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How drinks/shots does it take for you to be at peak drunken bliss without going back down into the land of passing outs and hangovers?

About 6 or 7 pints, so not that much really.

I really wouldn't know.

Dunno, don't drink. The one time I did drink it took about a fifth of whiskey to get me to the giggly Walls-are-conspiring-against-me stage.

No idea due to me not drinking.

How drinks/shots does it take for you to be at peak drunken bliss without going back down into the land of passing outs and hangovers?

How long does it take for you Sovie?

(yes, its a trap) ;)


When i did get drunk the few times that I did, it took quite a lot of vodka to get me to the point of passing out..Vodka is the only thing I can really enjoy drinking. But I've never gotten to the where I have had a hangover. go me!

Seventeen bottles for a hangover from beer (5% stuff). Maybe ten vodka and cokes for vodka. One shot for whiskey. One bottle for wine of any kind.

1 tsp.

I wish I knew, because I hate going over that sweet spot, yet I can always be sure to reach it if I drink enough. And I hate not getting there, and just wasting alcohol for no real gain.

I don't drink as much anymore.

it depends, when I'm drunk or haven't eaten enough it's generaly less than when I'm in prime condition, then it takes a bottle of wine or something, I don't really know.

I don't have a sweet spot. I have a "I'm dead" spot. Approximately one fourth a glass of wine is enough to kill me.

I don't know, because the times where I end up really hungover are generally the times that I lose count of my drinks...

Not sure, it all depends on how fast I drink I suppose, though I never really encounter hangovers regardless of how many times I puke/pass out. I should figure it out, but I drink very rarely and forget to keep count. The last time I drank it was a big glass-full of whiskey, it didn't end well.

About seven beers or five caipirinhas or a bottle and a half of red wine.

Hmm. About 8 beers or so gets me nice and drunk. 10 and I'm still good. Much more than that and I might have problems depending on if I've eaten anything while drinking- usually pizza or bread is helpful.

I don't have a sweet spot. I have a "I'm dead" spot. Approximately one fourth a glass of wine is enough to kill me.

:eek:

What?! How'd that happen?!

I feel so sorry for you! :(

I think five, maybe six gin and tonics. Glasses mind, not shots. Whiskey shots... hum, uh, maybe 4. could be 5. I don't drink alot.

:eek:

What?! How'd that happen?!

I feel so sorry for you! :(

Perhaps a food allergy of some sort. I had a Japanese professor who unabashedly confessed to being allergic to beer.

That said, my limit is more along the lines of, "Get this horrible fucking taste out of my mouth before I singe my taste buds off with a fucking blowtorch." A small sampling is enough for that.

Perhaps a food allergy of some sort. I had a Japanese professor who unabashedly confessed to being allergic to beer.

That said, my limit is more along the lines of, "Get this horrible fucking taste out of my mouth before I singe my taste buds off with a fucking blowtorch." A small sampling is enough for that.

haha, beer is an acquired taste. Keep at it.

Where's Gruenburg??? :D

That's what everyone says. "Acquired taste" would refer to something I don't already hate. There's no use in acquiring a taste for something I hate. If I kinda-sorta liked it but found it a bit obnoxious, I would consider learning to like it. As it is, it tastes like a combination of horse piss, raw sewage, and leachate water. I'll stick to abusing caffeine.

well if you don't like beer try some hard alcohol, like whiskey! I love whiskey! Or you could go for mead, wine, vodka, gin, rum..etc.

haha, beer is an acquired taste. Keep at it.

That's what everyone says. "Acquired taste" would refer to something I don't already hate. There's no use in acquiring a taste for something I hate. If I kinda-sorta liked it but found it a bit obnoxious, I would consider learning to like it. As it is, it tastes like a combination of horse piss, raw sewage, and leachate water. I'll stick to abusing caffeine.

2 coolers for a nice buzz, 4 for giggling drunk 4 + 3 shots of anything over 15% to be in a nice happy place and once I start drinking vodka straight from the bottle, you'll know I'm only a couple drinks away from alcohol poisoning. Actually, any time you see me drinking vodka at all I've probably had too much.

I've got a "sweet spot" that's a mile wide: being drunk at all feels good.

One drink is barely noticeable for me, but past two it all feels good until I run out of alcohol or it is simply bed-time.

So that's the only way I use to control my alcoholism -- don't start too early in the day.

Alcohol is a problem for me, and it will be a problem for anyone who drinks heavily and regularly for twenty years. Don't say no-one warned you.

I don't know really, but I frequently projectile vomit, and one time I projectile vomited so hard it went through my eye.

I think, I may have just been really drunk.

It varies wildly. On one day I can be waay to drunk of two pints, another day I'll neck 10 and feel no consequence.

depends entirely on the day. plus it's difficult for me to tell cuz i rarely have the same drink twice. and i tend to drink faster than those around me so i often go up for a drink for myself between rounds.

I usually end it around 10-15, to be happy. Beyond that I'm liable to wake up with a hangover from 16-20 (depending on what I'm drinking), and 20-25 I'm liable to spend my night worshiping the porcelain god, but (miserably) conscious, beyond that I have never trod.

Depends. Sometimes I'm quite a heavyweight, at other times, I can't handle all that much.

Twelve beers.

I usually end it around 10-15, to be happy. Beyond that I'm liable to wake up with a hangover from 16-20 (depending on what I'm drinking), and 20-25 I'm liable to spend my night worshiping the porcelain god, but (miserably) conscious, beyond that I have never trod.

16-20?

I was stupid enough to drink that much at a party once.. Don't remember getting home, and I was drunk till supper the next day.

I don't have a sweet spot. I have a "I'm dead" spot. Approximately one fourth a glass of wine is enough to kill me.

I feel bad for you. Not because you can't drink, but because it's such a harm for you.

Odd question: Can you not use mouthwash and rubbing alcohol?

I don't know, because I don't count my drinks. Also, I very rarely get a real hangover, no matter how much I drink, and if I pass out, I usually lose some memory from before that moment, so I wouldn't know when I had stopped drinking anyway.

I don't know really, but I frequently projectile vomit, and one time I projectile vomited so hard it went through my eye.

Ewww!

You probably weren't taught to vomit properly as a kid. You need to be more aware of when it's coming, not try to hold it down too long, and express your vomit more freely and with artistic pride.

A good regurgitation can be heard for miles. Try for a sound like a bellowing bull ;)

I think, I may have just been really drunk.

Did you wipe the tear of vomit from your eye and grab the first drink you could see? If so, yes you were really drunk. :p

I don't have a sweet spot. I have a "I'm dead" spot. Approximately one fourth a glass of wine is enough to kill me.

:(
That is quite unfortunate.
You don't just have to worry about someone slipping something into your drink, you also have to worry about someone slipping you a drink.

I don't have a sweet spot. I have a "I'm dead" spot. Approximately one fourth a glass of wine is enough to kill me.

A cousin of mine has a liver/kidney problem of some sort, and he has pretty much the same problem. His wedding was completely dry and I thought that was kinda nice, actually.

I don't generally bother to keep count, but the one occasion that I did, I was in the happy stage after:

1 skotch
3 screwdriver
1 glass of red wine
1 flute of champagne
2 rum and coke
1 glass of rum, vodka, and orange juice (it has a name, can't remember it)
1 manhattan

I was still pretty lucid after this (I'm a big guy, and I've built up a tolerance), but stumbling. Motor control is the first thing that gets shot to shit when I'm drunk.

At the after-party (this was my cousin's wedding, several months back):

1 Cosmopolitan (never had one before, wondered what it was like)
2 Screwdrivers
1 Corona
1 Kamikaze to top it off

About five minutes later I had to be carried upstairs to my room by all four groomsmen and my uncle.


Two days later I went on to make a thread on NSG about the hangover I still had.

Ewww!

You probably weren't taught to vomit properly as a kid. You need to be more aware of when it's coming, not try to hold it down too long, and express your vomit more freely and with artistic pride.

A good regurgitation can be heard for miles. Try for a sound like a bellowing bull ;)
Did you wipe the tear of vomit from your eye and grab the first drink you could see? If so, yes you were really drunk. :p

I am very proud of my vomiting actually, it's quite a site. I've hit seven or so feet before. And yes actually, I did, right after I loudly explained to the whole party.

I am very proud of my vomiting actually, it's quite a site. I've hit seven or so feet before. And yes actually, I did, right after I loudly explained to the whole party.

You're a New Englander, you're supposed to be able to hold your alcohol.

Depends on how "in training" I am. I.e. when I regularly go out and drink alcohol, quite a bit (well, "for a girl" :p). Right now, after hardly drinking any alcohol at all for the last few years because I really don't like it very much, a single cocktail will make me slightly buzzed. A Long Island Ice Tea would probably knock me out. :p

You're a New Englander, you're supposed to be able to hold your alcohol.

Yeah, I'm not quite sure why it happens. It takes a fair amount for me to get drunk too.

I need to drink more...

I'm a lightweight and a girl (not complaining...cheap nights every night!) so I can only really do like 2-3 shots of vodka, 3-4 of tequila. After that, I can expect to be puking, passing out, or hungover the next morning.

Usually I'll start to forget bits and pieces of the night after just 1 or 2 shots, though....

How drinks/shots does it take for you to be at peak drunken bliss without going back down into the land of passing outs and hangovers?

its hard to say where that "sweet spot" is. with me, my speech is the first thing to 'go' when i get drunk, so i always seem way more pissed than i am. in my head i'm usually pretty sober, and certainly my inhibitions are the last thing i lose.... bah!

as for how much, its again hard to say. when i first went to uni i'd spend £30 or £40 on a night out. at (usually under) £3 a pint (sod shots), that's at least 10 pints. my mate used to say i 'drank like a fish' and that going out to the pub with me always garenteed getting wasted :P
back then i never got a hangover, and rarely puked. come year 2 of uni and drinking that much = wanting to die next morning. after that it's just gotten worse and i don't drink at all anymore. so these days i really couldn't say.



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Usually I'll start to forget bits and pieces of the night after just 1 or 2 shots, though....

wow... one of the few times i had a real memory loss was a mate's 18th birthday party. i drank beer, tequila, malibu, then went out the the shop for a bottle of port, which i shared, a bottle of scotch - which i had to myself - and ended up quaffing vodka, dancing on a table...

i was dry-wretching on the stairs most of the night after that :headbang:

but again it just goes to show, the last thing to 'go' when i get pissed is my mind! no fair :(
but i didn't get a hangover, or even a headache the day after :D

It's not consistent. Some days I'm fine after 6 drinks, sometimes I'm stumbling and talking with a British accent.

About 3 pints quickly gets me happy, then I'll switch to bottles to keep me going.

As for my pool sweet spot - that would be about a pint in.

Of course, all this was before I arrived in America - now I get slaughtered off pretty much anything. *curses silly drinking laws*

:eek:

What?! How'd that happen?!

I feel so sorry for you! :(

Perhaps a food allergy of some sort. I had a Japanese professor who unabashedly confessed to being allergic to beer.

Not sure how or when it arose, but it's basically an intolerance, not an allergy. Something in my body reacts when it encounters alcohol and causes a ridiculously intense reaction prompting severe alcohol poisoning at amounts ludicrously disproportional to my size. In fact the only reason even less doesn't kill me right now is the fact that I'm overweight. Once I'm at a healthy weight I'll have to be even more careful.

I feel bad for you. Not because you can't drink, but because it's such a harm for you.

Odd question: Can you not use mouthwash and rubbing alcohol?
I can, but it has to be small amounts, and I can't swallow the mouthwash. If I do I react quite badly. Not as badly as towards actually alcoholic drinks, but it's pretty bad.
:(
That is quite unfortunate.
You don't just have to worry about someone slipping something into your drink, you also have to worry about someone slipping you a drink.
Yeah, well, I fully intend to make it very clear to people I'm with if I'm ever near alcohol, so it's not a problem unless someone is TRYING to kill me.
A cousin of mine has a liver/kidney problem of some sort, and he has pretty much the same problem. His wedding was completely dry and I thought that was kinda nice, actually.
Eesh. Sucks for your cousin. Thankfully my liver/kidneys are otherwise fine so that's not the cause of mine, but yeah, same general effects.

And that would certainly be nice. Mine certainly will be. (It'll also be a non-religious ceremony, but that's beside the point.)

About 2, my tolerance not high.

You're a New Englander, you're supposed to be able to hold your alcohol.

Ummm, last time I checked NJ wasn't in New England..

Drinking is an enjoyment - It took a long time to break the bing drink I started out with.. I enjoy a nice lager and keep them coming 8 to 10..
The secret to avoiding the hangover is . pee before you go to bed, drink 2 big glasses of water and take a multivitamin. I once took a b12 and an E the next morning it look like a flourescent dye marker in the bowl.. tmi huh?

About 2/3 of a two-sixer of spiced rum. The next time though, I have to chug the last third of rum, and then have 2 beers.

The last time I got drunk (about 21 years ago), it took two long island ice teas before dinner, two glasses of red wine with dinner and two glasses of sherry with dessert - I was 39 at the time. I'm very fortunate, I have never had a hangover.

Not sure how or when it arose, but it's basically an intolerance, not an allergy. Something in my body reacts when it encounters alcohol and causes a ridiculously intense reaction prompting severe alcohol poisoning at amounts ludicrously disproportional to my size. In fact the only reason even less doesn't kill me right now is the fact that I'm overweight. Once I'm at a healthy weight I'll have to be even more careful.

I'm sorry for you, it must be awkward not being able to drink a toast or have pudding with brandy on. I thought you were joking at first, but it really must be a pain.

But as to getting drunk -- you aren't missing anything. The only worse drugs I know of are glue (solvent/petrol) and Rohypnol.

I can, but it has to be small amounts, and I can't swallow the mouthwash. If I do I react quite badly. Not as badly as towards actually alcoholic drinks, but it's pretty bad.

"Rubbing alcohol" is methanol, the smallest alcohol and therefore quickest to evaporate. It is far more poisonous than ethanol ... aka "wood alcohol" it's the stuff which gives moonshine a bad name.

Mouthwash, vanilla essence, and some cough medicines contain ethanol, the exact same stuff by volume as booze. I guess you know that.

The last time I got drunk (about 21 years ago), it took two long island ice teas before dinner, two glasses of red wine with dinner and two glasses of sherry with dessert - I was 39 at the time. I'm very fortunate, I have never had a hangover.

Hey babe, never mind the hangover, it might never happen!

*hustles ASD into nearest pub*
*gives bartender the "she's paying" sign*

I've never found out. Most nights out seem to culminate in hangovers, comedowns or passing out.:D

Depends on what I'm drinking really, and how fast and on how much food there is and how tired I am... I do know I never go past the point of "pleasantly woozy"... I hate being drunk.

Hmm, I see a trend in your threads Sovietstan :p

I'm sorry for you, it must be awkward not being able to drink a toast or have pudding with brandy on. I thought you were joking at first, but it really must be a pain.

But as to getting drunk -- you aren't missing anything. The only worse drugs I know of are glue (solvent/petrol) and Rohypnol.

Indeed. Even if I could drink, I wouldn't. It tastes horrible.


"Rubbing alcohol" is methanol, the smallest alcohol and therefore quickest to evaporate. It is far more poisonous than ethanol ... aka "wood alcohol" it's the stuff which gives moonshine a bad name.

Mouthwash, vanilla essence, and some cough medicines contain ethanol, the exact same stuff by volume as booze. I guess you know that.

Yeah, I know. I still don't react as badly...or at least I don't think I don't. It was only one time I swallowed the stuff...could've simply been before whatever caused it went full force or something...*has no idea as he's not a doctor*

Lying on the floor, not getting stepped on.

How drinks/shots does it take for you to be at peak drunken bliss without going back down into the land of passing outs and hangovers?Depends on how much I've eaten, so, somewhere between a beer and 6 cups of tequila.

Ummm, last time I checked NJ wasn't in New England..

Drinking is an enjoyment - It took a long time to break the bing drink I started out with.. I enjoy a nice lager and keep them coming 8 to 10..
The secret to avoiding the hangover is . pee before you go to bed, drink 2 big glasses of water and take a multivitamin. I once took a b12 and an E the next morning it look like a flourescent dye marker in the bowl.. tmi huh?

Nuh uh...best hangover cure is an IV line of saline for 15 minutes. Course, not everyone is cool enough to have that kind of access ;)

But seriously, water...drinking, puking, all that stuff dehydrates you, water combats the hangover.

Ummm, last time I checked NJ wasn't in New England..
I live in Connecticut, not some toxic waste dump. [/elitism]

I live in Connecticut, not some toxic waste dump. [/elitism]

I resent that :sniper:

Jersey's pollution (at least where I am) is very exaggerated....

It takes 3 vodka tonics at 4 I hit the floor no matter what the liquor. Gin makes me crazy as does tequila and beer just makes me go to the bathroom a lot. I admire all you non-drinkers out there though!

I live in Connecticut, not some toxic waste dump. [/elitism]

noted.. very sorry.. born in norwalk,lived in wilton and brookfield.