Last time I was at the local bar, I had 6 Heinekens and achieved a relatively drunken state by the end of the night. Before going home I had one for the road. This time, a Guinness. As I drank it, I felt a warmth spread over me.
This feeling turned out to be sobriety.
That’s right. A pint of Guinness made me sober. I could walk, talk, and think perfectly well.
Now I’ve had a Guinness or two in my time (last name is O’Connor), but usually at the beginning of a night that was dedicated solely to Guinness.
Tonight I intend to repeat this and see what happens.
I’ve always found that when I’m drunk, if I have some more alcohol, I become completely sober.
Other things about me that may seem surprising–
When I eat a full 5-course dinner, if I have an extra dessert, I become hungry immediately.
If I stay up all night, and then stay up an additional hour, I feel completely rested and ready to take on the world.
When I make a completely ridiculous statement, if I follow that with something really stupid, I sound completely intelligent.
My only suggestion, and I know that you didn’t say you were driving, is don’t conduct this “experiment” behind the wheel. I understand that if you kill a family, the explanation that “Guiness makes me sober” will not hold up in court.
Psst , Keep it quiet , that’s how us Irish can drink so much.
Hope you enjoy your experiment. I always find if I’m on a long session I always sober up(relativly of course) after 5-6hrs. Drinking yourself sober is veery hard to do and takes years of training and dedication. After my last trip to Tibet I feel like I’m ready for the challenge again.
Tried smoking myself straight one time . Wrote out the experiment in a A4 pad with resuts and comments . It didn’t work , naturally enough , but it was fun trying .
The Guardian notes and queries , I love that site . I haven’t gone there in ages and had basically forgot about it. Thanks a lot for posting that link CnoteChris even if it was the wrong one
Umm, that should be the right url. Goto, click on ‘The body Beautiful’ and second down should be ‘Drink youself sober’. It worked the last time I tried.
i was told by my little brother just last week that guinness has a pretty damn low alcohol concentration. haven’t thought to check of it yet. but if it’s true, that could explain it-
heavy, heady brew fills you up a bit, slows down the rate of alcoholic absorption, since its so goddamned thick you can’t drink quite as fast.
You drank yourself sober. I’ve never heard anything so misinformed. You get drunk from alcohol and to reverse that process, you… drink more alcohol? I’d like someone to explain the physiology of this to me.
And according to their website, Guinness contains 4.3% alcohol by weight, hardly a low-alcohol content for beer.
I know this is MPSIMS, but c’mon. Facts people, facts. Unfounded speculation does not promote Cecil’s cause.
First off, there was no experiment as I became the designated driver last night. The only thing I consumed was approximately four tons of beef jerkey, which is now doing its best to exit my digestive track.
Anyways… I was not claiming to have drunk myself sober. That is something completely different. I doubt that ever occurs except in the mind of soemone exceedingly drunk.
I was saying that I had a fair amount to drink, not rip roaring drunk mind you, but not sober enough to do anything extraordinarily complicated. Upon the consumption of one Guinness (not the plethora of other drinks as “drink yourself sober” implies), I felt much better…well maybe not better, but certainly more sober.
You’re reactions have ranged from sanctimonious to disbelieving. Jb_Farley was the only one who gave a well informed response. Muchas gracias hombre.
Did it take a long time to drink the Guinness? I have felt the same thing when I go from drinking to sipping. I feel like I am becoming sober. While I might be more sober than I was earlier, I am not sober in the legal sense.
That’s another good point about the amount of time it took me to drink it. It took 45 minutes (It is Guinness folks) at the least. Time could be a factor…
