Not hung over?!

Ok, so … First of all, lets run down a list of what I consumed last night…

2 Double Captain and Cokes, 6 Pints of PBR, 4 Pints of Harp and 4 or 5 shots of Jager. Keep in mind that I didn’t get started ’til around 10:30 or so and the night was over at 4am… Needless to say, I got stinkin’ drunk.

But why no hangover? Well – I’m a skeptic when it comes to hangover cures. Until last night, the best I’d found was to chase 4 Excedrin with 2 pints of water before going to bed, but truth be told, it never really cured the hangover 100% and really, who wants to pour 2 pints of water into a beer bloated body.

So anyway – when I was at the NRA (National Restuarant Association) show a couple weeks back, one of the million or so exibitors handed me some new herbal concoction called Drinkin’ Mate. It’s really nothing more than Guava Leaf Extract, some salt and some flavoring (grape!) all packed into a effervecent, Alkaseltzer-like, pill.

Long story short. In my drunken haze I noticed it sitting there when stumbled into the house, managed to get it into a glass of water without spilling it all over the kitchen floor and downed it. I didn’t really expect it to work, but what the hell, right?

Woke up with a tiny hangover – shocked really. By the time I rolled out of bed and went through my normal morning ritual and had a cup of java, I was feeling 100%… Was it a fluke or was it the Drinkin’ Mate? Hell if I know. What I do know is that on any other morning-after I’d be struggling to get my head up off the pillow without blowin’ chunks.

So – for now, I’m giving Drinkin’ Mate the thumbs up. I’ll give it a try again the next time I go on a mini-bender and let ya all know if this is the real deal or I just got lucky.

Cheers!