Hangovers
The Bartending
Doctor is dedicating this bartending section to all bartenders
who go out after their shift and spend their hard earned tips
at another bar and wind up with a hangover the next day and
no money.
The Bartending Doctor will also answer the age-old question
that customers have been asking bartenders for years: "What's
a good cure for a hangover?" Here's a question and answer
review that should help you out with these questions.
A. First off, it's simply a
terrible feeling one gets when you put too much alcohol in
your body during a night or day of drinking or partying. Alcohol
is a toxin to your body, this helps explain the "buzz"
you feel when drinking. Your body is only able to process
so much alcohol before it breaks down.
A. It depends on your body weight
and the amount of water in your body (average person 3 to
6 drinks).
A. The most common syptoms are
dehydration, headaches, nausea, and sensitivity to light and
sound.
A. Yes, so
The Bartending Doctor says please avoid any contest that
requires you to consume shots, beer, or other alcohol drinks
in rapid succession. You will die and well, that's no fun,
now is it?
A. They fall into two
categories: True + False.
True
remedies for the morning after a night of heavy drinking:
- Eat bananas! It replaces the potassium
lost to alcohol.
- Drink a lot of water before you go to
bed and when you get up. Non-carbonated sport drinks can
also do the trick.
- Fruit juices help when ordering drinks,
at night before you go to bed, and when you get up in
the morning.
- A glass of water in between every drink
at night will help slow down the effects of an impending
hangover.
- Eating while drinking helps. Remember
putting anything in the stomach prior to drinking helps
prevent a hangover. Alcohol affects you more on an empty
stomach.
- Over the counter pills like such as
Excedrin and Asprin can help when you have a hangover.
Over the counter hangover remedies such as Chaser, Sober,
Hangover Stopper, and RU-21 also work.
False
Remedies:
- "Hair of the dog that bit you":
meaning drink more of the same in the morning. This is
great if you're a drunk, but it really prolongs the inevitable
bad feelings. The Bartending Doctor does not recommend
it.
- Black coffee: this actually increases
the severity of the hangover, so think twice.
- Eat fatty or fried foods before you
drink: In reality, these will only irritate your stomach
in the morning.
- Burnt Toast: This one was probably created
by a bread salesman.
In closing, The Bartending Doctor
recommends not to drink more than 1 or 2 drinks as the best
way to prevent a hangover. If you have a drinking problem
and need help, contact Alcoholics Anonymous.
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