Homemade hangover remedy?

GoJo65
GoJo65 Posts: 52 Member
Please don't say time. :sick:
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  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Please don't say time. :sick:

    Or practice? ;)
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    Everyone has their own versions. What works for me is drinking a tall glass of cold milk and eating a few slices of bacon.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Everyone has their own versions. What works for me is drinking a tall glass of cold milk and eating a few slices of bacon.

    Bacon is the answer to everything :)

    Middle Eastern peace? Bacon sandwiches with ketchup all round.

    OK, maybe not in this case ...
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Not "homemade" (but I have made my own... it just takes a long time) but an Auntie Anne's soft pretzel with cheese dip is my go-to hangover cure. Papa Johns pizza with garlic butter dipping sauce works too, and DiGiorno has a "dipping strips" frozen pizza that's almost as good.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Water. Hangovers are caused by dehydration.
  • propskat
    propskat Posts: 191 Member
    I think the simple answer is lots of water and something bread/cracker like that's a little salty. :)
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    I'm fairly certain I have dipped my bacon in ketchup once or twice, so I would not be oppsed to eating a bacon and ketchup sandwich :laugh:
  • mzhokie
    mzhokie Posts: 349 Member
    Gatorade and lots of it before you go to bed. Then more in the morning. Water helps too.

    I know a guy who drank pedialyte when he was really trashed and was fine the next morning. I couldn't do it, the stuff taste nasty.
  • ZugTheMegasaurus
    ZugTheMegasaurus Posts: 801 Member
    Recently found the only one that's ever worked in my experience: bacon, potatoes cooked in the bacon grease (I used the Ore-Ida Potatoes O'Brien) with salt and hot sauce, with one of those lower-calorie Gatorades. I wasn't expecting much of an effect, but it worked like magic, haha.
  • 7funnygirl7
    7funnygirl7 Posts: 1,176
    Nothing helped me but a dark, cold, quiet room to sleep in for 24 hrs and a few dozens trips to "pray to the porcelain God" (toilet) :sick: I do also recall eating carbs the next day and drinking ice water. Ps.~ stay away from loud noises too! :smile:
  • lilmisfit
    lilmisfit Posts: 860 Member
    Protein shakes are great for hangovers!
  • Pollywog39
    Pollywog39 Posts: 1,730 Member
    I agree with the gatorade or powerade theory.................helps a LOT with the headache :)

    And mexican food.................
  • Rayzback
    Rayzback Posts: 73
    Isn't that why most Mexican Restaurants have a nice fresh batch of Menudo ready every Sunday morning? Google 'Hangover Menudo'
  • missmgray
    missmgray Posts: 152 Member
    Albondigas soup and fresh limonada:wink: . Works like a charm. But kind of gets you in the mood for tequila again. :drinker:
  • Blaineyyy
    Blaineyyy Posts: 151 Member
    Sleep. All day. The whole 24 hours. (I wish)

    Mine changes all the time, but today's was fried egg on wholemeal. Ommmm. :wink:
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    I'm fairly certain I have dipped my bacon in ketchup once or twice, so I would not be oppsed to eating a bacon and ketchup sandwich :laugh:

    no no no no no you have it all wrong!!! french toast bacon sandwich liberally drenched in maple syrup!!! the bacon must be crispy and the syrup must be maple otherwise it wont help at all. no ketchup, ketchup is for the french fries you should eat for lunch!!


    lol My hangover cure is a Gatorade and aspirin, I take two aspirin & drink half the bottle before I go to bed and refill the bottle to the top with water. when I inevitably wake up in the middle of the night to pee I drink as much as I can of the gatorade/water mix and take another two aspirin and down the rest of the gatorade/water in the morning before breakfast. 99% of the time this prevents the hangover, however it doesn't work if you wake up still drunk, if thats the case see above french toast bacon sandwich with maple syrup remedy.

    :drinker: :drinker:
  • Nikiki
    Nikiki Posts: 993
    Water. Hangovers are caused by dehydration.

    ooohhhh no I can't do straight water when hungover! not sure why because I guzzle gallons of it at normal times but for a hangover it must be gatorade!
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Water. Hangovers are caused by dehydration.

    ooohhhh no I can't do straight water when hungover! not sure why because I guzzle gallons of it at normal times but for a hangover it must be gatorade!
    Gatorade works too, helps replenish lost electrolytes. Personally, I stay hydrated while drinking my alcohol, and I generally eat higher amounts of salt and potassium, so I've never been hung over.
  • erkss
    erkss Posts: 11
    Beer!
  • bditty187
    bditty187 Posts: 14
    Everyone has their own versions. What works for me is drinking a tall glass of cold milk and eating a few slices of bacon.

    If I drank a class of milk hungover I wouldn't keep the bacon down! :smile:
  • NatGnat
    NatGnat Posts: 13 Member
    It's not healthy or weightloss-friendly but hell you already drank enough to get a hangover sooo.. this is what I do. Go to a taqueria and eat a big ol' breakfast burrito with all the good stuff on it i.e. eggs, cheese, bacon, potatoes, lots of salsa etc. and wash it down with a sprite. Take some ibuprofen and chill. Then start drinking lots of water to replenish/flush your system from the alcohol. What ever you do don't drink water first. I know you are super thirsty but for some reason it will make you feel like you are drunk all over again but the really bad, sick kind of drunk.
  • Dalacombe
    Dalacombe Posts: 30
    Well, that word we're not supposed to mention + sleep + water. A banana (potassium) will help too. Keep your fluids up since you just dehydrated your body with alcohol. If you have any preggo friends with morning sickness, begging a Zofran has not been unheard of ;)
  • laurastrait21
    laurastrait21 Posts: 307 Member
    I always feel better after some canned soup -- the salt and extra fluid does wonders!
  • Isn't that what Menudo is for??? LOL
  • Furbuster
    Furbuster Posts: 254 Member
    A can of fat Coke and Marmite on toast.

    Sugar, caffeine, salt and carbs. Works for me - less as I get older though :((
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    Panadol Paracetamol with caffeine. Seriously.

    You will be bouncing off the walls in 10 minutes.
  • pennyrtyler
    pennyrtyler Posts: 79 Member
    Eggs and toast ... small fruit juice or Gatorade ... aspirin ... water ... nap if possible

    Also, if you live near a 7-11, I always found that a hot dog and Crystal Light Slurpee worked magic.

    Good luck!

    Also - get moving and keep moving. The more you lay around, the longer you're going to feel like ka-ka.
  • tammietifanie
    tammietifanie Posts: 1,496 Member
    Drink Pickle Juice - The Russians are big vodka drinkers and this is a trick they use in the mother land. I didn't believe this until I tried it. Trust me, it works. People always think it sounds disgusting, drinking pickle juice but it does work. Pickle juice helps get rid of the hangover because the high salt intake helps keep you from pissing out the water you need to rehydrate yourself. There is also something in the vinegar that "we're told" helps counter-act the toxins. Whatever - it works.
  • hobbitgrrl
    hobbitgrrl Posts: 67 Member
    My go-to hangover remedy: McDonald's cheeseburgers. Unhealthy as hell (not that getting pi$$ drunk isn't unhealthy all on it's own lol), but they're like magic on the icky day-after-boozing tummy.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    There is no such thing. You're body is physically Ill from being punished with poison. Lots and lots of water, and good healthful food, like salad, fruits...that kind of thing. The greasy burger, fast food, junk food, salt and sugar and all that is actually the worst thing for you, at that point.

    I've done tons of research because at one point in my life, I was searching aggressively for a cure I could market and sell. I owned hangover.com and was looking for something. I had MD's contributing, and in the end, it came down to:

    When you drink, knock back 8oz of water with every one ounce of alcohol. (glass of wine, one beer, one shot)
    Stay away from sugary sweet drinks.
    Eat a good meal before you go out drinking.
    In the morning, drink more water, and eat healthful food.
    Take a teaspoon of honey (if you don't have or like honey, just use sugar).

    There are two things going on with a hangover. One is dehydration. The other is massive sugar withdrawal. Sometimes a teaspoon of honey will do wonders because you're replacing the sugar you're body spent all night processing and it takes some pain away.

    If you do these simple things, you will likely not have a hangover at all. But, no one ever keeps up with the water, and therefore they dehydrate massively and wake up hurting.

    Hope this helps at least a little. Maybe for next time.

    I used to drink very heavily every weekend, and one time I was out with my friends and we were pounding beer and whiskey shots all night, but I was determined to match up my drinks with water. When I woke up in the morning, I was fine. I was a little slow, but I wasn't hungover at all. It's mostly dehydration.

    Also, I forget how long it takes for your body to process alcohol, but it's a long time. Half the time, you're still actually drunk. It's not really a hangover as much as its just that you're still drunk and the alcohol is still processing through. Your body NEEDS water.