# Alcohol: How many drinks to get you to your happy place? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139 "2016-03-25T16:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139/41 "2016-03-27T16:11:41Z")
as many have said, or at least implied, the question is to vague and to try to make it more specific would make it to long and wordy to bother with. It depends on mood, time of day, who I’m with, what we or I am doing, what happened during the course of my day, energy level at the time of the drinking, when and what I last ate, and projected events for the remainder of the day until I go to bed, heck even day of the week plays a major part. either 1-2 or none (2 is really pushing the limit). there is no refining or maintaining or whatever with additional drinks, I just get mean and evil or go to bed after the initial 1-2 drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139/42 "2016-03-28T13:50:16Z")
As **Q** and **Fear** said, generally at least 1 more than however many I’ve had. And then one more after that… ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139/43 "2016-03-28T14:28:42Z")
Three if within an hour. No naked dancing, puking, or stuff like that, but I know I have to be careful with pronouncing words and driving’s a no-no for at least another hour. Never been much of a drinker and I think I only get to three if I’m home. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139/44 "2016-03-28T14:39:04Z")
None. Everything is just fine without a drink. I rarely have more than one, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139/45 "2016-03-28T15:21:14Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > This. > > I’ve wondered what alcohol feels like to people who enjoy getting drunk, because it’s obviously objectively different than what it feels like to me. Booze doesn’t make me feel bad, but it doesn’t make me feel good. Just sleepy and a little anti-social. And dizzy and woozy if I really over-do it. So I don’t drink much at parties, because if I drink too much, it ruins the party for me, I just want to curl up in the corner and block everyone out. Caffeine is my party-drug of choice. That pretty much describes my reaction to alcohol as well. It can relieve stress a bit, but saying it makes me “happy” is a stretch. After my second drink, I generally just want to go find a book and curl up in a corner somewhere. Eventually, I just fall asleep. So I enjoy a single cold beer on a summer evening, or a glass of wine with dinner in the winter, but there’s no temptation to keep going after that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-how-many-drinks-to-get-you-to-your-happy-place/750139.md?page=2)