This Drummer's Perspective...

ALCOHOL SURVIVAL GUIDE (IN 5 STEPS)

thehealthymusician:

If you’re going to drink on tour or after the late night gig, follow these simple rules to ensure that you’re having fun and not at your body’s expense.

1. Limiting yourself to one drink per day will ensure that your weight is not effected by drinking and that you don’t end up with a crippling hangover the next day. Drink more and your body may not be able to metabolize all of the extra calories and carbs that you consume when you drink. If you’re going to drink more than one, choose wisely. Red wine is best, in small quantities, of course. Vodka has the least amount of calories and carbs, but can be the worst for you when mixed with sugary drinks like cranberry and orange juice, or tonic water. Dark beers (except for a select few like Guinness) have a lot of carbs and calories and will expand your waist if you drink them all night. Light beers are better for your body. I suggest sticking to vodka soda with lime if you’re going the distance.

2. Eat before you drink, NOT after: Your body will not begin to metabolize food until it has metabolized all of the alcohol you drank before eating that food. Eating meals after you drink and late at night will put on tons of weight. Satisfy your hunger before drinking. If you must eat after boozing, choose healthy snack foods that I’ve listed in an earlier blog post, not foods high in fat or calories.

3. Avoid the hangover: Know your limits, listen to your body, for obvious reasons. But one not so obvious reason is that chronic hangovers raise your risk of a stroke in your later years. If you’re a binge drinker, you may want to reconsider your lifestyle.

4. Drink water before you fall asleep: No matter how much you drink that night, remember to hydrate yourself before you fall asleep. The more water the better, but drink at least one more glass of water than you think you want. Better to wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom than wake up at 2pm with a headache and the shakes.

5. Drink like a winner, not a college senior: Learn a little bit about the finer things. Order yourself some good beer on tap. Get a fancy cocktail. Sip and enjoy. Think: quality over quantity. You just may live to fight another day.

WTF, ABC?

So, for the last few weeks I have been unable to watch LOST online because ABC.com and my Hulu queue had removed Episodes 1 through 9 of Season 5.  Now Episodes 1 through 9 are back up, and I’ve watched them, but Episode 10 through the season finale are gone again.

WHY???

Being that this is clearly ABC trying their damnedest to fuck with me right before i leave for a month-and-a-half, I have no other recourse but to ask if anyone out there knows where I can find the second half of Season 5.

Does anyone out there know where I can find the second half of Season 5 of LOST?

Also, follow Elliot Jacobson’s new blog/guide to becoming a healthier musician.  He looks damn sexy.