Posted: 6/20/2011 7:53:31 PM EDT
Why is it some times I can have 3 or 4 drinks before I'm "drunk" and other times i'm "trashed" after 1 or 2 drinks?  I just had 2 shots of rum and my hand/eye cordination is already shot to hell.  . It wasn't even on an empty stomach. I had a Tacobell mexicon pizza and two tacoo supremmes with a mountian dew just before Istarted drinkin. |
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It's weird ain't it. Some nights I can drink an entire 6 pack of tallboys and not feel shit, and other nights I'm arguing with myself after only 3. Go figure.  What we need is a government grant to find out why that is.  It's for science after all.   Agreed. Once the culprit is discovered, we could put it in pill form and market it as the 'pre-flight pill'. It would save consumers billions in liquor and lost time. 
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I notice a big difference between different types of liquor. Beer nearly always makes me feel more drunk than hard liquor. Might be due to only ethanol in the hard liquor while there may be less pure alcohol in the beer. It is surprising how much more hard liquor I can drink than beer. Wine always makes me sleepy even after 1-2 glasses.
I can only really think of 1 time where that has happened to me. One time where I drank several drinks in an hour(friend turning 21), but didn't feel drunk at all. I then went to a hot tub for a few hours and continued to drink until sunlight. I don't know why, but it never really kicked in. |
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Why is it some times I can have 3 or 4 drinks before I'm "drunk" and other times i'm "trashed" after 1 or 2 drinks? I just had 2 shots of rum and my hand/eye cordination is already shot to hell. . It wasn't even on an empty stomach. I had a Tacobell mexicon pizza and two tacoo supremmes with a mountian dew just before Istarted drinkin.
Sugar aids in alcohol absorption. |
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Certain medications (even over the counter, relatively benign ones like ibuprofen) will either potentiate the effects of alcohol, or make them more rapidly absorbed. There are other things too, but this was the first reason that came to mind. A full stomach will slow down the absorption of alcohol. I believe that certain foods will do the same; fatty foods for example will have the effect of slowing the drunk cycle. |
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Certain medications (even over the counter, relatively benign ones like ibuprofen) will either potentiate the effects of alcohol, or make them more rapidly absorbed. There are other things too, but this was the first reason that came to mind. First thing that came to my mind too. It has always been fun(?) figuring out how my new migraine meds act to alcohol. One time it was one drink and my vision was off (decided not to drink at all while on that), but on my new meds I can drink just like usual... |
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It's weird ain't it. Some nights I can drink an entire 6 pack of tallboys and not feel shit, and other nights I'm arguing with myself after only 3. Go figure. What we need is a government grant to find out why that is. It's for science after all. I'm sure there's already one out there. |
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Quoted: Men have an enzyme in their stomachs that help break down the alcohol. Women don't have it, but I've seen several women that could drink most men under the table. Go figure. Not true; younger women just have it in lower proportion to men. Which difference has been exploited by 17 year-old boys for generations. |
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Why is it some times I can have 3 or 4 drinks before I'm "drunk" and other times i'm "trashed" after 1 or 2 drinks? I just had 2 shots of rum and my hand/eye cordination is already shot to hell. . It wasn't even on an empty stomach. I had a Tacobell mexicon pizza and two tacoo supremmes with a mountian dew just before Istarted drinkin.
or you can be asian like me and get drunk off of 1 beer |
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Sometimes it is very hard to decide what to have with breakfast. Beer or a mixed drink.
With the heavier breakfast a beer is really good, and with just cereal or toast maybe a martini or a really good bourbon. Remember, you can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning. |
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wished I knew the answer
wife and I both like margaritas got to where she could drink me under the table in margaritas at this one place that was heavy on the tequila and im over double her weight. a local wing place sells a wine based margarita 1/2 a cup and she was red faced a while back she discovered a wine she really likes less than half a glass and shes feels good lol beer gets me quicker than rum magnets how do they work? |