# Alcohol Blackouts **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070 "2003-10-17T18:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rodmunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rodmunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rodmunch)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070/21 "2003-10-18T18:20:00Z")
I have a friend that is really random when it comes to alcohol. Sometimes he can drink for England but sometimes a couple of pints and he’s out. A few of us went to EuroDisney for my 22nd birthday about 18 months ago. We went to some theme bar in the Disney village. He had 2 Pints and was out of his skull we had to pretty much carry him back. He went for a piss in some bushes on the way back and he didnt re-emerge so we went in to see if he was OK and hed fallen over and passed out in the bush with his jeans round his ankles. He also has a tendency to sleep walk urinate in rooms other than the bathroom when hes drunk. Im going travelling with him for 9 months in January and we’re staying in hostels all the way. Im looking forward to him pissing over some random people. ---
**Author:** ![ata66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@ata66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ata66)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070/22 "2003-10-18T22:27:31Z")
Thanks for the informations-in regards to some of the comments and suggestions, I can tell you that no, I’m not an alcoholic (I know, denial is the first step but I don’t qualify-just a weekend college drinker), that none of my friends will ditch me for not drinking (some of them don’t even to begin with), that there was some stress involved as I had just gone through a hard week of school and was in the middle of watching the Red Sox lose (I left that out at first cause I thought the thread would be hijacked by people talking about baseball/rivalries) and that last night when I saw some of my friends who were there that night, they told me I consumed more then I was originally told (although half of what I drank I don’t remember-except for me supposedly chasing shots of absolute with another shot followed by a beer-not a good idea). Thanks for the info and believe me, after that night, I’m taking it easy. ---
**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070/23 "2003-10-19T01:49:28Z")
Asteroide- retrograde,not retoactive, amnesia. He also had anterograde amnesia. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070/24 "2003-10-20T15:29:58Z")
> [@](#): > > So in other words, gas doesn’t belong in a gas can, but gas cans contain gas? I don’t get it. What I was saying is analagous to: A runny nose does not cause a cold, a runny nose is a symptom of a cold. Or was I whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070/25 "2003-10-20T18:03:06Z")
Does inconsistent alcohol tolerance have anything to do with blood sugar levels? ---
**Author:** ![INSANE1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@INSANE1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/INSANE1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070/26 "2003-10-20T18:59:46Z")
Was there any marijuana involved after you had become intoxicated ata66? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-blackouts/208070.md?page=1)