# Morning drunkenness **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433 "2002-04-13T14:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/1 "2002-04-13T14:01:56Z")
No, not before work. On the weekends. This is the situation: I get home Friday from an exceedingly boring week at work, and crack open some fine Canadian beer. I spend most of my evening on SDMB and in SD chat. I end up falling asleep (passing out, really) on my couch. I wake up far too early, and there’s still beer in my fridge. So I drink it, mainly to get back to sleep. I have an important lesbian potluck to attend later, so I need my rest… 😉 Tell me I’m not the only one… 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/2 "2002-04-13T15:13:11Z")
You are not the only one. I have an important lesbian potluck to attend later too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/3 "2002-04-13T15:38:01Z")
While I much prefer to find an, ummm, herbal remedy to this problem, I must admit that I have done it as well. seriously though, that thing about “fine” canadian beer was a joke right?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/4 "2002-04-13T18:12:00Z")
A buzz before noon. Ahhh, the good old days. I really consider it a rare treat when I can have a day to myself and start cooking or cleaning early in the day on a Saturday or Sunday and have a nice little buzz before noon. About two or three time a year is all I can manage though. However, when I worked nights, those morning buzzes were pretty frequent (I was also MUCH younger). We knew all the early opening bars, with pool tables and classic old man bartenders. Cheers!! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/5 "2002-04-13T20:18:58Z")
There was a period in my life where I almost always had a couple beers Sunday morning. On those rare occasions that I was feeling hung over, there’s nothing better. (Aside to **Jane D’oh!** : Don’t hate me. I’m sorry. Soon!) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/6 "2002-04-13T21:15:28Z")
There was a time when I lived off the “hair of the dog.” Not just for relief, but for fun too. Those were the days… ! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/7 "2002-04-13T23:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*There was a period in my life where I almost always had a couple beers Sunday morning. On those rare occasions that I was feeling hung over, there’s nothing better. > \*\* I wasn’t feeling hung over… I just woke up still buzzed. So I had some more, took a long nap, and now I’m still buzzed. Now, I have to go to this lesbian potluck. I really hope I can deal with being sociable… 😉 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![ijustdontcare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@ijustdontcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ijustdontcare)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/8 "2002-04-14T05:11:33Z")
I’m drunk right now. But, isnt that the best. when you wake up, and instead of ung over, your still feelin drunk?? Happwns to me spmetimes. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/9 "2002-04-14T05:45:12Z")
Back in the pre-clinical days, my class would traditionally gather after tests at The Wheel, which isn’t so much a bar as it is a liquor store with a pool table and whose primary customers stop in a few times a day for a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20. Later in first year, as the classes got easier and the tests shorter, we often found ourselves finished before they opened at 10:00. The result would be a crowd of medical students milling about outside, waiting for the bar to open. The comedy of the situation wasn’t lost on us. I was seriously buzzed by noon on Match Day, but that’s only because I organized it, so I was there early. Most people were hammered by 1:00, though. Those exceptions aside, I was never a morning drinker. Most of my episodes of AM drunkenness have been residual drunkenness from the night before. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![novacaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@novacaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/novacaine)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/10 "2002-04-14T05:57:26Z")
I have always found that beer makes a great breakfast. Of coarse I work nights so I often find myself explaining to people why I am drunk at nine in the morning (I don’t get off work until 5a.m.) But even when I go to bed after work I often wake up and have a beer immediatly after I take my shower. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/11 "2002-04-14T06:09:18Z")
Once woke up still massively drunk…on the day of a fencing meet. Sobering up slowly to the sight of three feet of steel striking at your chest is no fun. Especially when you’re too drunk to ward it off. Fortunately, I was sober by the second round. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/12 "2002-04-14T06:34:30Z")
I’m notorious for waking up drunk the next morning But the odd thing is if I dont go to sleep I’ll eventually sober up faster than if I did ---
**Author:** ![PimpC21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@PimpC21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PimpC21)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/13 "2002-04-14T08:07:38Z")
You just gotta love it, I do it all the time! ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/14 "2002-04-14T08:25:01Z")
I think I’ll do it tomorrow morning and see how it feels. Thanks for the great idea! ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/15 "2002-04-14T23:46:03Z")
OK, I’ll bite. What the hell is a lesbian potluck, and why is it so important? And why do you keep winking after you say it? Do you have a tick? And if it’s fun, how do I get invited? So many questions… ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/16 "2002-04-14T23:57:31Z")
As an old guy, a grandparent, a parent, and as a recovering alcoholic: Don’t let alcohol get the best of you—please. ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/17 "2002-04-15T21:00:07Z")
For some reason I do not get hangovers, I have REALLY REALLY deserved them before and for the life of me I don’t know what happens to them, where they go or what they do. I hope someone gives them a good home, but it does not keep me up at nights. As for morning afters I hardly ever start drinking before noon, but it is not unusual for me to wake up and be drunk from last nights whiskey untill well past noon 3 times a week. It makes me feel giddy. On occasion though (nights that end around 6 and days that start at 7) I am so drunk the whole next day that I may as well have killed a 1/5th for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/18 "2002-04-15T23:15:29Z")
There are people who actually enjoy waking up drunk? _shudder_ It’s one of the least pleasant experiences I’ve ever had… ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/19 "2002-04-16T13:41:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > **OK, I’ll bite. What the hell is a lesbian potluck, and why is it so important?** It was actually just a potluck hosted by a lesbian friend of mine. The “lesbian potluck” thing is an inside reference to two horrible experiences I (well, we all) had at events hosted by said friend and her psycho, anal-retentive ex-girlfriend. I’ll get into it later if you want on MPSIMS… Note to self: never, ever get stoned at a lesbian potluck again! - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433/20 "2002-04-16T17:19:47Z")
scott: there’s already a thread in MPSIMS for you, though you may have to dig back a day or two. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-drunkenness/103433.md?page=2)