# Hangover avoidance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-avoidance/311671>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 8, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-avoidance/311671 "2005-07-08T22:26:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rapier42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Rapier42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rapier42)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-avoidance/311671/1 "2005-07-08T22:26:59Z")

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[How can I avoid a holiday hangover?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_230.html)

Any new data on this? Most recent articles I’ve dug up indicate a hangover is mostly due to dehydration, which makes sense to me since 1) I get hangover symptoms when severely dehydrated, and 2) a glass of water for every beer or drink seems to keep hangover away completely.

So whats the scoop?

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-avoidance/311671/2 "2005-07-09T02:02:01Z")

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It seems I’m the first to state the obvious: drink alcohol in moderation.

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-avoidance/311671/3 "2005-07-18T21:28:44Z")

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I’ll just add my bit again about hangover and alcohol withdrawal. I know this is about as popular as the ‘Ed Zotti is Cecil’ theory, but some of the minions may not have enough oppourtunity to use their roll-eyes so here it is.

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([http://http](http://http)://www.thrombosis-consult.com/articles/Textbook/116\_alcoholwithdrawl.htm) :

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> a spectrum of alcohol-related complications… are grouped under the term alcohol withdrawal syndromes (AWS). These complications range in severity from **hangover** and insomnia, tremor and tachycardia, to life-threatening delirium tremens

emphasis added

A simple search found these sites: [Original in PDF](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:Efd_WOgPN2oJ:www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh22-1/54-60.pdf+Alcohol+Hangover+%2Bwithdrawal&hl=en&client=firefox-a), [mainly cites another cited study](http://biology.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa010104a.htm), [This looks a bit new agey](http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/alcohol/alcohol_hangover.shtml), [Just a whole bunch of studies ALL noting the connection](http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/alcohol/alcohol_hangover.shtml).

I understand the thinking that a hangover is dehydration, and I won’t post again.

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**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hangover-avoidance/311671/4 "2005-07-19T23:16:45Z")

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Breath oxygen the morning after you drink. It will help.