Is drinking a fifth of alcohol in one day dangerous?

I sentence you to sing Orgasmatron at your local karoke place.

Yeah, here “mickey” means something else, but it’s pretty old timey (like film noir) slang to me, as in the phrase “slip him a mickey.” Here’s the definition. I didn’t know this, but apparently it’s named after Mickey Finn, a bartender here in Chicago. I didn’t realize the local connection.

There’s also a nasty malt liquor called “Mickey’s”: mickey's big mouth - Bing images

The bottle is distinctive with the large opening that facilitates chugging.

If I heard some young US person talking about “drinking a mickey” I’d assume he/she meant some of these.

Ah, yes, of course! Forgot about those. Never had one of those down-market malt liquor drinks. Always been kind of curious, but never curious enough to actually buy it, or any of the “bum wine” like Wild Irish Rose.

IIRC from my college & USAF days of yore Mickey’s tastes a lot like any other generic American lager. Think slightly stronger-flavored Budweiser. The incremental alcohol never seemed significant to me.

IOW, pretty meh. Nothing much wrong with it but also nothing much to recommend it except low price. At least back then. For all I know it’s more expensive than ordinary beer these days.

In my circle, having a six or case of Mickey’s at a party is something we do ironically. And at the end of the night they are all gone, although everyone complains while drinking it.

Even better than a clean toilet is an emesis bag. You can get them for less than 50 cents apiece. It’s a lot nicer to be sitting in a comfortable chair or in your bed rather than crouching on the bathroom floor, no matter how clean it is in there.

What’s this about it not being so bad if you down that fifth mixed-drink style instead of straight shots? You are still drinking as much alcohol…but now you have a lot more fluid to upchuck, don’t you?

Really? I find that fruit salad and ginger ale taste the same going down and back up. Common combo to get in hospital.

I use the family tradition of a 1 gallon past a pot. Big enough to hold anything you can hurl at it [snicker] and easy to clean - keep it by the bedside for those ninja vomits that hit before you can get up and run to the bathroom. I found out my EVE Online corp were wusses - couple times I didn’t manage to mute my mic on teamspeak when a vombomb happened [medication driven nausea, sucktastic when you are physically handicapped and can’t get up and run to the bathroom …] Line the pot with a puppy pee pad or diaper to eliminate random splash and bob’s your uncle :stuck_out_tongue:

Depends on your weight- for me it would take more like an hour and a half, not an hour.

I made some chili, would you like to try it?
Oh, no. Not hungry. Really. No, not hungry at all.

The best thing for a hangover is a bacon sandwich. The last time I had a killer one, I went out to lunch with my mother and got a nice juicy BLT and some greasy fries. Killed that fucker dead.

It DOES taste the same, which is what makes it so vile. Ginger ale does NOT mix well with stomach acid. The only thing I’ve ever found that doesn’t really bother me coming back up is grape kool-aid.

For me, it’s pickle juice, but bacon sandwiches I’m sure sounds better to most people. :slight_smile: Actually, anything sour and salty will do, like sauerkraut soup or menudo with a good squeeze or two of lime in it.

I didn’t even know bacon sandwiches was a thing. Is it just bacon between two pieces of bread, or does anything else go on it? Mayo? Mustard?

I am familiar with the BLTA sandwich which consists of bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes between two pieces of bread. Avocado, mayo, and mustard are optional.

I was not aware that such a sandwich is considered a hangover cure, moreso than any other greasy breakfast. I have heard of the “hair of the dog”, that is, more alcohol, but that is unrelated.

Whoa, let’s not get all LGBTQ on the BLT, OK? Avocado gets no billing here.

For those curious about the effect, here’s a blood alcohol calculator: http://educalcool.qc.ca/en/facts-tips-and-tools/tools/blood-alcohol-calculator/#.WbrpyMh96Hs
You can use 5 glasses for 3 time periods and select “Cocktail 40% 50ml” to get 750ml of 40% alcohol

and the wiki page on the effects of various BACs: Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

Consumed over about an hour, that would give a 170lbs man a BAC of about 400mg/100ml of blood which is the point at which the human central nervous system starts to behave like Windows ME and you might end up with the Big Blue Screen.

In my experience, it usually means ‘an alcoholic’. Just one who hasn’t recognized or won’t admit it yet. People who actually are social drinkers don’t need to go around proclaiming that.

ETA: I read the OP from way back and correcting for consuming the alcohol over about 12 hours, that still gives a 250-300 BAC which is still drunk enough to induce loss of consciousness.
I remember drinking about 13 ounces of Southern Comfort in fruit juice over an evening. I made sure to space out each alcoholic drink with a glass of water. I was coherent during the evening and had no hangover the next morning even though I had little to no tolerance for alcohol. So, I guess if you pace yourself and hydrate, you might be fine.

I know a lot of folks who drink about a fifth a day and have for years. When I was drinking heavy I still hadn’t quite reached that as my daily intake but was approaching it fast and on occasions would exceed it.