Hangover

WQ's Unsolicited Hangover advice #1: To prevent hangover, drink fluids (like water, not beer or pop) to keep you hydrated. Beer and pop actually contribute to dehydration. The nausea and headaches that come from a hangover are caused from that dehydration. So the best way to prevent them is to drink water while also consuming alcohol.

#2: Drink moderately; your liver can only process so much alcohhol at once. It's recommended that you only drink one can of beer (or the equivelant thereof in other liquors) once every hour to prevent yourself from getting too drunk. However, since this is unreasonable to ask of men who like to drink, then I suggest moderating yourself to two an hour if that's possible. Doing so will also prevent hangover.

#3 The cold shower is a myth, but if it works for you, great.

#4 Drinking pop will alleviate the nausea because of its reactions in the stomach, but it won't releive headache. The best way to get rid of that is to drink a lot of water.

#5 Buy chasers.

That's it for WQ's unsolicited hangover advice. Here's hoping your recovery goes well. And remember, drinking is OK but drinking in excess can have painful consequences.

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Wow, WQ's public service announcement! =D

I don't get headaches, and only really get an upset stomach if I've gorged myself on junk food while drinking--which was the case last night.

And yeah, I drink pop along with water, but the water part's a given!

Wolfqueen's is the voice of experience. Between the two of you, I feel like I am already a pro drinker. I will keep all of this advice in mind for when I turn 21 next year.

//Zig

Speaking of drinking--Zig, were you around for that review that Schultz supposedly wrote while drunk?

And, 21, eh? Baha. Aren't you even older than ME?? I mean, we know nobody is older than bloomer, but I recall you being close...

EmP's hangover avoidence advice: Never stop drinking. Ever.

From oldest to youngest:

Bloomer
Masters
Methuselah
*** ME ***

//Zig

"Oh hell, Zig has to be around 30." -- Runin Ruder, 3 years ago.

"I was in second grade when I started posting reviews at GameFAQs" -- me, about 3 years ago

//Zig

WQ's hangover advice #6: Never listen to EmP. Ever.

hahahaha

Nice try, Zig, but I'll lay off, since I think you may only be about 3 years older than me, i can't talk too much trash.

And I remember the Schultz review now--Toki! He was either drunk, or he was high as fuck when he wrote it. I'm almost certain that he told me and retro this.

Reports of my relative agedness are greatly exaggerated.

Zig, me and ASchultz are all basically the same age. I probably seem oldest as I seem to report on my experiences as a 5 year old gamer the most of the 3 of us.

So uh, how old are all of you? I was like 15 or 16 when I first started reviewing. I'm 22 now and I actually feel slightly grown up.

I use painkillers for hangover headaches -- and by that I mean ibuprofen/tylenol/whatever, rather than morphine. Works faster than water.

Medically, it's hard to beat water because it stops your brain (the headache) and body dehydrating in the first place. Accepting that pain is a response to damage that has occurred, I think you'd agree the principal of avoiding a certain kind of damage and thus the pain is better than 'entering' pain but then passing through it with painkillers. So if I realise I'm drinking too much, I start to balance out with tons of water. You may need to munch around the water because most people can't just drink glass after glass of water without feeling less than stellar, but it works better than anything else I know. You can wake with the wobbliness of the hangover, but no headache at all.

I'm 34.

Though there are few honors greater than being suspected of intoxication while writing ANYTHING on the internet, I must come clean that I was under no influence at all when writing the Toki review.

Alcohol depresses me no end, and I quite frankly don't know how I'd get connections for anything illegal and smokable. Heck, I felt guilty DAYS after buying a pack of smokes at 16--18 being the legal age in the US. I was buying it for a friend the proprietor found was 14.

I do, however, remember Retro yelling "WHAT WERE YOU ON" in an AIM chat. I wish I could bottle it. I could make good money.

The plain, boring, stupid truth was, I was just upset I never thought of an April Fool's joke, and better late than never. It's a sequel to my Mario Bros review, and I planned a sequel to my Toki review but never pulled it off. I got some good story ideas, but I never found the right mediocre game to wrap them around.

I hope soon to delete a lot of my GameFAQs reviews but I'm KEEPING that one til someone rats it out to Sailor Bacon.

Haha, thank you for finally shedding some light on that one, Andrew. Retro had me believing that you admitted it, that it was fact.

WHAT WAS ASCHULTZ ON.....when writing the reply above? His Toki was his best review ever and I can’t be convinced he wasn’t at least strong buzzin’ lol. Those were the good old days. Oh, not true on 18 being legal age to buy smokes in USA...I think each state decides that, I know in Alabama it has been 19 as long as I can remember and since we’re age discussing, I am 38. Water seems to work better for hangovers than Ibuprofen does for headaches, my main symptom. My wife would say the best cure for hangovers is to never drink.

Ha, retro responding to NINE YEAR OLD POSTS. Haha. Bloomer said he was 34 at the time -- he's 43 now! What a lively community. And yeah, I used to drink like an animal at the time, and still function the next day. Like I'd go on a bender and then play hockey the next morning. If I tried that volume now, I'd need a week before setting foot on the ice. BTW retro, you have two years before it's all over for you. Just saying.

While I’m thinking about it, your country of Canada just legalized weed so I would LOVE to see a review written by you while you’re majorly high or better yet, drunk as a skunk AND high as a kite! Well hey, I gotta live up to my username of Retro, in regards to responding to a 9-year-old topic! Drinking and me? Ha! I’ve never been a strong drinker. My drinking is usually 3-6 beers after work on Fridays to celebrate the end of the work week, or sometimes a Mike’s Hard Lemonade or one of the flavors of Lime-A-Rita’s and a big single beer. Then some more on Saturday night. If I try to finish a 6 pack in less than 2 hours I’m vomiting. Yeah that’s what they say about hitting 40. It’ll be depressing when that happens and decline starts showing in ways.

Never been a strong drinker, but has SIX BEERS JUST CUZ IT'S FRIDAY, and hey, why not DO THAT IN TWO HOURS. I wonder how you perceive a strong drinker? A two-four in 15 minutes? ^_^

A strong drinker can drink a lot of liquor or beer fast and not feel nauseous. When I have a six pack, it’s usually spread out over 4 hours or so, and those are 12 Oz beers so yep, weak lol. How about you and marijuana, Marc? Ever enjoyed?

I was a heavy drinker, but now... I'm slightly less of a heavy drinker. I've hit a bong once with some friends as we prepared to go out drinking. The effect was that we giggled for hours and weren't able to get up and go where we had planned to go. It's not my thing.

Right on. I’ve never been a heavy drinker, just moderate or light I’d say. Never started drinking more than rarely until 2011. Haha, thanks for the description. I’ve done weed (smoked only, no bong or eating) about 10 times my whole life and it’s the only drug I’ve ever sampled at all. I always thought it was cool....for a few minutes, then I’d find myself ready to be sober. It’s interesting how it slows down time and makes 5 minutes seem like two hours and how it makes chips taste better than they ever have, but not my thing either. I’d love to have a few beers or any drink of choice with you while talking reviewing, games, etc!

That sounds like a good time. My drink of choice is scotch. Do you dabble? Remember when you were the king of chatting with reviewers on the phone? LOL. You spoke with Darth Ruder, etc.

What is dabbling? Never heard of it. Mine would be mixed drinks in general, although I don’t have them often.. My favorites are tequila sunrise, pina colada, margaritas, appletinis, things like that. I’ve tried my share of straight liquors and not big into those. Guess I prefer the weaker, sweeter tasting stuff. Schnapps is good too. What are some of your favorite beers?

Ha!! I don’t know if I was the king of talking to reviewers on the phone, but it seems like I kinda started that short lived fad. That was before the days of widespread cell phone usage, video chat, etc. I used a cordless landline phone and called a few of you long distance lol. It was landline, now we used cell phone a couple nights ago...maybe that’s why I thought you sounded different than I remembered lol.

I just meant if you have tried whiskey at all. As far as beers go, I'm not picky. I've tried a ton, but my favourites are probably: Sapporo, Stiegl, Carlsberg, Leffe, Smithwick's, Innis & Gunn. But I'll drink almost anything.

Ah, yeah of course, a good bit when it comes to whiskey a few years ago. Red Stag was probably my preferred brand. I agree on beer, but haben’t Ever had any you listed except Sapporo. I like Sol, Bud Light, Miller Lite, etc. Also like some of the malt beverages like the Lime-A-Rita’s and Mike’s Hard Lemonade line.

Oh, my brother said pickle juice is the bomb for hangover. I’ll habe to try it sometime.