"...whoaaah, what happened last night?"

Ever woke up in the morning/afternoon and you can't remember the night before? If the answer is no, then you need to try harder.

OK, so not every night will end with you getting home somehow, even though you cant recall the cab journey and you've still got all your money but yet you've lost your keys . . . What?! How does that even work?!

Thankfully as a student, you've always got the option of your house mates taking you home or at least letting you into the house, where you can proceed to stuff your face with whatever you can find in the fridge... whether or not the food belongs to you is another matter.

One morning I woke up to the smell of burning food, went down into the kitchen, thinking one of my idiot house mates was burning their grub, only to find two black discs on a baking tray in the oven, what used to be pizza's, but some moron (me) had left them to cook ALL NIGHT!

Here's a picture of the remains...

If you're sensible, you'll leave the food alone and drink a few pints of water, as not only will this help prevent the dreaded hangover but it'll also mean you sleep better and wont feel so damn tired the next day, even though you've slept for 12 hours.

There are plenty of urban myths for how to cure a hangover, but there are some specific things you can do if you really wanna feel better.

When you drink alcohol, it makes you wee constantly aka "Breaking the seal" and as a result the body becomes dehydrated (but everyone knows that) so obviously, drinking water helps to rehydrate the body. The reason we get headaches is because when the brain doesn't get enough water it shrinks AND PULLS AWAY FROM YOUR SKULL! AHHHHHH!

Apart from being low on water, the body also loses a lot of salt and sugar, so eating a fry up the next day wont necessarily help, you're actually more likely to throw it back up but eggs and bananas are good!

In terms of the "Hair of the dog" method, by which you just keep drinking, i'm afraid to tell you it doesn't cure a hangover but simply postpones it and increases your chance of losing yet another day of memory

But don't panic, if by tea time you still cant recollect the events of the night before, log onto Facebook and you're like to see this message...

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For more information on how to prevent the dreaded hangover or help getting rid of it visit: http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/hangovers-and-cure-myths-revealed/weird-science