Published on Sunday, December 30, 2007
By MELISSA HECKSCHER
So, tonight's the big night.
And if you're anything like the more than 85 percent of Americans who, according to a Quinnipiac University poll, plan on celebrating New Year's Eve, there's a chance you'll lift a glass (or two) to usher in 2008.
Which means there's also a chance that tomorrow you'll wake up feeling the New Year's Eve aftermath - queasy, with a headache and a mouth as dry as cotton balls.
"That's your body's way of telling you that it's feeling the effects of alcohol," said Dr. Ken Bachrach, clinical director of Tarzana Treatment Centers, the largest provider of substance abuse treatment services in Los Angeles. "Drinking any alcoholic beverage by itself isn't the problem; the problem is overdoing it."
Nonetheless, anyone who has had a drink or two too many has likely suffered the post-party consequences, ills for which the remedies run the gamut from home-brewed elixirs to herbal supplements.
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