Common cures for a hangover
Your night may start off slow — a few beers at an apartment, maybe a game of beer pong or two.
Two games quickly turn into the best three-out-of-five and, the next thing you know, you are entering a tournament. After losers drink all, a quick text throws you into the next party and, before you know it, you are at a bar buying the next round of Jager bombs.
Then you wake up and make the conclusion you have made every weekend since school started: “I am never drinking again.”
The hangover.
Something as simple as a stomach ache or a pounding headache are bound to happen.
“When you have a hangover, it feels like someone is doing construction work ... in your head,” said Bloomfield sophomore Nick Thompson.
Andrew Trygstad, a Grant junior, said he cannot even explain it simply.
“Waking up and feeling like you have been hit by a minivan is what happens to me,” Trygstad said.
The comeback
So what can one do when they wake up with a hangover and realize they have a group meeting to go to, or a final project to finish?
Bay City sophomore Katie Schrems and Scotts junior Meg Redford said tons of water and plenty of sleep will help.
Newaygo sophomore Danny Staten said he has a different way of getting over the tenacious headaches and stomach pains.
“When you have a hangover, just keep on drinking,” he jokingly said. “Actually, drink an entire can of room temperature Coke and then just keep chugging it until it is gone is what helps me.”
Many people think potassium will help cure the common hangover.
“Drinking lots of water will help. I prefer Vitamin Water Revive because it has potassium,” said Geoff Bitson, a Twin Lake junior.
According to GoAskAlice.com, a question-and-answer Web site from Columbia University, the only real solution is to practice prevention before and during your nights of drinking.
Pacing yourself and giving your body a chance to process the alcohol is an obvious alternative. This means, however, no quarter bounce or beer pong, and especially no beer bongs or keg stands.
Though everyone has their own reasons and theories for the ultimate cure for a hangover, a simple resolution came from Newaygo sophomore Seth Knight.
“It is easy — just don’t drink,” Knight said.
