Caught up in Halloween!!! Was it Georgia or Florida?
Now, most folks celebrate Halloween tomorrow night. Not so on Amelia Island. Guess that has something to do with the fact that nobody wants to have two parties on one night.
Seeing that the Florida – Georgia Football game has very strong sentiments in both camps here on the island between Florida and Georgia; Amelia Island being a “save haven” vacation location for many Georgians, almost everyone, win or loose will have a party or two. Some to forget the misery, the others to celebrate victory.
In many cases that means that some heavy alcoholic consumption is warranted in either case, but not to miss out on Halloween, Amelia has opted to have their scary Costume parties a day early as I’m writing this (I’ve seen some scary football outfits too that most certainly could replace a Halloween costume).
All this heavy intake¬† may call for some early and late morning sickness…¬† No not pregnancy induced, that maybe in 9 months from now, but from all the mixes that people tend to gulp down over the next 36 hours.
Here are some Hangover Cures and tips if you must be intoxicated!
Preparations:
- Never drink on an empty stomach!
- Eat fatty foods such as bacon and eggs,¬† but avoid fast food. Keep nibbling on stuff during your extended alcohol consumption and drink a glass of water (no soda’s) in between alcoholic beverages.
- If you can, stick to one kind of drink and never “switch down” – going from a strong alcoholic beverage to beer or wine, but always go up if you have to. Start with beer or wine and if you “need” something stronger don’t start with shots but with mixed. Leave the shots for last.
- Even, if you can, stick to one brand. If you are a straight up scotch drinker, sprinkle some pepper on the scotch or whiskey before you add ice. The pepper will bind the “bad layer” of Glycol and drag it to the bottom of the glass. Never finish the glass until the last drop or else you will still consume the glycol.
- If food is not handy, take a candy or better yet eat a banana. Also orange peels (rinse well before consumption) but only the “orange part” and chew on a quarter peel once and a while during the night. You’ll thank me in the morning.
- If cranberry juice (unsweetened) is present at the party, have a small glass when you feel that alcohol is taking a toll.
Well that should get you safely through the night and if not you can give the following remedies a try.
Hangover cures:
Beyond the regular alkaseltzer there is much more you can do.
- First take a shower, how painful it may be and use a washcloth to rub yourself dry. Not a towel but a washcloth and keep on rubbing. It probably will take twenty minutes or so to dry yourself off but that’s the idea. You should step out of the shower looking red like a lobster from all the rubbing. Trust me, in most cases it will completely cure your hangover without any additional remedies.
- If the shower does not suffice, drink a concoction of: One raw egg, a shot glass of cane syrup (not corn syrup), two oranges, and two slices of pineapple (don’t add any alcohol or milk!!!) and eat a hearty meal (but nothing like cornflakes or other pre-processed puffed stuff) with eggs, bacon and toast or even a steak is great, but no potatoes (they’ll get you drunk all over again).
This combination should get you completely fit within 45 min.
