by Jobie Weetaluktuk

Created on: December 22, 2009

Planning to have a good time?  You can have a great time, without paying for it the next day or the next three days.  You can drink, have a great time and get away with it.  There are some very simple rules that you have to observe.  Therefore practice some discipline while indulging in the par-tay. 

Do not mix Drinks

Many experienced drinkers will tell you this.  Stick with one type of drink.  Be it beer, stay with beer.  Be it wine, stay with wine and one color of wine.  Be it spirits, be very careful.  Spirits can take you for the wildest ride. 

You can get away with a small degree of mixing.  For instance, you could start with a couple of beers and then move onto to something else.  However be careful not to become a promiscuous drinker, some drinks are jealous and vengeful. 

Wines for instance do not like to mix.  The white and red can cause a tempest in your stomach.  Though in modest amounts, the blanc et rogue will get along famously.  Mixing more than three types of drinks is asking for a nasty divorce. 

Pace Your Self

This is the truth.  Pacing yourself can pay you dividends in spades.  You can get to a pretty good high, a jovial high and take some water.  Or Pepsi.  That little interlude will not only refresh you but it could well frustrate the hangover in waiting. 

One of the things you have to be sensitive to is the sensation in your head.  You will notice after a few years of trail and error, that some types of alcohol different ways.  If you feel any sharp effects from a certain kind in the brain, take that drink in moderation or avoid it all together.  Some alcoholic drinks seem to hit the whole body, instead of just the brain.  I prefer those.  Some drinks will be very specific in the brain.  Something like a migraine.  Be especially careful with those. 

Eat Along the way

As you enjoy the evening, part of the pleasure is the company and the food.  Food and especially other liquids could save you from the woes.  Bread and the proteins will certainly save you.  Pasta is a great bread alternative.  If you beginning to feel sober, this is nothing but a good sign.  Eat meat has brought me back to the days before alcohol was invented. 

Water

Finally to top of the great evening, take the aqua pure.  Water is a wonderful refreshing drink.  Water is also the world’s number one solvent.  It could be you number one solvent.  Those are some of the best tips for preventing hangover.  Getting rid of the hangover is another and much sadder story. 

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