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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

That Dreaded Hangover

Good morning! And welcome back after a short holiday break.

One of the hazards of drinking copious amounts of beer is the morning after, waking up with that dreaded hangover. This weekend I experienced another one, and after dragging myself out of bed in the afternoon I decided to re-read the terrific chapter Losing the Will to Live: Surviving the Hangover from Nicholas Pashley’s Notes on a Beermat: Drinking and Why It’s Necessary, where he offers up various remedies to cure the beast within.

I have probably read this chapter on 10 separate occasions, just to get a laugh and to remind myself that there are others out there sharing in the same misery. It somehow eases the pain, albeit 10 minutes or so. Pashley’s listed remedies - Jumping into an icy lake (as the Scandinavians do)? Out of the question. Cucumber juice? No thanks. Raw eels and bitter almonds? Not for me.

It used to be a big, greasy breakfast to get me out of my funk, but that doesn’t seem to work anymore as getting to the hole-in-the-wall diner seems to be getting tougher and tougher with age. The hangovers seem to get worse and worse with each passing year.

I’ve recently discovered a new life saver – Booster Juice. Man I love this stuff. Over the last couple of months there have been some late weeknights, be they beer dinners or special beer events, which have resulted in me not being too fresh in the morning. I don’t write about beer and pubs for a living, no, I work for the government during the day, so waking up mid-morning and lounging around is just not an option, and Booster Juice has been there for me to help get me through the morning/day.

Which leads me to this question - What do you do to relieve the agonizing effects of a hangover? Other than sleep it off?

6 comments:

GenX at 40 said...

My remedy was always sardines on toast, then ice cream sandwiches and then club soda along with Aspirin Back and Body which I think is only available in the US. Also good is miso soup.

Alan

Grimes said...

-wear sunglasses all the time?

-bemoan your condition via email with the prior night's drinking companions - chances are at least one of them is in worse shape than you and has done something dumber than you (like eating a bagel while showering)

Andrew Bartle said...

Booster Juice or an apple and and egg sandwich with a pickle... oh and a really strong cup of coffee.

-b

Andrew Bartle said...

Booster Juice or an apple and and egg sandwich with a pickle... oh and a really strong cup of coffee.

-b

Troy Burtch said...

Alan - how in the hell did you come up with that combination? Sardines, ice cream and club soda?? :)

Grimes - what's wrong with eating in the shower??? I like the sunglasses idea....

Andrew - coffee doesn't do it for me anymore. It did at one time but now it worsens my headache...

GenX at 40 said...

Simple - I am a Nova Scotian. Everyone has tins of sardines and non of the inland fear. Ice cream sandwiches are everyone's favorite elementary school treat and club soda is left over from the night before as sooner or later people give up the mix.

Saw a man faith over the sardine part of it once. You need to add hot sauce to them. Forgot to mention that.

Alan

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