tasty omelette and some crispy hashbrowns that have taken a bath in some delicious oil. Also in this situation meat, specifically pork fat, is a must. It can be stand alone or included in the omelette but you definitely need some bacon, sausage or ham to really get that solid coat of grease in your stomach.

Side Note: “hair of the dog that bit you” - The origin of the phrase is literal, and comes from an erroneous method of treatment of a rabid dog bite by placing hair from the dog in the bite wound. via Wikipedia