I think drinking as much water as possible helps, as does late-night snacking.

Cheese fries.

another beer in the morning.

Gatorade before bed. Since I started doing that I've not a had a hangover at all! Despite many many shots of Jimmy Beam.

After you're done drinking and before bed:

Drink lots of water or gatorade
Eat a carne asada burrito or some other equally greasy food

As for when you're already hungover.. nothing has ever worked for me, besides sleeping and Advil.

Pedialyte was standard in our college apartment. If I can't get som pedialyte, its gatordae or propel (depending on the extent of the hangover). That washes down the 3 or so advil.

Before the night ends, cheese fries or taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a hard roll from the diner. Along with a big glass of ginger ale.

My best friend and I have had some crazy crazy nights, but I've never once been hungover. I'm a pretty heavy drinker too, especially for my little size. My friend and I alway ALWAYS drink one glass of water per shot.
8 shots= 8 glasses of water
It's either so much water that you throw up or it rehydrates you. Either way you feel fine the next day.

One of my friend swears by a few handful of peanuts(the regular kind in a can, not honey roasted) in the morning. I've seen her gone from hungover to perky in a matter of minutes with this.


I, on the other hand, use a hangover as an excuse to stay in bed and ignore people.

A Phenergan, a bottle of gatorade, and some sleep. Works every time for me.

I'm the same way...though if it's a particularly rough night, I substitute "couch" for "bed".

Beta, clearly the best cure is a warm Bud heavy, two Advil, a fresh Marlboro light.......and any combination of Cisco's breakfast, Abuelos, Maudies (with a margarita), El Rancho, Curras, Amaya's, or Las Manitas. If you can suffer through it.....the drive to Coopers with the windows down and the music blaring is also a good cure. Its only an hour or so.

Ok,ok, along the lines of Pedialyte but easier to buy, cheaper and IT REALLY WORKS: simple garden variety of flavors....popsicles!! This comes from our pediatrician who learned it in med school--rehydrates, moistens the mouth, gets rid of the ickky taste, the sugar solution reestablishes the electrolytes which is what makes you still keep on ...keeping on on the porcelain princess--the more you can eat, the faster it works...may not work the first or second time depending on your indulging..but it will...it also works for flu and especially bringing down fevers--and they are so colorful--ha ha !!

And I was upset that I had to take Pharmacology....
 

Put simply, drinking makes your brain cells shrink. Once the "feeling good" part of drinking is over, those brain cells will hurt. You need to rehydrate them, ASAP.

It really doesn't matter if you use Pedialyte, Gatorade, or Water - but once you've stopped drinking, start drinking (nonalcoholic) - lots and lots of them. Have a glass (or large bottle) next to your bed. When you wake up, drink more water. By keeping your brain cells properly hydrated, you will put off the pain, until there's no pain to put off any longer.

The only other scientifically proven method (which I've heard of) is a combination of throwing up before going to bed, then drinking lots of liquids as in above. It's good for bonding, too!

That's where Puke & Rally comes in handy even before you leave the bar.

But what happens when you wake up the next morning, drink the water like you're supposed to...only to have the water make you feel even sicker that it comes back out?

[not that I'm speaking from experience or anything]

The reason I got this popsicle cure is because I used to not be able to drink in college--christened every fraternity house due to the strength of bourbon and the weakness of my stomach--for me, the water thing would kill me too. Instant return to the porcelain...but the popsicles stick around and make me and the porcelain complete strangers!! One girl's cure...another one's avoidance...but wish I had guys' stomachs so I could eat all that food you all mentioned after barfing....oh well, I can have babies and they can't so guess all things balance out...lol!!