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Dealing with a Hangover

It's the end of the year, which for many people means party after party!   After an education session earlier in the month of December, during the q n A session, an attendee stood and his comments began as follows “…. As for the drinking , this month, we go drink, but what happens after the drinking is what we don't like. So, doctor, how can you help us.” Suffice it to say the laughter and applause from the crowd was an unequivocal endorsement of the fact that December in Ghana is certainly the month for drinking, and that realization has culminated in the writing of this article.   I would not be a good doctor though if I did not point out that you can live without drinking alcohol; there is nothing that alcohol can add to your life that you cannot get from other healthier sources. If you decide to indulge, however, as a man, you are allowed 2 drinks a day while a woman is allowed only 1, due to their metabolic limitations regarding how their bodies process alcoho...