They taste better going down than coming up. Worst tasting vomit possible = smoked salmon in a can. Absolutely putrid. Second worst, bad orange juice. Tastes awful going down. The gag reflex kicks in when your body realizes you just drank poison and it all comes back up. Leaves you burping up the taste for the rest of the day as a bonus. If you're gonna puke, eat something colorful and sweet, like Fruity Pebbles cereal. kind of masks the bile taste and the colors are entertaining, especially if you are still quite drunk. Most hilarious vomit was when my lead singer had drank a few pitchers of Guinness and eaten Mexican food. What landed on the pavement looked just like it did on the plate. It is possible to laugh and barf at the same time.
How not to barf: Match yourself water for drink (be it a shot or beer or wine) pause for a glass of water or casually sip at your water glass if you're in a pub setting. Hangover is 90% dehydration. Alcohol is a diuretic. Eat food WHILE you drink. Do not get f'ed up and then binge, that's the fast train to vomitville. Have your beer with a sandwich or burger or whatever you like. Even better, put food in your belly before you imbibe. Garlic contains a natural enzyme that helps your liver break down alcohol's by-product of acetylaldehyde into acetic acid, which is easier for the liver to tolerate. Just say yes to the extral garlic onn your pizza before you roll out!
Same with water. It's harder to stay hydrated if you continually puke back up the water. It's easier to stay hydrated if you were already fully hydrated before you started drinking
The B&B! Stock up on B-100 supplements. Alcohol depletes the body of vitamin B. When you hit that point where you know you've over extended yourself and realize the light at the end of the tunnel is the hangover express comin' at you, Take a B-100 with a full glass of water and a BC Powder (Other analgesics may suffice but BC is the way to go.) If you have the option take a perscription dose of Hydrocodone or other opioid. It'll take the edge off and insure better sleep (and which may just put you out before you have to deal with the spins and other side-effects). At this point you may want to switch from booze to water until the party is over. If you need to keep up appearances, nurse a drink, but keep the H2O comin'.
If you start pukin before the night is even over, congratulations! You've poisoned yourself. Just keep trying to introduce water and vitamins, even if you puke them up. Keep trying. Eventually, your body will equalize. Dread the coming morning. It's gonna suck no matter what you do.
You wake up and you realize you've really done it this time. Your head is pounding and your stomach is getting squiggly. If you have a Phenergan suppository, you can put it to rest. The Phenergan will keep you from puking long enough to get water back into you. At this point you should take more vitamin B along with A, C and E.
No phenergan? No Problem. It's an age-old trick called "Hair of the Dog". Mix you up a screwdriver or a bloody mary or if nothing else is available, open a beer and killit. PArt of an extreme hangover is alcohol deprivation. You may or may not get sick. I never believed this would work until an Army buddy convinced me.
All else fails. You woke up and are talking to Ralph on the Big White Telephone. Your mouth tastes like a bear shit in it overnight. Your head feels like its been through a hammer mill, your stomach hurts from the muscle contractions and you just have time to stop puking long enough to have burning diarrhea. Drink any fluid you can, understanding you will puke most of it back up, but keep it on. If you feel weakness, hot but aren't sweating, your head feels like your 40 feet under water and absolutely can't stop puking, go to the doctor. You have severe alcohol poisoning and dehydration and could die.
Other stuff: Coffee: needs to be drunk while the party is tapering off, not the next morning, unless you know you can keep a meal down. Sleep: Buys you time and nothing else.If you can get into a deep sleep and get 8-12 hours you may be able to overt the worst part of a hangover. Nicotine: Actually inhibits the metabolism of alcohol and can make things worse for you. Breathing Pure Oxygen: Good stuff if you can get it. Breathe pure O2 for 15 or 20 minutes and you will feel MUCH better.
How do I know so much? Working in the bar business and being a metal musician leaves you with some interesting skillsets.
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