How to Cure a Vodka Hangover
Drinking always seems like a good idea at the time. It's only in retrospect that you realize you should have stopped a few shots or mixed drinks before you actually did. Luckily, when it comes to drinking and hangovers, vodka is one of the better alcohols for avoiding hangovers because it contains less additives than many other types of alcohol. But if it still manages to leave you feeling terrible, here are five simple remedies to have you feeling better in no time.
Instructions
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Drink lots of water. Because alcohol is a diuretic it flushes the fluids from your body, leaving you with that terrible hung-over feeling. Drink at least eight ounces of water for every alcoholic beverage you consumed to replenish your fluids.
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Take two ibuprofen. Taking a pain reliever such as ibuprofen will relieve the crushing headache associated with a hangover. Acetaminophen will also do the trick, as will aspirin, but if your stomach is doing back flips you may want to avoid aspirin and stick with a more gentle pain reliever.
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Eat a banana. Drinking flushes more than just fluids from your body, it also diminishes your body's stores of essential salts. Bananas contain many of those essential salts, and eating one when you're hung over will set you on the path to hangover recovery.
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Drink a glass of 100 percent orange juice. Drinking alcohol lowers your blood sugar and can leave you feeling weak and shaky. Having a glass of orange juice will help regulate your blood sugar and replace the Vitamin C depleted by drinking.
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Get some sleep. After you've chugged some water, had a glass of juice, taken some pain reliever and eaten a banana, lay down and try to give your body some rest. You'll wake up feeling rested and hangover-free.
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Tips & Warnings
Reach for the top-shelf vodka. Because cheap vodka is less refined than more expensive brands it is more likely to leave you feeling hung over. Spend a little more on the premium vodkas to minimize the occurrence of hangovers.
While some hangover remedies recommend "hair of the dog" cures that require you to drink more alcohol, they only put off your hangover. You're better off drinking or two glasses of water.
