In practical terms, we use the word “hangover” to describe a series of symptoms. Thirst, nausea, headaches, body aches, dizziness, sensitivity to loud noises and bright lights… If you have one or more of these after a night of drinking, that’s a hangover. It can be light (and solved by a few aspirin) or it can be severe and take hours to recover.

Why is “Cures” in quotes? Because there is no cure for the hangover. It’s just a collection of symptoms you get after drinking alcohol. What you can do is help yourself feel better and give your poor body the time and fuel it needs to get better…

If you haven’t drank much before, it can be a little intimidating getting started. Trust me, I had one single drink before I turned 21 and I was totally at sea. You hear a lot of different stories and claims about alcohol before you even get started. People say “I can drink 4 shots and not feel a thing!” or maybe you watch your mom get totally silly after 2 margaritas. It’s hard to know what to expect…

So you’ve had too much to drink? It’s okay, it happens. Let’s talk about how to fix it. What should you eat? When should you eat it? What should you drink? Is there a faster way? Lets see what we can do to get you back up and ready to go…

Fundamentally, there are only a few ‘types’ of bars. Sometimes there is a little cross-over, like a dive bar that’s also a sports bar… but it will primarily be one or the other. This list is in order of ‘niceness’, not as a measurement of how much I’d like to go there, just as a measurement of the cost and kinds of drinks you can get. I love a good dive bar, but I won’t be getting mezcal old fashions there…

Whenever you are playing with a drink and you want to make something new, you have to identify the key factors that make it what it is. The Long Island Iced tea is defined by the use of four different liquors. That leaves for interpretation and boy have people run with it. AMF, Tokyo Tea, Grateful Dead and more have come from this basic idea. Let’s see how they did it…