going or gone. Hyper-sensitivity to sound and
light, for example, may be a leftover
compensation for the general depression of
the nervous system. The logic of the morning-
after drink is simple but insidious: it restores
many of the conditions to which the body had
become accustomed, as well as lightly
anesthetizing it. But this only postpones the
body’s true recovery from intoxication.
Only a few of the different symptoms that
constitute a hangover can be directly treated.
The dry mouth and headache can be due to the
dehydration that alcohol causes, so that
drinking liquids may relieve them. Alcohol
can also cause a headache by enlarging the
cranial blood vessels; the caffeine in coffee
and tea has the opposite effect, and may bring
some relief.
Cooking with Alcohol
Cooks use wines, beers, and distilled spirits as