Alcohol
The Expensive, Unregulated World of Sobriety Coaching
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is the latest celebrity to hire someone to keep them sober, but many experts don't think that sort of coaches are necessary.
How to Drink in Tokyo Without Looking Like an Idiot
My days of doing sake bombs at American strip mall sushi restaurants had not accurately prepared me to drink like a local in Tokyo, where a highball is just a whiskey soda and striking up small talk with strangers is discouraged.
Sticking This Patch on Your Arm Could Kill Your Next Hangover
Be On 1, an adhesive patch that secretes vitamin B1, claims to alleviate the symptoms that follow a heavy night of drinking. I went on my own experimental bender to test it out.
Science Can't Save You From Your Hangover (Yet)
But here's what we learned about them this year anyway.
This Professor Has Invented a Pill That Eliminates Hangovers
Former chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt has answered your sweaty, toilet-bowl-hugging prayers and invented a non-toxic inebriant drug that mimics the effects of alcohol: without the hangover.
Give Your New Year's Party a Punch
This isn’t the diluted Kool-Aid mixed with frozen “fruit punch” concentrate that they were serving in your high school gym. For legitimately delicious punch, we asked some quality bartenders to throw us their favorite renditions of high-end jungle...
Every Cocktail Recipe You Need to Survive New Year’s Eve
Give 2015 the send off it deserves with a cocktail from one of MUNCHIES’ favourite bartenders. Guaranteed to be more fun than the “rad nye house party!!!” you got a Facebook invite for in November.
This Bartender Is Leading the Energy Drink Cocktail Revolution
The book has some super fucking crazy cocktail ingredients like placenta, breast milk, Adderall, antacid tablets, cough syrup, tabs of acid, poppers, and a delicate garnish of Pepto-Bismol, to name just a few.
Woman Beats Drunk Driving Charge by Telling Judge That Her Gut Is a Brewery
A woman in New York arrested after driving with a blood alcohol content four times the legal limit was let off thanks to a diagnosis of "auto-brewery syndrome."
An Entire Year of Hangover Cures
Teetotaling is the only surefire way to avoid the dreaded morning head-throb, but hindsight is always 20/20, isn't it? You need a hangover cure to face the New Year.
How Dangerous Are Champagne Corks, Really?
Champagne corks can quite literally take your eye out, but it doesn't happen that often.
How Scared Should I Be of Drinking Myself to Death on New Year's Eve?
Drinking until you die is on the rise in the US, and New Year's Eve is a big night for drinking.