Hangover Cures
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Mr. Tea
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Yeah, what's that all about? The Hangover Horn seems to be quite a well-known phenomenon...an ex of mine gets it sometimes, so it's not just a bloke thing. You wouldn't have thought there was anything particularly sexy about a hangover, would you?
And as horrid as hangovers are, I find there's an almost drug-like body-euphoria to be felt as you come out of the hangover - probably just your system rejoicing as it rids itself of toxins.
Mr. Tea
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So expensive you can only afford one glass per evening, max? Yeah, that'd do the trick.
lanugo
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I don't think hangover horniness is primarily a physiological phenomenon. It's rather caused, I would guess, by the (sad) fact that very often getting drunk means embassaring yourself and/or failing to get laid. On the next day, when you're in a state of mental reduction and disillusionment, i.e. hungover, your sex drive naturally becomes fiercer than usual so that you just want to fuck (or wank) the pain away.
Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Yeah, that plus fruit juice plus food (generally pasta and pesto seems to be good these days) plus tea has generally been my weapon of choice. Even up to having a pre-emptive alka-selzer if you're still reasonably capable when you go to bed.
These days I've been starting to notice a sort of low-grade depression / generalized existential dread / feeling emotionally unprepared for the stresses of eg going out and getting a paper that lasts for a day or two after a big night out. Although that might just be because I've had some rubbish weekends lately or due to some sort of other factors. And exercise really helps there - I tend to head down to the Castle and climb a bit.
Mr. Tea
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Toasted brown bread with lashings of butter and an offensively thick layer of Marmite has everything your abused body needs to pull itself together: carbs, protein, fibre, fat, salt and B-vitamins. Add a swig of fruit juice straight from the fridge and a cup of builder-strength tea and you're good to go.
mixed_biscuits
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I think this might be a general phenomenon: physiological problems with the brain create emotional symptoms, which, by virtue of sharing the same location in space, are then mis-ascribed - existential dread is assumed to be caused by deep-seated dissatisfaction with one's life, rather than being no more than the sign of the intracranial equivalent of having sprained one's ankle.
This is why decisions of emotional importance should only be made when one is in tip-top shape.
Mr Tea's breakfast may also be beneficial in that it asserts the physiological nature of the problem over the psychological.
cobretti
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Late on this, but well worded. The key is not to get in to this state so often that it becomes your brain's default method of operation.
Back on topic, I find that the hangover cure depends on how I'm feeling that day. Sometimes I crave a McDonalds knowing that it'll go down real easily and take care of (very, very) basic nutritional needs and give me a bit of sugar with my savoury, others I just want something super greasy to stodge me out, and at other times I just want a super fresh salad with plenty of juicy tomatoes etc. Being in Glasgow, the salad takes the most effort so it's the most rarely consumed of the bunch.
yeah surely there's no secret, you just want lots of everything, including vitamin c i would have thought. and caffeine makes you feel better (temporarily). don't eat marmite though, it's griiim
don't know if this works for anyone but it seems to have the desired effect on me, if you have one too many brandy's and that ceiling just wont stop spinning and you know that hangover is going to be a pain, try downing a couple of pints of water before you go to sleep, it always makes me avoid the headache of the hangover, which normally is the worst part.
Not saying you avoid the hangover completely, i still shit my guts up and feel like sleeping till the next day, but i dont feel quite as bad as if I didnt drink the water. Must just boil down to dehydration i guess.
Not saying you avoid the hangover completely, i still shit my guts up and feel like sleeping till the next day, but i dont feel quite as bad as if I didnt drink the water. Must just boil down to dehydration i guess.
Mr. Tea
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Yup, that's what the orange juice and tea/coffee are for.
Pah, faintheart!
