Before you step out the door follow these tips: • Don't go out on an empty stomach. Granted, it's completely unrealistic to ask you to pause and enjoy a healthy meal full of starches and stocked with essential minerals when you're getting ready to have a night on the town. But you should consider taking a preventative dose of the hangover cure you'll find at the end of this article. Also, launch your night at the pub with a double order of curly fries. The moderating effect this will have on the absorption of alcohol into your bloodstream in the short term may be more important than the clogged arteries in the long term. The reason that food is so important is because it'll sop up the alcohol so that it doesn't all go directly into the bloodstream. • Hydrate your body. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Sure, you'll probably still wake up at 4 a.m. with hairbrush tongue and a desperate compulsion to hang your head under the faucet, but every glass of juice or water you force yourself to swallow now is worth two in the morning. Everyone knows that alcohol acts as a diuretic. In case those long hours at the urinal didn't tip you off, more is going out than coming in. You need to replace that liquid. While you’re drinking: • Choose your booze with care. There are poisons besides alcohol itself that contribute to a brutal hangover. Nasty chemicals called congeners occur naturally in all fermented drinks. The general rule is that darker drinks, such as red wine, bourbon, scotch, and brandy have more congeners than lighter drinks like white wine, vodka, and gin. But you should also keep in mind that whatever your drink's color, the cheaper it is, the more poison will be in it. So avoid the cheap sauce. One further note: red wine contains an extra hangover-inducing poison all of its own called tyramine. So be especially careful with cheap red wine. • Alternate alcoholic beverages with non-alcoholic beverages. This simple measure will help keep you hydrated. A fruit juice (which is particularly good at re-hydrating the body) is an especially good choice. If you're afraid that it'll make you look like a loser to be without an alcoholic drink, then lie and tell your friends it's a screwdriver. They'll probably be too drunk to notice that it's not. • Consume less than one drink per hour. Your liver breaks down alcohol at the rate of about a beer an hour, so spreading out the drinking over the course of an evening will lessen the likelihood of a hangover When you get home: 1. Have a pee. That'll save you at least one nocturnal trip to the bathroom. 2. Drain the contents of a very large, very full glass of water. Then refill, and drink some more. This will be surprisingly unpleasant, but must be done. If you prefer, drink some orange juice or Gatorade. The thing is, you need electrolytes, which will keep you hydrated. 3. Finally, remember that you shouldn't take analgesics (that is, headache medicine) of any kind at this stage. Some folks pop pills as a preventative, even though the inevitable headache hasn't yet arrived. This isn't a good idea. Aspirin upsets the stomach and aggravates the symptoms of a hangover. Acetaminophen (Tylenol), when mixed with the alcohol still in your bloodstream, might cause your liver to explode (best to avoid). If you want to take a pill, a multivitamin might help by replenishing some of the B vitamins you've pissed away during the course of the evening. Besides that, just drink lots of water. Reference link: http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/hangover/hangoverFULL.html

There isn't a sure cure for a hangover but you can take preventative measures to reduce the effects of alcohol. Eat before you drink especially foods high in B and C vitamins. Alcohol robs the body of these vitamins. You might want to begin taking a daily multi-vitamin if you drink on a regular basis. Stay with one kind of drink. Don't mix different drinks throughout the time you are consuming the alcohol. For sure try to drink some water when you've finished drinking alcohol. Even during the time you drink a good cure would be to have a glass of water for every 2 or 3 beers you consume. Finally get some sleep then monitor your coffee intake next morning. Coffee is a diuretic and will make things worse! Light soup, Gatorade or fruit juices next morning will help a lot. Alcohol is toxic to humans. It's used in industry and home for the manufacture of other compounds.Ethyl alcohol (or ethanol) is a component of beer, wine, bourbon, scotch and champagne. Is it any wonder this toxic substance causes hangovers? The only sure cure is not to drink! :-) or at least be kind to your body if you do. Remember to hydrate your body because the consumption of alcohol quickly dehydrates, sometimes to the point of danger. Hope this helps.