If the driving force of a hangover is dehydration, why does chasing each drink with an equal glass of water not really work for preventing a hangover?

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If the driving force of a hangover is dehydration, why does chasing each drink with an equal glass of water not really work for preventing a hangover?

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Hangovers are complex things and aren’t yet fully understood. It’s not just dehydration, though it might be part of it. The diuretic effect of alcohol just makes you pee out the water anyway, and while the alcohol byproducts take time to filter through your liver, pee is readily generated. That’s why you pee clear when you’re intoxicated

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