It's that time of the year again when you throw caution to the wind and drown in drunken revelry. If there is one thing that spoils the fun, besides curfew time, it is throwing up! Imagine you are drinking like there's no tomorrow, the dance floor is getting hot, and that cute girl is beginning to dance closer to you, and all of sudden you feel the urge to puke! Damn that last flaming vodka shot!
No matter how well you can hold your liquor, fact is we all have our tipping point. Considering the crazy amount of liquor we end up drinking at new year parties, even the machoest of drinkers are not immune to throwing up. And herin lies the difference between men and boys. It's not how much you drink, it's how smartly you drink. You could drink double the amount without throwing up while your friend could be wrenching out his guts just after 3 vodka shots.
So here's a list of smart hacks that let you drink gallons after gallons without throwing up. Because you sure have plans after the party is over.
Table of Contents
- Dont Go Overboard Mixing Your Drinks Play It Smart
- Dont Mix Energy Drinks With Alcohol
- Take Antacids Half An Hour Before You Start Drinking
- Ginger And Elaichi Kill Nausea In No Time
- Eat Before You Head Out
- Milk To The Rescue
- Ice Cubes Are Important In A Drink
- Dont Let Your Body Dehydrate
- Avoid Cheap Liquor Its New Years Eve, For Gods Sake
- Dont Go All Crazy On The Dance Floor Right After 5 Flaming Vodka Shots
1. Don't Go Overboard Mixing Your Drinks. Play It Smart!
There's an old saying, “Grape or grain, but never the twain.” Which means that one should never drink wine and beer on the same night. Not everybody can mix drinks wisely, and hastily mixed drinks are often the reason for a nasty hangover.
We all love to mix drinks, and that is the surest way to get drink real quick, yes, but it also makes sure that you will throw up later. Mixing more than 3 drinks is what makes your stomach go for a spin. And if you do have to mix drinks, space them out. Keep at least a half an hour gap between different drinks.
2. Don't Mix Energy Drinks With Alcohol
Unless you want to get wings to fly to the bathroom. A vodka Red Bull or a …. is a sureshot way to getting a hangover and a throwing up session if you keep having it.
3. Take Antacids Half An Hour Before You Start Drinking
Another very effective trick is to pop antacids before heading out. Over-the-counter antacids like Pan-D or Raciper-D are easily available and will make sure you won't suffer from acidity or a pukish feeling after you are too tipsy to hold yourself straight. Banana is another natural antacid; stuff yourself with a banana or two before you get down to the dirty business!
4. Ginger And Elaichi Kill Nausea In No Time
Yes, ginger and cardamom are known to have anti-nausea properties. Keep a few cardamom pieces (green elaichi) in your wallet and pop them in your mouth whenever you begin to feel you've had too much. Within a few minutes of chewing a cardamom, you'll feel the nausea subsiding and you'd be ready for another drink!
5. Eat Before You Head Out
That's the smartest and the easiest way to not end up in the bar's washroom! While you not only save money on expensive meals at clubs, you also increase your capacity to drink more alcohol without dizzy. Just don't fill your stomach with a huge meal, unless you want to waste your money on gallons of liquor trying to get drunk.
6. Milk To The Rescue
Having just a glass of milk before you hit the club is a sneaky trick to harden your intestines against the abuse by alchol.
7. Ice Cubes Are Important In A Drink
There's a reason we drink most of our alcoholic drinks chilled. Ice cools down a drink to make it soother on the inner lining of the alimentary canal. It also dilutes your drink enough to make it less lethal. So next time your drink comes not cold enough, send it back!
8. Don't Let Your Body Dehydrate
While drinking enough water is a common advice, not many know that you can feel nauseous despite drinking water. The levels of potassium in your body can tend to drop leaving you nauseous. Banana is a good source of potasium and can be eaten right before you leave the house. Also, it doesn't hurt once in while to insert a virgin mojito in between your drinks. The refreshing lemon and mint will do you much good.
9. Avoid Cheap Liquor. It's New Year's Eve, For God's Sake!
If you are planning a house party, you are already saving money on the xpensive cocktails and club entry fee. Go cheap on the music, on the flirting, on the food, don't go cheap on the liquor. Cheap liquor, when downed in huge amounts, almost always gives you a weird feeling. You don't want to spend the wee hours of the morning belching you gut out.
10. Don't Go All Crazy On The Dance Floor Right After 5 Flaming Vodka Shots!
We all love to drink and dance, but if you've had a little too many, take it easy. With all that burning alcohol in your stomach, jumping up and down will only make your insides burn! You don't want to throw up on the expensive stilettoes of your date and disgust everyone one the dance floor, now!
Drinking is often a social practise to let one's hair down and no new year party is ever complete without it. But there's nothing more disgusting than having someone puke on your shoes or all over your carpet.
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