Poll: Your alcohol tolerance

[ClockworkPenguin]

What's good to drink? Of the two things I've sipped, both are awful.

Wine is nice, especially with food. You need to spend at least a fiver (sterling) to avoid the risk of it tasting of vinegar though. I would say its best drunk with a meal, or with a plentiful supply of cheese, crackers and cheese related condiments.

I'm not a fan of spirits, although Irish coffee makes a nice nightcap.

Beer is probably one of the things you've sipped, and it is a bit of acquired taste, tending to be quite bitter. I only started drinking it because you can't go into a Glasgow pub and order a reisling, but I do like it now, to the extent that I've started drinking ales.

I'm starting to realise that I may be coming across as an alcoholic, so I'm going to stress that i actually drink pretty rarely, and only a couple of pints then. If anything, I'm addicted to tea, but then I am British so that's a given.

 

[That Guy Ya Know]

I have never in my life had a hangover. Even if I drink until I black out I still feel fresh as a daisy the morning after.

 

[Broady Brio]

About 10 units. That's when I stop walking straight. I don't get hungover[footnote]I mean I feel a bit crap when I wake up, but that's due to uncomfortable sleeping somewhere, not the alcohol. I don't get pulsating headaches, which is the main part of a hangover right?.[/footnote], I have no idea why, but damn am I glad I don't.

Any more than 15+ units I throw it all up, therefore I feel great the next day, much to the amazement of my friends.

It also depends on what I drink. Cider, beer/lager makes me feel awful during the night out. Shots and spirits are a bit better. But I can just continuously drink Bailey's. Probably due to my love for milk.

 

[Launcelot111]

I get a headache the next morning after one beer, but if I drink ten beers, I get the same headache but nothing else. Once I'm in the double digits, I might be sloppy and obnoxious, but I'll be pretty much fine the next day

 

[Amberella]

I'm about 1-2 units. :3 I don't drink much and not often at all. lol. It just takes a little for me to start feeling it.

 

[likalaruku]

I'm not allowed to drink, literally. Surely you've met a woman in you life who turns into a stark raving ***** after a few shots.

Last time I got drunk I threw some punches, keyed a car, tried to choke a guy because I "thought he was cute", honked a girl's boobs, ranted about the past; confusing what happened in the early 1990s with things that actually happened in the early 2000s, & went miniature golfing with some other drunks & we got into an argument with 4 teenaged girls there.

 

[Muspelheim]

I'm fairly resistant to hangovers. Honestly, they're not what dictates my limit, it's how much I can drink while remaining a functional adult. It's very rare that I'm hungover to any debilitating degree.

The best tip I can offer is to keep yourself well hydrated, which means slogging down loads and loads of water. Think you've had enough water? You haven't. Sink down a few more glasses. Also, greasy food is a good tactic.
There used to be a very good café fairly close to where I live which had these lovely sandviches, dripping in olive oil, which did wonders. Although it's a "fashionable" hairdresser now, all white and sparkling tiles, designer furniture and awful music. *Grumble*

 

[The_Waspman]

I had my first ever hangover last year. But in my defence, I was mixing pints of Stella and Cider (neither of which I ever drink). And we were downing them all night. I called it quits after, what, 10 pints, so what, 20 units? Funny thing is, just got in from a session, and I've had... six double vodka's, and I'm not even mildly tipsy. Go figure.

 

[Ieyke]

There can't be 76 Thors!

I'm the only Thor here!

Go to Hel, the lot of you!

 

[Vern5]

Crap, now that I think of it, I rarely suffer hangovers no matter how much I drink. I will still pass out or have black outs in my memory but there are very few times where I've woken up with a raging pain in my brain.

Granddad, your alcohol resistant genes have followed me. Thank you.

 

[nomzy]

Never had a hangover, but I also drink plenty of water when I'm out drinking so eh. Enjoy it while I'm young I guess.

 

[Eddie the head]

I don't drink so I can't say. I never will so I will never know.

 

[CleverCover]

I have never gotten a hangover...because I can only handle maybe a couple of glasses of wine or a can of beer or two glasses of sake before I have to stop or bad things happen.