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Make the beginning of 2013 more bearable with these hangover cures in the spirit

New Year’s parties can be big productions. And for a big production, a sizable amount of preparation can be necessary.

In the rush to get ready for New Year’s Eve, though, you might not think to plan for New Year’s Day – and any discomfort you may face when you awaken in 2013. Worry not, though – if you’ve got the supplies, these morning-after drinks have the cure for what ails you.

Hair of the Dog

Ingredients:

• 6 oz. gin

• ½ oz. fresh lemon juice

• 2-3 dashes Tabasco sauce

• slice of chili pepper

Pour gin and Tabasco sauce into an icefilled cocktail shaker. Shake generously. Strain into a chilled rocks glass and garnish with a chili pepper. Serve, but make sure you wash your hands after handling the chili pepper – you don’t want to be in any more pain, do you?

Via About.com Cocktails

The Detox Cocktail

• 6 fresh blueberries

• 6 red currants

• 1 oz. vodka

• ½ oz. crème de cassis

• 1 fresh lime

• spiced berry cordial

• pomegranate juice

Muddle the blueberries and currants in the bottom of a glass. Add vodka, crème de cassis and a dash of spiced berry cordial. Squeeze in the juice from one whole lime and top off with pomegranate juice. Serve on the rocks in a highball glass.

Via Men’s Health magazine

Pain Killer

• 3 oz. coconut cream

• 3 oz. rum

• 1 splash orange juice

• 4 oz. pineapple juice

Fill a highball glass with ice, and pour in rum and coconut cream. Add pineapple juice and a good splash of orange juice and shake well. Garnish with a cherry and sprinkle with nutmeg. Serve.

Via Esquire magazine