What's the best way to cure a hangover? That debate's been raging as long as people have been waking up on strange floors with steel-drum bands banging away inside their heads.

Last year on New year's Day, I posted a few remedies to help you avoid spending the first day of the new year clinging to the porcelain goddess. Along with a brief explanation of what causes the pounding and nausea. (You can read it here.)

Basically the prevailing wisdom is that since the hangover is caused by dehydration and toxins in your system, taking in fluids with electrolytes and a little sodium, and eating greasy foods that can absorb the toxins, will reverse the effects. Suggestions were sports drinks, fruit juices and a late night breakfast of eggs and bacon or sausage.

Over at Chow.com they've posted an article (read it here), with ten common hangover cures, including painkillers, Taurine (the ingredient in many energy drinks), Pedialyte (yup, the stuff you feed babies with diarrhea), Vegemite and even borsht. They also include some caveats for a couple of these remedies, like taking a painkiller with acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, can actually cause liver damage in combination with alcohol.

But, just like opinions and insane exes, when it comes to hangover cures, everyone has one. So many that the guys over at Chow ended up with not one, but THREE, discussion threads on the topic. To read the dozens of remedies people swear by, click here, here, and here.

Look, New Year's Eve is a night when bad decisions are made. You know going in a couple of things are probably going to happen. You're going to drink way more than you should, and you're gonna hit on your buddy's sister. At least for the hangover, you can plan ahead to avoid the ill effects and find a ton of help if the mother of all hangovers hits. As for the repercussions of the sister incident? You're on your own.