Every stage in the system

The Five-Stage Protocol

• Protocol
  Preflight
  Take 1–2 hours before your first drink.

  Preflight is the stack you take before your first drink.

• Protocol
  Afterburner
  Take as soon as you get home from drinking, before sleep.

  Afterburner is the stack you take as soon as you walk in the door.

• Protocol
  Nightcap
  If you wake up in the middle of the night, or before bed if you know you'll wake up.

  Nightcap is the stage most hangover products don't have.

• Protocol
  Debrief
  Take when you wake up in the morning.

  Debrief is the morning-after clean-up.

• Protocol
  Mayday
  You're in a severe hangover right now and nothing is working.

  Mayday is the full-coverage version of the protocol.