Poll: Can you hold your drink?

[SckizoBoy]

So, a thread about drunk assholes got me thinking.

Despite the fact that I don't drink enough to pass out these days, the last time I was properly pissed was when I was 19. Though now that I think on it, I probably wasn't that drunk, since my visual alacrity was still oddly high, as was dexterity, since I managed to leg it around the backalleys from the pub to the train station 500m while carrying my own bag and my mate's laptop (he was loaded up since he was moving back north).

That evening I had consumed the following: 5 shots vodka, 5 shots of that crap that tastes like liquorice, 4 pints (two of which were pilfered off colleagues), 2 glasses house red & 3 double measures of Courvoisier. (However many units that was.)

Anyway, how well can you take your alcohol?

Non-drinkers need not comment (for obvious reasons).

 

[Daystar Clarion]

A typical night at the pub for me is around 8 pints of Guinness and 3 double Jagermonsters.

I feel a little tipsy after all that, but not drunk.

I don't drink to get drunk. I drink for the enjoyment of drinking.

 

[jakko12345]

I'm sorta just above normal. I know my way around the occasional mega-binge

 

[Spade Lead]

I usually need about a 1/3 of a liter of vodka to reach my preferred level of drunk. I can still see, but walking requires some thought...

 

[rokkolpo]

I don't really drink all that much, since I get tipsy really fast and just drink moderately after that.

But this one time I drunk 3 different kinds of beer mixed together.
That did not end well after the 7th glass.
(It was Heineken, Grolsh and Amstel FYI)

Still...looking at some of my friends, I'm definitely a lightweight.

 

[Vonnis]

Definitely above normal, but it's hard to tell exactly because I almost never have just alcohol (I find drinking and smoking pot go very well together, thus they always, well, go together). Then again, the answers in the poll don't look particularly scientific.

To the above poster: those three beers did not go well together because two of them are amongst the worst dutch beers in existence. Heineken and Amstel are certainly the shittiest big-brand beers here. Next time stick to Grolsch, or get some Brand or Alfa (my favourites in dutch lager).

 

[Ladette]

The only people I couldn't drink under the table were the guys who spent more time drunk than sober.

I never drank to the point where I blacked out though. Once i'm a bit tipsy, and more bubbly than usual, I stop. Anything more is just asking for a hangover.

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

I'd say I'm about normal, only drunk enough to forget about it the next morning once, and I've never had a hangover. Am I just lucky?

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

If i dont pass out during the early hours of the morning, ive not been drinking right.
That being said ive only ever thrown up once.. so go me.

 

[loc978]

About average for my weight (which is around 180lbs), I'd say.

 

[Loop Stricken]

When I go out drinking, I'm never drunk enough before we end up going home. So... above average?

 

[SpikeyGirl]

Due to my small stature I would say no, I can't. It gets a but more complicated than that as it depends on the drink. I have managed to hold my drink fine with no ill effects, I've managed to have a small drink, feel ill with a mild hangover and then feel fine within the space of a few hours (thanks you metabolism) and then there are the times I've drunk the same as I know I've held and ended up puking.
I also seem to miss out on the drunk part, I go straight from tipsy to puking or sobering up.
I should also probably stop using alcohol as a revision aid...

 

[Goofguy]

I'm relatively good at holding my booze. I guess my best benchmark was when I upped the ante on the Centurion to 150. After that, I was hurting bad and I don't particularly remember much but apparently, me and my buddies decided to pound back some whisky at that point.

 

[ramboondiea]

i get drunk quickly, but i stay at a very reasonable level for a very long time. it usually eds with me drinking the most or the longest and being fine.
only ever been black-out drunk 3 times, never vomited (as far as i know)

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I used to fill myself up with whisky and function. After doing bar work, my drinking has reduced hugely.

Nowadays I have a pint and feel it...

 

[noxymoron19]

Lightweight right here. It's really the way to go. You save so much money. I make a point not to eat very much the day I drink. Unless I'm partaking in drinking games then I need all the help I can get.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I guess I'm a Hardman. I'm not insane but I can drink pretty heavily and still function afterwards.

 

[TehCookie]

I don't drink that often so two shots will get me drunk, but I can keep going for a while past that. I blame the fact my family are a bunch of responsible alcoholics.

My family's code of drinking:
1) Make sure you're sober for work.
2) No puking.
3) Everything in moderation.

 

[Sudenak]

I've downed bottles of wine and wodka on my own, and pretty much all that happens is I get a wee bit tired and overheated. xP