Consuming alcohol is a popular pastime. Whether celebrating, sulking, or unwinding after a long day, there's always a reason to enjoy a drink, or two, or three. It feels good going down, but it certainly doesn’t feel so good when it’s coming up –in the form of clinging to a toilet and waking up the next morning with the dreaded hangover.

There are many suggestions on how to best treat a hangover – from drinking lots of fluids and popping a Tylenol to greasy foods and downing a Bloody Mary with breakfast. Except for drinking water, these other options seem counterproductive to helping our bodies feel better.

What is a Hangover?

The definition of a hangover is “a severe headache or other after effects caused by drinking an excess of alcohol.” In understanding how exactly CBD helps with curing hangovers, it's essential to first understand the symptoms and after effects which are caused by drinking too much. These include:

• Stomach problems: Consuming alcohol increases the stomach’s acid production, which results in nausea, bloating, gas, and heartburn.
• Headaches: Alcohol causes inflammation which leads to aches and pains. Not only this, but alcohol also causes one to urinate more which leads to dehydration. This is what leads to the horrible hangover headache, or worse, a migraine.
• Impaired motor and cognitive skills: The inflammatory response which is caused by alcohol affects your immune system which leads to impaired motor skills, blurry vision, lacking memory, and other common symptoms.

How to Use CBD for Hangovers

It’s always best to plan in advance, therefore, using CBD before a night of drinking is a great idea. This way, you'll be a step ahead of a potential hangover (before it hits you like a ton of bricks). You might not think you're going to get a hangover, but we all know what happens – one drink leads to two, and so on.

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