Tips for:

Hangover recovery*

1) before festivities get under way:  eat a good and healthy dinner.  also, get your favorite flavor Vitamin Water and preferred lemon-lime soda (i like sierra mist) and keep chilled in refrigerator.  
2) Pack a bag: uggs or flip flops, socks, comfy clothes, a big sweater/tshirt, sunglasses.  you may find yourselves in fishnets and high heel boots the morning after with nothing else to wear to breakfast.  this is acceptable, but not preferred.
3) make sure to clear your schedule for the following day... if you are going WILD, you will need a full day to get back to normal. 
4) drink as much water WHILE you are drinking alcohol.  melted ice in your watered down whiskey does not count
5) before you black out fall asleep, chug more water and eat a piece of bread/left over pizza/garlic naan/whatever carbs are laying around.  when you wake up in the middle of the night to stumble to the toilet in the dark with a dizzy head, reach for more water.  or the sierra mist. 
6) when you are ready to get up for the day, make breakfast plans as soon as possible.  go out, cook, or if you are really lucky, make a phone call to a friend and have them bring food to you.
7) eat.  a lot.  eat more than you think is necessary. 
8) have water, sierra mist, vitamin water, coffee, and tea with breakfast.  no, you cannot skimp on any of these.  yes you must drink everything.  and yes, they all work and serve difference purposes. 
9) make sure there is great TV on: Laker game (or other comparable sports gathering), Zoolander, Iron Chef marathon, or Planet Earth all top my list
10) have company to commiserate with.  Hot boyfriend preferred optional. 



*not a coincidence that this post is post-Halloween