by Bryant Nix

Created on: July 24, 2008   Last Updated: July 28, 2010

Avoiding a hangover is not the easiest thing to do when you are consuming a ton of alcohol during an evening of partying. How many times have you told yourself, "I'm just going to go out and have a couple of drinks," and you end up drinking until the bar is ringing the bell for last call? Wow, how time does fly. Usually when you're out you don't intend to drink over your limit, yet it happens anyway. Causes of over consumption could be that you haven't seen the friends you're out with for awhile and you get caught up in the moment, or perhaps you're maybe depressed and alcohol gives you a relaxed and cheerful feeling, or you need to let off some steam. Maybe you have been working too hard and are feeling like a caged animal that has been locked up for too long. Whatever the case may be, alcohol contains lethal toxins that can be dangerous if you abuse it. If this hasn't happened to you yet then congrats are in order. If the above examples sound like a normal weekend for you then read on and follow these precautions to avoid feeling the horrible side effects alcohol can give you. Before we get into the procedures you should practice to limit your hangover it must be said that you should always be aware of yourself and how much you consume. Most importantly driving while under the influence of alcohol is never an option no matter how you think you feel!

Before we go into preventive hangover tips you should know alcohol is a depressant. You may feel great when you first start drinking, but once you continue to consume more alcohol the harder it is for your liver to filtrate the toxins. Those excess toxins stay in your body creating a "hangover" the next morning. It is important to know your body is never going to feel the same as when you first started to drink. The most common mistake people make is drinking more alcohol when they are feeling tired or start feeling depressed from the effects of alcohol so they drink more thinking it will bring them back to that upbeat feeling they had after the first couple of drinks. The truth is the effects from alcohol will only continue to get worse. Then the next day comes around and you will feel like they are recovering from a bus that hit you because you were not aware of the effects from too much alcohol.

One obvious way to prevent a hangover is to limit your consumption. When the liquid is flowing and you're feeling good its hard to refuse another cocktail. What do you do when your friends are buying you drinks, or

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