Now that we`ve made it to 2000, here is a little help for the ones that over trained. So read on. What we do need is the sure cure for Hang-overs. Below are some cures and also some preventive maintenance. Good luck!

Following the Greeks lead, the Romans adopted the custom. It quickly turned into a ritual, coining the phrase "to toast". The Romans would dunk a piece of roasted bread in their wine, thinking the charcoal would minimize the acidity.

By the 1800`s in England, toasting had become a fasionable act of flattery and was considered an affront not to toast a person. Every guest was to be toasted or it was an insult. Another custom was to toast a beautiful women, making her the "toast of the town".

Like many cultures today, the Romans believed that the food and drink they chose at New Years would foretell the personality of the year, so choose well and have a happy New Year! If you made too many Toasts, you will want to read on.

HANGOVERS

Method 1.
There is one preventive measure that is absolutely foolproof for every person in the world: Don't ever drink. You'll be guaranteed to avoid hangovers for the rest of your life.

Method 2.
Since 99.9% of the people who are concerned with hangovers will never follow method #1, then the next best preventive measure is this: Never drink enough to get really drunk. That way, hangovers will be rare, if not nonexistent.

Method 3.
Since almost everyone who has ever had a hangover will refuse to comply with methods #1 or #2, then this is the next best preventive measure. It has been suggested that consuming a couple of asprin, acetominophone or ibuprofen and drinking a couple of glasses of water will help to reduce the negative effects of drinking. However, this course of action could be hazardous to you long-term health. A message from the Univ of Pennsylvania School of Medicine warns:
"Acetominophen, Aspirin, and Ibuprofen should never be taken with alcohol." Tylenol has been forced to put labels on their bottles with alcohol warnings. Ibuprofen is also metabolized by the liver and little may be known. However, alcohol is a stomach irritant and NSAIDs like aspirin and ibuprofen plus alcohol is also a bad idea."

Just depends how bad your hurting!

Method 4.
Methods #1, #2, & #3 apply to ALL people. From this point on, we enter the mysterious realm of experimental preventives. The problem here is that all people are not alike in such things as size, weight, metabolism, chemistry, etc. So, what works for one may not work for all. But these are good ideas to try when you've done what 89% of us do - namely, said to hell with methods #1, #2, & #3. You've just opened your eyes to find yourself crumbled into a collapsed mess, hopefully in a bed, hopefully in somewhat familiar surroundings, but, worst of all, awake. You need help. Quick.
A little understanding of what a hangover actually IS really comes in handy here. It's a combination of a few physiological things:

a) dehydration - the alcohol has forced evaporation of a certain vital portion of the body's water;
b) nervous shock - you're coming off the effects of a mild overdose of a depressant drug, so your nerves are displaying the great Newtonian natural law of action/reaction by going into a relatively hypersensitive state;
c) malnutrition - pumping all that alcohol and liquid through your body has effectively flushed away a significant supply of your storage of vitamins and nutrients and you're running seriously low on them now. So..... What you need to do is take some restorative steps to begin a recovery process. This means doing the same things that you should've done in method #3 (it's really too late now, but it can't hurt). It means rest and as little nervous stimulation as possible. It also means trying to eat something that will help to replace the nutrients you've lost. That really should be in the forms of fruits/vegetables, NOT fatty, greasy junk, not dairy foods, something that isn't too tough on the already beat-up digestive system. Bananas are great for key vitamins. But the real miracle medicine is tomatoes! Strange but true. This sort of explains half of the reason that a Bloody Mary is the standard morning-after drink. The OTHER half, of course, is that more alcohol - "hair-of-the-dog" - acts to relax your shattered nerves and numb the pain in the head. A little V8 juice in the bloody Mary is excellant. Also next time, try a little light pasta with a meatless, greaseless, tomato sauce. Cold gazpacho or a mild salsa may work too. The sure cure is SLEEP! A nice Bloody Mary and a couple of hours extra sleep will do it every time.

Method 5.
If you know you're going to be drinking a LOT of something, there are certain definite DON'Ts:
Don't mix a lot of different types of alcoholic drinks (liquor, then wine, then beer).
Don't overdo it with colored liquors (red wine, whiskeys, cordials, dark rum). A cheap red wine hangover is absolutely THE WORST. Death without actually passing into the next world.
Don't overdo it with sweet blended concoctions. This is the classic mistake of the basic novice drinker (it`s tough being a trained athlete). All of these sick sugary trendy drinks with cream of whatever, and doughnut-flavored schnapps, and layers of nifty floating colored syrups and liquers. Imitation raspberry-flavored margaritas and "daiquiris". The combination of all of that sugar in the stomach with the mandatory alcoholic kick in the head - the end-result is almost always the same, HANGOVER!!

Hope this helps everyone to get through the bad days. So basically, get food, "Hair-of-the-dog" and plenty of rest. Enjoy!