# A Valuable Lesson Learned (TMI warning)... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valuable-lesson-learned-tmi-warning/98695 "2002-03-17T03:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valuable-lesson-learned-tmi-warning/98695/11 "2002-03-17T21:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sinyster1 \* > \*\*Actually a Good Rule of Thumb is. > > Liquor before beer you’re in the clear, Beer before liquor never sicker. > \*\* Well… I don’t know about all that. Picture me on my 16th birthday, a kid living alone and partying hard, drinking tequila shots and sunrises. I am a huge fan of tequila mostly because, no matter how much I’ve ever drank, it has never made me sick. We left my house (Designated Drivers are a GOOD THING, Lucki, in case you haven’t heard) and wound up at some other friend’s house. I felt fine, never better, until I drank some beer. I couldn’t even get two bottles down and the 4 mile drive back to my house was hell. Finally, three days later, I could move without getting sick. Here’s an even better Rule Of Thumb (although I got a nickel that says it falls on deaf ears…) - Drinking is bad, mm’kay? Moderation is okay (a beer after work, wine with dinner, things like that) but you’re still a kid. I think you should just enjoy that for a while. [really cheesy but sadly true]You can drink for the rest of your life, but this is the only chance you get to be a kid. [/rcbst] God, I’m such a hypocrite. A non-drinking hypocrite, but a hypocrite just the same… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valuable-lesson-learned-tmi-warning/98695)._