And leaving the kettle on "hold"
Eating 3 cups of rice with rice seasoning and drinking like a gallon of non caffeinated tea (like buckwheat or barley tea) the second you get home guaranteed hangover prevention, also goes crazy to come home to hot carbs when you're really drunk
if i really plan to get plastered i prepare (or locate) a protein-packed meal or snack, and then gradually eat it throughout the night while aggressively hydrating. after the function i usually drink a ton more water and have another tiny meal before bed. literally zero hangovers since i started doing this. one time i faltered and had a few donuts and didn’t hydrate until i got home - unsurprisingly i felt it in the morning!
There’s no such thing as a hangover cure, only prevention. So I came up with the Three Cup Challenge: When you get home after a big night out, chug three cups of water before bed. It’s unpleasant but it works, if you commit; my girlfriend sometimes stops at two and it doesn’t hit right. There’s also the minor inconvenience that you will wake up at 5 AM needing to pee in a truly psychedelic way. Worth it, though.
1. Don’t go to sleep until at least an hour after you stopped drinking
2. Chug like a litre of water with liquid IV
3. Pee like twice before you pass out
4. Wake up kinda early and chug a liquid IV water again
5. Eat a sausage egg and cheese sandwich (replace where dietary restrictions apply)
6. Take a cozy nap for an hour before noon
