We have all been there: waking up around three in the afternoon with a headache the size of Texas and the smallest inkling that you may have done something really stupid the night before. The morning after a nice 15-20 beer night always brings with it the worst of sicknesses: the dreaded hangover.
Most people will tell you there is no cure and you just have to suffer through the pain. Those people are wrong. A hangover is simply your body telling you it needs water. Dying of dehydration would feel something like the morning after a long night of drinking. Follow these few simple rules I put together and never again will you have to suffer through another horrid Sunday morning.
The old water and aspirin trick
Keep a glass of water and aspirin next to your bed and down them both before you pass out. This will help to keep you hydrated while you sleep and kill the headache that’s waiting for you when you wake up.
V8
This is the drink of the gods. V8 is chocked full of the kind of vitamin goodness that makes hangovers run for their very lives. For smaller hangover’s this is an instant cure. Try it this weekend and thank me later.
Bloody Mary’s all around!
Hair of the dog. A bloody Mary is like an alcoholic V8. The slight buzz from the vodka clears your head a bit and settles your stomach, while the rest of the ingredients replace all the good stuff that you took out of your body the previous night.
Menudo
Not the boy band from the seventies, but the weird soup-like substance you buy from the Mexicans in the lunch trailer. Old Mexican ladies swear by this method. During my youth in California, I awoke from many a drunken night to the smell of the pig fat used to create this Mexican dish.
Marijuana
Smoke a fatty first thing in the morning and take a nap. By the time you wake up your hangover will be miraculously gone.
Sweat it out
Hit the gym first thing in the morning. Activity kills the cloudiness that hangover’s let take over your head. Give it a good hour of hard sweating and your hangover will be a thing of the past. If you happen to wake up next to a hot chick, give her a good hour of hard sweating.
There you have it folks, Zero’s sure fire guide to curing a hangover. Please enjoy your alcohol responsibly. By responsibly, I mean recklessly of course.
