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Cure For Hangover? 5 Things To Do To Get Through The Morning After

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You finally shut down your computer and realize that it’s the start of a long weekend tomorrow. As you get out of the office, you and your co-workers brace for what’s going to happen next: getting drunk.

Having to endure a long and arduous week, it’s only right that you relax and let out all the stress. Just don’t get drunk or you’ll wake up in your room with a massive headache. 

A hangover is that annoying thing you experience when you wake up the next morning from a night full of drinking. It’s your body’s response from the alcohol you consumed and its attempt to get rid of that excess alcohol in your system.

So, how do you get rid of it?

Frankly, there’s no solid cure for a hangover. Fortunately, there are ways to help you ride it out more easily. The following list should help you out.

Rehydrate

rehydrate

Remember last night when you consistently went to the bathroom and peed a lot?

Alcohol has the ability to suppress the release of ADH or Antidiuretic Hormone which is responsible for water retention. In essence, this means drinking lots of alcohol can make you lose lots of water.

Rehydration is essential in replacing the fluids you lost while drinking alcohol. Increasing your water intake is one good way to lessen the headaches.

See Also: Top 5 Tips On How To Stay Hydrated

Eat

Your body considers alcohol as damaging. In effect, it works hard to make sure alcohol gets removed from your system. This process requires energy.

After a bout of drinking though, your body would be low on energy. This translates into physical discomforts, like severe headaches and stomach upsets. In certain cases, it can even make your breath stink.

Reward your body with food and provide it with energy to help it in removing excess waste. Food that would be considerably good to eat at this time includes fruits, mainly oranges, and apples, or hangover soup. 

If eating doesn’t improve your stomach upset, you could try and take antacids. These medications can balance out the acidity in your stomach to help you feel better.

Drink more water

Drinking water is one of the best things you can do to manage the wide range of discomforts that can come with a hangover. In addition to rehydrating yourself, it helps relieve the acid in your throat and esophagus.

Since your stomach is empty and there’s alcohol inside, it’s inevitable to feel nauseous and vomit. The thing is that hydrochloric acid, the acid responsible for digesting the food in your stomach, can go up your throat while you vomit.

This won’t only make your throat feel itchy, it can also make you feel pain. In certain cases, hydrochloric acid can also erode the enamels of your teeth.

Drinking too much alcohol is one of the main causes of GERD or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. The disease happens when your esophagus is always irritated because of the acid reflux and this can make you throw up more.

Drinking water is one good way to relieve the discomforts as well as prevent further damage.

Avoid the “Hair of the Dog”

“The hair of the dog that bit you works” means that when you are suffering from a hangover, a cure would be to drink more and more until you are relieved. Although this may have a positive effect, it would only be temporary as you are still loading more and more alcohol into your system.

Rest

get enough sleep

Give your body a well-deserved rest. It is, after all, working the extra mile to remove excess waste in your body.

Doctors say that a full 48 hours is needed before the body can recover from the damage done by excessive drinking. Allow your body to fully recuperate before attempting to grab another bottle of beer.

Takeaway

A few drinks won’t hurt you that much. Too much alcohol, on the other hand, is a totally different story. Remember to drink responsibly and avoid grabbing the wheel. Cars and alcohol do not mix.

Getting home safely is only one of the hard parts of getting drunk. You should also prepare for what may happen the next morning: hangovers.

There’s no total cure for a hangover. As long as you are drinking, you should be prepared to go through it. The tips in this article, however, can help reduce the effects.

See Also: 5 Seriously Easy Ways to Get Home Safe from Your Holiday Party

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Allergies will be even more miserable in the future — thanks to …

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It’s spring in California: the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and my sinuses are so swollen they might just pop right out of my face. #globalwarming
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New global warming study is terrible news for alarmists, good news for plants, animals and people

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19 Quotes to Inspire Self-knowledge, Self-inquiry, and Self-esteem

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You’re reading 19 Quotes to Inspire Self-knowledge, Self-inquiry, and Self-esteem, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you’re enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.

We often can’t control what happens in a lifetime. Every one of us is inevitably going to encounter a number of triumphs and tragedies, many of which we have control over, but many of which we don’t.

What we can choose, however, is how we respond to each situation, and how these significant life events impact our sense of self and our relationship to the world.

If you’re going through an uncertain period, or you are simply curious to explore what it means to be you, then these quotes will inspire you towards that change.

Here are 19 Quotes to inspire self-knowledge, self-inquiry, and self-esteem!

“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.” – Benjamin Franklin

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one’s own mind.” – F.H Bradley

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” – Buddha

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” – Henry David Thoreau

“To know oneself, one should assert oneself. Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.” – Albert Camus

“To trust one’s mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem.” – Nathaniel Branden

“It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.” – Byron Katie

“Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” – Les Brown

“Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.” – Sri Ramana Maharshi

“One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.” – Claude M. Bristol

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” – Mark Twain

“He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.” – Lao Tsu

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” – Carl Jung

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Leonard Huxley

“Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.” – Mark Twain

“You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.” – Lou Holtz

“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” – Maxwell Maltz

“Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.” – Parker Palmer

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs

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The Antidote to Self-Harshness & Resentment

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By Leo Babauta

There are two poisons that have hurt me so much over the years:

  1. Self-harshness — I have so often been critical of myself, harsh on myself, about all my little failures, that this harshness has become one of the biggest things holding me back.
  2. Resentment – I’ve increasingly become aware of how I have a mental pattern of resentment that hurts my relationships, especially with my loved ones. They don’t behave the way I want, so I notice myself feeling resentful that they couldn’t do things differently.

The truth is, these are the biggest problems for most of us. We don’t love ourselves the way we are. We don’t love others the way they are. And the harshness that results is painful and harmful to us and the people we love most.

How do we deal with these two poisons?

There’s a simple antidote. It’s not easy, but it’s pretty simple.

It’s a habit of loving that which we normally dislike.

In fact, this small habit can transform all of our problems.

Imagine for a moment that you’ve been procrastinating (I know, a stretch, just go with it). You’re running from something that makes you uncomfortable, and you go to your favorite distraction instead. What if, instead of running from the discomfort and uncertainty — you gave them some love? You wouldn’t have to run. You’d face the uncertainty with love, and just work in the midst of it. (Btw, I have a course on reprogramming procrastination going on right now, join my Sea Change Program to practice with me.)

Imagine that you have anxiety about something coming up (let’s say a presentation). You’re afraid of the presentation, because you have uncertainty about how you’ll do. You want to get away from this uncertainty. What if you practice loving this uncertainty? You might not feel so anxious. What if you gave some of that good love to your feelings of anxiety as well? You wouldn’t be harsh on yourself about being anxious.

It’s easier said than done, of course. So how do you get better at it? Practice.

Antidote Practice

Here’s how to work with this practice:

  1. Imagine a good friend or loved one, someone who you can love whole-heartedly with ease. Send this person some love right now. Wish for them to be happy. Love them just as they are, in all their wonder. Now here’s the important part: notice where in your body you feel this love. This is your Love Muscle (it’s not dirty, get your mind out of the gutter). Practice some more, so that you can call up this feeling of love, from your Love Muscle, at will.
  2. Now turn your Love Muscle onto something about yourself. Notice something about yourself that you like. Work the Love Muscle, and love this thing about yourself.
  3. Practice on something you don’t like. Now try turning the Love Muscle onto something about yourself that you’re usually not fond of. You know how to use the Love Muscle by now, so give it a shot. How can you love this thing about yourself just as it is? Imagine a good friend who is having a hard time, who is flawed … can you love that good friend? Can you produce the same feeling of love about this part of yourself? Try it with different parts of yourself, both physical parts and mental/emotional parts of you.
  4. Practice on other people. Notice things about other people that you like. Send love to these things. Now notice things that you don’t like. Send love to these things as well. Practice on people all day long.
  5. Practice when you feel resentment. When you notice yourself resenting something about another person, or resenting their behavior … send love to this part of the person. Love them as they are. Exercise your Love Muscle. Send love to the part of you that was feeling frustration or resentment.
  6. Practice when you’re feeling harsh on yourself. Whenever you notice yourself disliking something about yourself, send love to this thing about yourself. Send love to the part of you that dislikes the other part.

Basically, you can practice all the time. Over and over, reminding yourself and practicing.

You can practice on everything:

  • When you have been lazy or procrastinated, notice the feeling of harshness or disappointment that comes up in yourself. Give this feeling your full attention, and all of your love.
  • When you eat too much, or eat junk food, notice the feeling of pleasure but also guilt. Give both these feelings your love.
  • When you are interacting with someone and they annoy you, notice the annoyance. Give some loving to this feeling of annoyance, and to the person who is annoying you.
  • When you’ve been distracted all day, maybe feeling a bit anxious … notice the feelings of being distracted, of rushing, of anxiety. Love these feelings with all your heart.
  • When you notice your heart shutting down to someone, or to some experience, notice what it feels like when your heart starts to shut down. Love this feeling of shutting down, and love the thing you’re shutting down to.
  • When you’re meditating and feeling like you’re not good at it, notice what not being good at it feels like. Turn to that experience and give it some love. Love the part of you that is attempting this at all.

And so on. Every experience, every feeling, every person, every aspect of life … you can love it as the Dalai Lama would, as Jesus would, as the biggest-hearted Goddess of Love would. You are practicing loving life itself. And that’s something worth falling in love with.

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