speaking of alcohol

[beastieangel01]

does your tolerance ever get lower with time?

I only had three last night with a friend of mine. And I feel like absolute crap. I have to leave for a second interview in 20 minutes and I still have to get dressed. I feel incredibly shitty. Maybe it was just a mixer that went bad or something but I'm afraid mid-interview I'm going to hurl.

:/

[SB00774]

yeah, if I haven't been drinking in a while (rare) or didn't eat enough during the day I have a wicked hangover the next day. Hence me eating like a cow most of the time :)

[Rock]

It can vary on what you have had to eat that day, and your mood, so forth and so on. I got hammered after what I think was a handful of drinks a while ago, but I didn't eat much that day, and I was in a festive mood. I bet if I was full and was in a normal mood, it would have given me a buzz.

Hooray for boozies!

[beastieangel01]

hm. yeah it's not like I've taken a long break from drinking or anything. I'm usually out once a week and I have my fair share of booze.

so I am confused as to why three drinks made me feel sick.
Then again, when I think about it, I didn't get a chance to eat breakfast. For lunch I had a chicken salad. And for dinner, I think I had a handful of almonds and string cheese.

Alright. There's my answer.

[icy manipulator]

i find having a new spirit or having something i haven't had in a long time hits me alot harder. a couple of weeks ago i had a quarter of a bottle of Rakija and i was fucked from it. had the same effect as what a bottle of vodka would've had

[HEIRESS]

I havent had a chance to go out for some drinks for almost 6 weeks

booooooooooo

[cookiepuss]

were they really sugary drinks? I think the level of sugar in alcoholoic drinks is the culprit for many a bad hangover.

[Otis Driftwood]

Chinese, japanese...
Either you're drunk or not, I think the most important factor is how well you slept and if you ate heartily.
I don't think intensive familiarity of a certain spirit is sooo important. The sugar theory sounds plausible, too.
Excessive sports lowers my level, plus I get damn tired from two or three dark beers. Lights out.

[de-nice]

Actually, there is a thing called 'reverse tolerance'.

According to DSM IV,
"
Alcohol Use Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition5 (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/niaaa-guide/index.htm#Note5) (DSM-IV) recognizes two alcohol use disorders: alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse.

Alcohol dependence is characterized by multiple symptoms, including tolerance, signs of withdrawal, diminished control over drinking, as well as cognitive, behavioral, and/or physiological symptoms that suggest the individual continues to drink despite experiencing significant alcohol-related problems.
Alcohol abuse, on the other hand, is a maladaptive pattern of drinking that leads to clinically significant impairment or distress. An individual diagnosed with alcohol abuse drinks despite alcohol-related physical, social, psychological, or occupational problems. Alcohol abuse does not necessarily entail a consistent pattern of heavy drinking, but is defined by the adverse consequences associated with the drinking pattern. Problem Drinking and Risky Drinking
As it is commonly used, "problem drinking" often is synonymous with "alcoholism." Among professionals, however, increasingly it is used to describe nondependent drinking that results in adverse consequences for the drinker.6 (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/niaaa-guide/index.htm#Note6) In contrast to the dependent drinker, the problem drinker's alcohol problems do not stem from compulsive alcohol
Alcohol Use Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition5 (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/niaaa-guide/index.htm#Note5) (DSM-IV) recognizes two alcohol use disorders: alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse.

Alcohol dependence is characterized by multiple symptoms, including tolerance, signs of withdrawal, diminished control over drinking, as well as cognitive, behavioral, and/or physiological symptoms that suggest the individual continues to drink despite experiencing significant alcohol-related problems.
Alcohol abuse, on the other hand, is a maladaptive pattern of drinking that leads to clinically significant impairment or distress. An individual diagnosed with alcohol abuse drinks despite alcohol-related physical, social, psychological, or occupational problems. Alcohol abuse does not necessarily entail a consistent pattern of heavy drinking, but is defined by the adverse consequences associated with the drinking pattern. Problem Drinking and Risky Drinking
As it is commonly used, "problem drinking" often is synonymous with "alcoholism." Among professionals, however, increasingly it is used to describe nondependent drinking that results in adverse consequences for the drinker.6 (http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/niaaa-guide/index.htm#Note6) In contrast to the dependent drinker, the problem drinker's alcohol problems do not stem from compulsive alcohol ...blah blah blah..."

[Bob]

Chinese, japanese...
Either you're drunk or not, I think the most important factor is how well you slept and if you ate heartily.
I don't think intensive familiarity of a certain spirit is sooo important. The sugar theory sounds plausible, too.
Excessive sports lowers my level, plus I get damn tired from two or three dark beers. Lights out.

it's weird, i can drink beer all day and all night, and at worst i'll maybe feel a little groggy the next day. but if i do any shots at all, i'll feel like an absolute turd all day.

last night i went out and i had mostly beer, but i also had a kamikaze and a shot of some sugary whiskey thing and i feel like crap today. i've got the shakes and everything, that never happens with beer alone.

[beastieangel01]

were they really sugary drinks? I think the level of sugar in alcoholoic drinks is the culprit for many a bad hangover.

cranberry and vodka
7&7
pineapple vodka

[Suavee-Bolo]

Maybe someone slipped you some Spanish Fly in yo drinks?

[HEIRESS]

guess who went to costco and bought an ass-load of clamato

its gonna be a caesar-filled weekend m'friends.

[beastieangel01]

if the woman bartender slipped something in my drink, she never took advantage of me.

guess who went to costco and bought an ass-load of clamato

its gonna be a caesar-filled weekend m'friends.

hahaha. I love zee heiress.

[Otis Driftwood]

last night i went out and i had mostly beer, but i also had a kamikaze and a shot of some sugary whiskey thing and i feel like crap today. i've got the shakes and everything, that never happens with beer alone.
Bob, I don't wanna scare you, but I think this is the surefire sign you have become an addict. I first got these after a three day binge, later, increasingly more often, always on a sunday. This did not disappear for 5-6 hours. One day I decided to have a "counter beer", and I felt fine after 10 minutes, no shakes, nothing...

[beastiegirrl101]

from 18-23 I was never sober...I'd go out till 5am then up and ready for class at 8am...looking back I have NO CLUE how I did it. Now at 27 when I go out for drinks, I am hung over for 3 days, I just dont bounce back like I used to. Some nights I'll go out and have two beers and be wasted...and other nights it'll take me 12 beers...and then there are those nights when you drink yourself sober....has that happened to anyone else here? I swear no one believes me!!

[Bob]

Bob, I don't wanna scare you, but I think this is the surefire sign you have become an addict. I first got these after a three day binge, later, increasingly more often, always on a sunday. This did not disappear for 5-6 hours. One day I decided to have a "counter beer", and I felt fine after 10 minutes, no shakes, nothing...

that's possibly alarming. but i dunno if it's quite the same thing, because having another drink was pretty much the furthest thing from my mind at that point, it's not like my body was craving another one or anything (if it was, it had a funny way of showing it).

it's happened to me before, it only happens when i have mixed drinks/shots in addition to all the beer. even if it's only one or two, it seems to happen. if it's beer and beer alone, i feel fine, but shots murder me.