Students at KCL spill their wildest night out experiences and most effective hangover cures

For many students, university acts as a perfect opportunity to spend your nights out being carefree and partying with friends, rather than on your 2000 word essay due the next day. But with going out comes fond memories and countless stories which would be enough to create a whole memoir on your student life.

The King’s Tab asked students on our Instagram for your stories – and of course you didn’t disappoint. Thankfully, I haven’t experienced a single one (yet).

‘My friend got denied entry to spoons as she had sprite in a water bottle (this was in the outskirts of London)’

Starting off with a nice and calm one. There’s a lot to dissect here: a) Why are we trying to smuggle Sprite into spoons in the first place? b) Of course safety is a priority but having security at spoons is a tad dramatic, especially as it’s the outskirts of London. It’s Spoons after all, not the club.

‘A guy at GB hooked up with three girls in the space of five mins’

Honestly, I’m not surprised. Guy’s Bar on a Wednesday somehow manages to make an episode of Love Island look so dull and that’s saying something.

‘Threw up in the men’s urinal at DC’

This has singularly made my nights out look like an OAP’s outing. I guess at least you will have a nice story to tell your grandkids, let’s hope that urinal had a good deep clean.

‘Drank straight vodka, ran, fell flat on my face and got kicked out of the club because of the blood’

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I can feel the second hand embarrassment from here. Moral of the story, drink vodka with a mixer. Vodka cranberry for the win.

‘Nearly got killed on Friday by some gang members at Roxy’

Girl, should we be worried? This is a PSA to avoid Roxy at all costs.

A hangover is inevitable the majority of the time after a night out; I dread the struggle the next morning. Maybe you’ve taken advantage of the two for £8 cocktails at The Vault or decided that you weren’t going to go out with your flatmates, but by some inexplicable miracle ended up at the club.

If your lecturers are yet to see you arrive bright-eyed to your 9am lecture, here are a variety of hangover cures to make you rise like a phoenix after some feral behaviour:

1. Touch some grass

The most simple, yet effective method. Fresh air and reconnecting with nature as well as with your pre night self is always the perfect remedy to recover from the night before and provides a life changing experience.

2. Sleep

You’ll feel like a different person after sleeping it out and end up forgetting about what happened the night before. Whether this is for the best is debatable.

3. Scroll through TikTok

You can of course distract yourself from the reality of the outside world all together and the thought of having to get up and go to your lectures by opting for a duvet/scrolling through TikTok day to recover, which no one can blame you for.

4. Detox

On the flip side we have not using your phone at all as no one wants to be reminded of their antics from the night before or of the fact that their situationship has indeed still not texted back.

5. Exercise

When you’re enduring the depths of hangover hell you’ll think that nothing can get worse, but it can, as you can make the bold choice of going for a run. The only good thing about going for a run outside is that it’s free and you can show off your new Lululemon gym set, other than that the benefits are pretty minimal. It’s safe to say that I won’t be doing this one.

Now for some London specific remedies as tried and tested by you lot over on our Instagram:

6. ‘The English Breakfast at The Table Café in Southwark’

Nothing beats a nice, nutritious meal. But you have to be an absolute trooper to be able to make it out for breakfast after a hangover so I respect the dedication.

7. ‘Raspberry Lucozade Sport’

The electrolytes in the drink will give you the energy to power through your pounding headache in your 9 am lectures. Plus, in this day and age there are only a few things that you can get for £1.70 so it really is a win-win.

8. ‘A mixed gyro from Shah’s’ (near Waterloo Campus)

What better way to cure your hangover misery then by treating yourself to lift your spirits?

9. ‘The green shake from LEON, not sponsored but they should sponsor me’

At this rate I’ll accept anything that’s the colour green as healthy.