Friday, 1 January 2010

Alcohol Detox After The New Year Party

The parties over the New Year are over. You have had a merry time with your family and friends. But you are now suffering from the effects of having one glass of wine too many. A splitting headache and stomach pains are making you sick and miserable.

You long to be up and about. So what remedies are available for a faster recovery?

Firstly, if you are throwing up, then it is good sign. Your body is rejecting the alcohol in your body. It is far better to remove it rather than have it in your body.

You are likely to be dehydrated. Alcohol makes you visit the toilet more often. When your organs get deprived of water, they try to take their water supply from elsewhere, including the brain cells. You get a hangover headache when your brain starts to shrink due to water loss.

Hence, the obvious remedy is to load up on liquids. Drink plenty of water in the next 1-2 days, so that it also enhances the flushing out of the toxins from your body.

Liquids can be taken in several forms. The first is obviously warm water. Warm water helps to calm your drugged stomach. Cold water just won't do. Add a touch of lemon to help you calm your stomach.

You can also take warm water in a herbal detox tea concoction. A favourite Ayurvedic herbal recipe for this: boil some cumin, coriander and fennel in boiling water and then drink. This recipe helps to soothe your gastric pains and to aid in digestion. Also a good suggestion is to try mint tea to settle your upset stomach.

Instead of stuffing more food into your stomach over the next few days, try juices. Freshly squeezed juices help to ensure that you are still packed with vitamins while your stomach takes a break. Vegetable juices are excellent as an aid in calming your stomach. Do not however buy the juices in a packet.

Get sufficient rest and sleep while your body enzymes process the alcohol in your system. Alcohol does make you feel sleepy so it is important to obey your body's call for rest.

Obviously, you should abstain from consuming more alcoholic drinks while your body recovers. Slowly ease into a healthy diet. The next time you drink, remember about what you feel the morning after. Drink one glass less and you will thank me for it.


Sandra Kim Leong shares exclusive information and special resources on detox diets, juicing, colon cleansing, liver cleansing, herbal cleansing, etc through her newsletter. If you need to jumpstart your learning, then get a current free access at Detox Cleansing Diet here.

4 comments:

  1. Are you looking for a residential drug rehab for drug or alcohol addiction? Have you tried outpatient treatment and failed and now realized that in order to become drug-free you must enter a residential or inpatient facility? If this is so, you have come to the right place. We specialize in finding the most effective inpatient drug rehabs in the country. Whether you want, long-term, traditional 12-steps, detox, residential, holistic, or non 12 step rehabilitation, we can help you find the program. We also know what programs work with insurance, and which programs are state or government funded. If you need a private drug rehab we can also help you find one as well.

    When looking for an alcohol or drug treatment program we highly recommend it be residential. One of the main reasons a person relapses when entering into a treatment center, is that it is outpatient. This means that the person lives at home and during the day goes to meetings or sees a counselor. Then the addicted individual comes home, works, and participates in his daily routine. The reason this doesn’t work is he still has his drug-friends close by, and he still does not have the ability to say “no.”

    Removing a person from his or her environment is one of the first steps to recovery. It is very therapeutic for a person to leave his or her home and go away so that they can focus on themselves. When a person is struggling with addiction, they must first figure out why they are using drugs or alcohol as a solution to some problem or unwanted emotion. An effective drug rehab uses cognitive counseling, and life skills therapy to address these underlying issues and then teach a person how to live life free of alcohol and drug abuse.

    If you need help finding a residential drug rehab than please, don’t wait, pick up the phone and call today.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Looking for an interesting New Year office party? Ring in the New Year with these fun Virtual New year celebration ideas for office! These ideas can help to raise team morale and help employees to feel valued by their company.

    ReplyDelete