Booze consumpshion

[Barbas]

Alcohol aficionados, how much can you drink before you start feeling the effects of your terrible mistake in earnest? How many drinks do you normally consume before you walk in squiggly lines and become a pub quiz liability? What do you normally enjoy drinking on the weekends or special occasions, and do you have any funny/horrifying stories of drunken debauchery to share?

I cannot consume a lot of alcohol because it may react with my system and cause some sort of thing I wasn't really paying attention to, but apparently you basically die at the end of it, so uh-oh. I usually like to celebrate with a good friend and walk down to a nearby watering hole to have a pint or two of my favourite libation, then walk back with a slightly fuzzy head and a warm, happy feeling in my belly. I find I can stomach about a pint and a half before realizing that I'm having to squint harder than usual to read the menu from across the room. I got drunk once and caused a lot of mess for the family to deal with, and didn't enjoy having holes in my memory, so I try and limit myself and only drink out with close, responsible friends now. To me, alcohol is almost immeasurably better with good food and company, and getting drunk alone isn't something I can wrap my head around. Drinking large amounts of something solely for the alcohol content is not impressive.

So, how about you? Go on and tell us about your own relationship with alcohol.

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[tippy2k2]

I hate alcohol.

To be frank, I don't really know my tolerance because I'm not willing to drink a lot of it. The only stuff that I'm willing to drink is so weak that it would take a dozen of them for me to really be affected. The kind of drinks that if you're grandmother saw you drink, she'd call you a pussy for drinking such a girly drink.

I have felt tipsy enough that I wouldn't have been comfortable driving a total of two times. Both times were in Vegas because I found that Coke and Amaretto tasted enough like Cherry Coke that I would drink it and because it's Vegas at the tables, it was free. Those glasses were probably 12oz and it took about three of them before I could actually feel it.

Really, that's the only time I drink enough is when it's free like that cause that shits expensive and as I stated, the stuff I'm willing to drink is so weak that it takes a lot of it to effect me. Even then, I don't think I was "drunk" drunk. I was told my speech was slightly slurred but I could walk fine and I woke up with no real issue (bit of a dry mouth but that was the worst of it).

 

[Albino Boo]

In the days of my youth I used to drink like a fish. At the time I thought that I was the calm mellow drunk but according to people that were there at the time I was a near psychotic nutcase when hammered. I have no memory of the things that I was said to have done and I think there was a large amount of exaggeration in the retelling of stories and the only things I remember is of having a good time. However holding down a job and hangover don't mix and 20 years on I hardly drink at all. These days maybe a bottle of wine of that the weekend and the odd pint after work once a week. As you age and gain responsibility you just can't drink like you used to.

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

I don't really measure it. I don't really go out of my way to get drunk though.

 

[DefunctTheory]

When I was young, I used to binge drink myself into a stupor. Part of it was being in the Army, part of it I was stupid, and another part was that I can't stand the taste of alcohol, and I can taste a drop of it in a 55 gallon drum. The only time I could stomach the stuff was when I wanted to get completely shit faced.

When I turned 21, me and some friends went out bar hopping. I got drunk beyond reason, became friends with a dead armadillo, and passed out standing up. I fell and hit my head on a bambo floor, and got what a neurologist described to me four days later as a 'massive concussion.' Split my brain in two places, and was told I was lucky I could breath without drooling all over myself. They told me never to drink again, simply because if I ever got drunk and fell down again I'd probably end up brain dead.

The only booze I've had since then was one glass of wine, when an associate of mine died during the first Fort Hood shootings.

Alcohol aficionados, how much can you drink before you start feeling the effects of your terrible mistake in earnest? How many drinks do you normally consume before you walk in squiggly lines and become a pub quiz liability?

Hmmm... I have a fairly impressive resistance to drugs in general, and alcohol in particular. So... This is for tipsy.

And these are for drunk.

 

[01189998819991197253]

I like an occasional drink, but for the most part it tastes like the poison it is. Some beer is really delicious, but the more delicious the more it is like drinking a sheet cake, nutritionally speaking. Hard alcohol is about getting drunk, and I have a stupidly high tolerance that makes it a chore, not fun. Add all of that to the fact that all of the evidence that isn't based on some delusional notions supports what people have always known... booze is bad for you. Really bad for you. It's just that outlawing it is the only thing that's even more desperately awful for society than booze itself.

The truth is that there are a lot of drugs out there, caffeine, cannabis, khat, beetlnut, and a bunch of other low level "ethnic highs" we all get, in some form, all of the time. None of them have a dozen orders of magnitude close to alcohol's body count, or injuries, or long term damage. Only tobacco comes close, and no one ever smoked themselves into a car accident that killed a bunch of people.

So yeah... alcohol is with us, and will remain with us. It can be fun in moderation, but few people actually use it moderately. The results are pretty ugly, but unavoidable unless you enjoy organized crime.

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And these are for drunk.

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Ah yes, I love me some Nazi hooch. You can really taste the Aryan superiority.

Hermann G?ring was appointed Reichsj?germeister (Imperial Gamekeeper) when the new hunting law was introduced. Thus, when J?germeister was introduced in 1935, its name was already familiar to Germans?it was sometimes called "G?ring-Schnaps."

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I drink now and then, always socially, never alone. I don't think too much about it.

 

[Jux]

Used to drink way too much, cut back a lot. I usually have a beer or two with dinner, and while they may be enough to legally put me around the limit, realistically I don't 'feel' drunk unless I'm consuming at the rate of around 4-5 drinks per hour. That almost never happens anymore.

Only thing I won't drink is champagne, it's the only thing I get hangovers from for some reason.

 

[Casual Shinji]

The times I've consumed alcohol can be counted on one hand. And thus I've never been drunk in all my 33 years.

I don't avoid it, it's just one of those things you tend to do socially, which I'm not.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Prior to my hospitalization I was able to polish off a good sized bottle of vodka (not the cheap stuff) with ease and still manage to function well within "not-drunk" ranges of human interaction. Whether it was matching shot for shot or drinking straight from the bottle, I handled alcohol pretty well. One party I was given a 64 ounce 7-11 fountain cup that was 1/8 Dr. Pepper and 7/8 Jack Daniels, I finished the first off and got a second round. I probably shouldn't have, the night degenerated into a headbutting contest which I apparently won after the other guy passed out from blood loss or alcohol, unsure which was the case but he was fairly well busted open.
I would have done fine the rest of the night but my friends decided to pack me into the car and drive me home which triggered the dizzy as fuck feeling and instant barf reflex. I warned them before getting into the car but they didn't listen.
Post-hospital I can't even drink a beer without getting buzzed and can't finish off a 6-pack before heading into "wish I hadn't done that" territory. Killing nearly 1/2 your liver and having to regrow it is a damn surefire way to eliminate alcohol tolerance I think...

So, prior to my accident I guess I'd have to say I was well-built to handle alcohol and no idea where that came from as before I graduated High School I had 2 instances of drinking which amounted to prom night (I just went to the after-party) and one night with my best friend, both of us bored and decided to try tequila.
Now I don't even bother to drink anymore.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Alcohol aficionados, how much can you drink before you start feeling the effects of your terrible mistake in earnest?

Half a glass of beer. I had this a few nights ago and am still feeling the effects, and the effects are absolutely awful. I don't know what causes it but it's clearly my body telling me not to do it.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

I drink like I'm in the middle of the korean war as doctor in a MASH unit. Yeah, you can guess what I've been binge watching.

Suffice to say, it's something I need to get a better handle on.

 

[LetalisK]

I drink. Not a lot, but I drink. I probably get drunk once a month. Rum is my preferred drink. Though, today I was just introduced to the Moscow Mule. Holy shit that is yummy.

 

[stormtrooper9091]

I have moved to spirits almost entirely, so, home made rakia, bourbon, jaeger, becherovka, palinka, that sort of thing. I always hated wines and I'm pretty fed up with everything else

 

[MHR]

I don't drink much, and I've never gotten drunk. Being fat as all hell though means I'm drinking as much alcohol as I have at hand and not feeling properly inebriated 3 rum-and-cokes in on an empty stomach, so knowing I probably don't even have any good resistance to alcohol yet, it would probably be more expensive than it's ever worth to drink often, and when I do drink, I'd be able to keep a level head (I don't like the uncontrolled feeling.)

Thankfully, I'm pretty sure I'm an "I love you!" drunk. Me and anger don't really happen. Kind of have to force myself to get angry if the occasion even arises.

My father has to be buzzed all the time to get through the day, even drinking lightly while driving. He doesn't ever drive badly, but needing it like he does is definitely alcoholic. I don't feel that way at all, so that's good. For people that don't find themselves wanting to drink as often as possible, I don't see anything wrong with drinking a bit alone or even before 5 PM if there's nothing to do. But then, again, I've never gotten drunk and never had a drink on any consecutive days, so those guidelines might be more relevant if I did.

My baseline plan for moderation would be that if I ever felt myself drinking too many rum+cokes, just switch straight to coke and chug chug chug until the burning of the bubbles feels like booze, and I'm using the pisser more than I'm wanting to drink. I know myself, I always want coke, and I think that would work splendidly.

Half a glass of beer. I had this a few nights ago and am still feeling the effects, and the effects are absolutely awful. I don't know what causes it but it's clearly my body telling me not to do it.

Sounds dangerous. Get that checked out, someone might have stolen your liver.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Alcohol aficionados, how much can you drink before you start feeling the effects of your terrible mistake in earnest?

Half a glass of beer. I had this a few nights ago and am still feeling the effects, and the effects are absolutely awful. I don't know what causes it but it's clearly my body telling me not to do it.

That's... bad. You're either perpetually dehydrated or something may be wrong. While I don't think it's necessary to run to the doctor right away (Just don't drink), it may be something you want to bring up with your doctor the next time you go in for whatever.

Your liver/water reserves should really be doing a better job then that.

Ah yes, I love me some Nazi hooch. You can really taste the Aryan superiority.

Hermann Goring was appointed Reichsjagermeister (Imperial Gamekeeper) when the new hunting law was introduced. Thus, when Jagermeister was introduced in 1935, its name was already familiar to Germans. It was sometimes called "Goring-Schnaps."

Yeah... I probably would not have drank it if I had known that, back in the day. Especially since my last name is German, I'm White (Really White), spent most of my time in the Army with a 'Skinhead' hair cut, and my Great Grand Father was a high ranking member of the KKK...

 

[maninahat]

I drink like I'm in the middle of the korean war as doctor in a MASH unit. Yeah, you can guess what I've been binge watching.

Suffice to say, it's something I need to get a better handle on.

Hogan's Heroes!

But back to serious matters, I drink more than I should, and I now control it through self imposed rules. One of which is that I'm only allowed to drink on every other day (that does not mean I have to drink on every other day, just that this tends to be the case).

 

[McElroy]

I don't really have much disposable income, and so I rarely drink. Beer is mostly just material to urinate later, while spirits make me hung over and really vomit-prone. But hey, I'm actually going drinking next week-end... so, maybe wine? And cheese?