Keeps you from getting dehydrated, which minimizes the hangover.
So I drove him back to my place, and gave him a big glass of water and a vitamin tablet. He didn't look unsteady, unless you knew him. 'Enough of that fucking boss, too right.' He talked faster, and was harder to understand. The alcohol only seemed to make him worse, angrier, louder. So we sat there, instead, talking and drinking. Besides, he was the one she was staring at. I thought about going after her myself, but I thought he needed company. I envied him his easy way with the women, but tonight he was too angry even to notice the one eyeing him from the bar. I enjoyed Sam's infectious laugh, but tonight he wasn't laughing. We'd been out for drinks after work a number of times before, but usually on happier occasions than this. Sam and I had been friends and coworkers for a while. You have to work for jerks sometimes, these days.'
