The honest answer: there's no magic hangover cure. Once you're hungover, the things that reliably help are time, rehydration, replacing electrolytes, eating something gentle, and rest. Everything else is mostly marketing. The real fix is prevention — but if you're already hurting, here's what actually moves the needle.
What actually helps a hangover
- Rehydrate with water plus electrolytes — alcohol dehydrates you and flushes out salts.
- Eat something light: easy carbs and protein like eggs, toast, or a banana.
- Rest and sleep. Your body is doing recovery work; let it.
- Time. Hangovers usually fade within 24 hours as acetaldehyde clears. Why that byproduct is the villain.
The myths that don't work
- Hair of the dog. More alcohol just postpones the hangover.
- Greasy food the morning after. Fat before drinking can slow absorption; after, it mostly upsets your stomach.
- Sweating it out. Exercise won't flush alcohol and can deepen dehydration.
- Painkillers as a fix. Never combine acetaminophen (Tylenol) with alcohol, and even NSAIDs can irritate an already-raw stomach.
Why prevention beats every cure
By the time you feel a hangover, your body has already produced and been exposed to acetaldehyde. That's why the most effective strategy happens the night before: pace, hydrate, and support your alcohol-processing enzymes with a pre-drink like Gush. Here's the full prevention guide.
What about hangxiety?
If your worst symptom is next-day dread, that's hangxiety — and it has real neurochemistry behind it.
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