Post #126847 by dangergirl299 on Mon, Nov 22, 2004 11:21 AM

On 2004-11-21 21:44, Unga Bunga wrote:
With all the booze in my body, every microbe that reaches my blood stream dies on contact.

I'm inclined to agree on this one actually. When I feel a cold or something coming on (sore throat) I drink .5 to 1 bottles of red wine (it soothes the sore throat as well) and then get about 9 or 10 hours of sleep overdressed in pajamas, socks, sweatshirts, with extra blankets on and the heater on high. Between the alcohol in the blood and the sweating out of toxins all night, you wake up the next day feeling right as rain.

Earlier, in grad school, my method was to go for a hard jog (3 miles or so) - which also helped sweat out toxins and raise the metabolism to fight stuff off faster.

But the drinking and sleeping method is more fun.

You have to do this on the first day or its too late.

How i managed to not get sick after the trip to easter island, where everyone around me got sick with a cold, can only be attributed to the massive amounts of alcohol I consumed.