Drink the right drinks. The chief villains are congeners. How they work isn't known, but they're closely related to the amount of pain you experience after drinking. The least perilous concoction is vodka. The most perilous are cognacs, brandies, whiskies, and champagnes of all kinds.
Red wine is also bad, but for a different reason.
It contains tyramine, a histamine-like substance that produces a killer headache. Anyone who's spent an evening entertained by a bottle of red wine knows what we're talking about. Avoid the bubbly. And that doesn't mean just champagne. Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Blum agree.