A wicked hangover is a classic storytelling device, the dry-mouthed, dry-heaving sign of a hero gone to seed (or a compromised character at the ass end of another bad decision). But just as literature, film, and television have given us some monumental mornings after—at least enough to stretch a mildly amusing Todd Phillips romp into a full-blown franchise—they have proposed a number of remedies to those head-splitting wake-up calls as well. The ingredients may vary, but one universal truth emerges: No one would pursue these methods if they couldn’t still taste last night’s eighth cocktail.
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