That would be hash browns.
Me thinks me needs a beer.
I need to make a quick note regarding AlaItalia’s post. I do NOT recommend alternating glasses of water with drinks of alcohol. Once, having nothing to chase tequila shots with, I “chased” them with water. Big mistake. Worst hangover ever, so bad that even now 6 years later I can hardly stand to smell tequila, though it had been my favorite drink at the time.
I’m not a doctor, so take this with a grain of salt, but I have seen plenty of articles, etc., about hangover “cures.” Generally it’s best to just throw up before bed, as lots of the alcohol will end up in the toilet and not in your liver being processed. A glass of water before bed, because as someone else rightly pointed out, it’s dehydration that causes this. Articles I’ve read list some of the common attempts at hangover cures that definitely DON’T work. Those include the “big greasy breakfast” (though i find that toast, unbuttered, can settle the nausea though it won’t really prevent the hangover.)
I used to drink like mad Friday nights before home football games when I was an undergrad, which was unfortunate since I was in the marching band (pretty much a drinking club at college level) and had to be at the field by 7am. I figured that dehydration would be best cured by consuming electrolytes, so I always drank some Gatorade, Powerade, or even Sprite, adding in a chewable Pepto for the stomach. I found this worked pretty well. Of course, as probably every previous thread about this has shown, personal testimonials do not a hangover cure make.
I’ve tried all the cures, none has worked (no Taco Bells over here, unfortunately, techchick). The one that actually has done some good in the past was going to the gym and working it off. That’s good for a mild hangover, anyway, the one I had yesterday I wouldn’t even have had the energy to get dressed for the gym.
I’ve slept it off now but I still feel drained.
Thanks for all the tips though folks 
Hangovers aren’t meant to be cured, they’re meant to be experienced.
I heard a different explanation.
Congeners are the cause of hangover pain. These are the toxins formed during the fermentation process, and the worst form is methanol. The morning after, when the liver continues to deal with the sins of your night drinking, it first deals with ethanol and then moves on methanol. (One of the products of this process is formic acid.) So apparently, having another drink - just one! - introduces fresh ethanol and interrupts the painful process.
Well, so they say. Personally, I have never been able to even contemplate another drink while still hung-over. :: shudder ::
I hate to throw up. Like with a passion. And my abhoration has gotten stronger ever since I got my tongue pierced. Throwing up normally: gross. Throwing up drunk: gross and hard to control. Throwing up drunk with a piece of metal for the puke to stick to: horrid, horrid, horrid. So I’ve developed the Swiddle Anti-Puke routine.
Phase One: Prevention. I make sure to eat a heavily carbo-loaded meal before hand so my stomach isn’t empty. I had a roommate once who swore that bread was the best because “it acts like a sponge and soaks all the booze up.” I don’t know how that prevents you from getting bed spins (which is what makes me ill) but she swore by it. At the same time, I make sure I am hydrated and after the meal, (I give it about 1/2 hour so the food gets properly digested) I take a Tagament. I have never gotten sick when I’ve done this preventative routine.
Phase Two: Drink Choice. I have learned, through painful trial and error, what drinks to stick to and what to avoid. I only drink hard alchohol, and I stick to one kind of drink for the night. If I’m doing shots, I do either Jack or a Kamikaze, depending on how drunk I am. Stay away from acidic juices in drinks (cranberry comes to mind…oy, Cosmos…)
Phase Three: The hangover. I have a slight one right now. My brain hurts like hell, and while my belly is OK (yah, Tagament!) I just want to sleep…and can’t. I find drinking detox tea helps, as does caffinated tea. Most caffeinated teas have way less caffeine in them then coffee. I drink Chai, which has about 1/3. Just enough to get rid of a hangover, but not too much so I can’t sleep. I can’t drink coffee on a hangover, for exactly ruadh’s reason: I just want to sleep and can’t. I have an unscientific theory about the greasy breakfast concept: I think that your body is going into overdrive attempting to detox, so it needs protein. When I can’t stomach the concept of grease on a hangover, I have some tofu instead and feel fine. Oh, and bagels are the BEST for a hangover. Good, dense bread to cure nausea.
As for the Tylenol, I’ve heard that it can do damage when combined with a lot of alchohol and used once. Not a lot of damage, but it something like triple the effect of the alchohol on your liver. I’ll take ibuprofen, please.
Look on the bright side, ruadh: there’s nothing worse than the combination of a hangover AND having to ask a drunken hook-up what their last name is. Oy.
“Goodbye to the Port and Brandy, to the Vodka and the Stag,
To the Schmiddick and the Harpic, the bottled draught and keg.
As I sat lookin’ up the Guinness ad I could never figure out
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after 14 pints of stout.”
hope you feel better!
I agree with SwimmingRiddles about the eat some carbs before you go out routine even if it is just some toast my favorite is scrambled eggs on toast. I also try to drink plenty of water during the day although this doesn’t work on the “Let’s go out just for one quick drink” which turns into a marathon session and you don’t come home until an hour before work the next day (a whole bunch of other stories)
I do mix my drinks though but I also drink at least a pint of water before I go to bed and take another one with me which helps prevent the spinny room which makes you ill - some friends however can’t do this and they favour the ‘pass out and hope for the best’ thing. I also resist the beer munchies which can lead you to filthy burgers, kebabs, pizzas and wait till I get home & make myself something this does fail occasionally but feh nobody is perfect
So far I have only ever had two hangovers in my life the first when I was young and stupid and the second more recently where I was bridesmaid at a wedding. After ahem celebrating all day since about 11.00am tequila slammers seemed like a really good idea after midnight (Well the mother of the bride had never had one so what was the bride & bridesmaids supposed to do…) I don’t blame the tequila it was because I deviated form tried and tested methods and didn’t drink enough water before I passed out .
Nooo couldn’t have been the tequila
Swiddles, hon, if the worst thing you’ve ever forgotten is their last name, I’d say you’re lucky 
ruadh, who thinks she’s admitting to more than she should here :eek:
As Ruadh’s semi regular drinking partner, let me add the following.
I can judge the quality fo the hungover phonecall I get the next day to be inversley proportional to how much we ate during the session.
As a result, going to Eddie Rockets for a nacho platter has become ritual
One word: Denny’s.
To elaborate, post-drinking, prior-slumber, order thyself a Southern Slam. There is nothing that will coat your stomach like sunny-side up eggs, sausage, and biscuits & gravy. Wash it down with lots of ice water (coffee would be counter-productive). Laugh when the waitress tells you that John Holmes died and your idol is gone (actually happened). Waffle House will do in a pinch, but be sure to put lots of Senora Jackie’s salsa on the hash browns.
If, perchance, you can’t make it to Denny’s or Awful Waffle, or you pass out in a pool of your own vomit and urine, the first thing you do the next morning is take two Alleve. Take them with about a gallon of water. Then put a shot of Bailey’s in your coffee, and take your time drinking it. Repeat. Then get your ass out to Denny’s or Awful Waffle and coat your stomach with butter, pork fat, and runny egg yolk.
The master has spoken. Through many years of being in bands and having friends in other bands, my late nights of intoxication and mornings of intense pain speak for themselves. I know not why these things work; I know only that they do.
I’d be right there with you if it’s a simple matter of forgetting their name. But when one never bothered to learn it prior to…ya know, well…ya know.
So, ruadh, how goes the hangover? Mine was gone about three hours after I posted and one double strength cup of detox tea (it has milk thistle in it), and about three pints of water. However, then I made the mistake of marching off to Walmart to buy a vacuum cleaner. Apparently, I was over the physical aspects of my hangover, but was not psychologically ready to deal with the Minions of Walmart. But I came home, ate about a pound of Chinese food, drank more water, and took a much needed nap. And suddenly it’s 8 PM and my day is gone. Damn hangover. It stole my day off.
I also found when I lived in Aberdeen that Irn Bru was a hangover saviour as well especially when I had to go to work.
(Soooooo jealous you get it on tap in pubs…)
I would have advice for curing a hangover but sadly, ive never experienced one 
yeah ive had 3 tie me to a bedposts in 16 oz glasses (i believe that drink’s half liquor?) and gotten so drunk that i could barely stand, yet no hangover. I think its all the water i drink before i go to bed (several hotel-sized cups [10 oz or so i think]) before bed then when I wake up to excrete them in the night i have one more if i feel dehydrated.
Ahhh, those were the good old days…
The best hangover cure I’ve tried was curling.
Seriously.
A nice cold rink, sweeping one’s guts out, and the need to focus one’s mind as you throw your rocks.
Went in very groggy - back to normal after a couple of ends.
And by the end of the game, ready for the traditional beer in the rink bar.
Ahhh, another Larry Miller fan. I love the bit, he’s got excellent delivery.
While we’re on the topic of avoiding hangovers, has anyone tried chaser?
Yes, yes I was beginning to think I was the only one who does this. When I have that sickish hangover feeling, the only thing that makes me feel better is tomato juice or tomato sauce.
I normally don’t have a hangover since I drink a full glass of water before bed after I’ve consumed too much.
Following in the electrolytes vein, I’ve always liked Pedialyte, the juice for babies that’s chock full of electrolytes. I get hungover pretty badly, but drinking PediaLyte seems to work pretty well when I have a mild to medium-size hangover. It looks pretty weird in your fridge, though. The new Alka-Seltzer morning relief stuff also works pretty well for a medium size hangover.