God, was I drunk

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I almost never drink, but I do keep some liquor in the house. Tonight, after a day of slogging through the snow, I decided a drink would be nice. So I get a bar-glass sized glass and half fill it with white rum and half soda, along with a few ice cubes. Mmmm, delicious.

Half an hour later, I was literally staggeringly drunk. That one drink hit me like a sledgehammer, and that’s never happened before. I’m recovered enough to type now, but I wondering what happened. I usually don’t add soda; maybe that caused me to quaff it down instead of sipping slowly?

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A number of factors can contribute to inebriation. It all depends on how tired you were; how much alcohol you were having; how quickly you drank it; how much food you had before, during, and after; how much you weigh; your gender; and probably some other factors I can’t think of.

Forgive my ignorance, but how many ounces are in a bar glass? Are we talking a pint, a highball glass, what? It sounds like you were pretty tired, and you did drink it pretty fast …

In my own experience, if I haven’t drank (drunk?) in a few months, and I’m tired and hungry, I can be tipsy after a pint. (Oh, the shame, the shame…) OTOH, if I’ve been drinking regularly, and I’m alert and full, it can take me four or six before I feel anything. YMWV. (Your Mileage Will Vary.)

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StephenG – gee, talk about talking a drunk into sobriety! Sheesh! :slight_smile: Were you TRYING to be boring?! :slight_smile:

Anyway, I personally think you are a booze hound and a booze slut and you should seek some booze therapy. Actually, I just used “booze” in a scrabble game and love that word. Okay, back to regular programing!

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You can’t really have been drunk cos peace hasn’t accused you of being drunk yet - you were just imagining it : m’kay?

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Look at it this way, at least you’re better now. I’m seriously thinking of dragging that bottle of kahlua out of the cupboard. At least you had a semi good reason to drink, I’m just depressed. Oh well.

Kitty

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Lumpy, you are going to be an absolute hoot to be around New Year’s Eve. That’s all I’m going to say.

jb

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And you might want to read the thread about 90% alcohol - but then again you might not want to…

So what did you say you are doing on NYE? :o

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Hi, Byz and the rest of y’all. No, I’m not usually that boring! Chalk it up to being stuck at home on the birthday where I turn legal (not that it’s a big deal, really, but…). I’ll be more interesting next time, I promise.

[sub]Oh, and you should know that you can’t actually talk a drunk into sobriety … Kidding! :D[/sub]

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Carbonation also gets you drunker faster :slight_smile: champagne and wine coolers are infamous for how fast they get into you system, regardless of alcohol content.