Drinking alcohol - forgeting the details of night?

eggshells

On a typical night out,say you have a few drinks more than you should get tipsy....does this often cause you to forget the details of the night before? or is this a myth? I regularly go out and drink alot....get drunk etc but dont usually forget what happened the night before. (except on rare occasions - I may not remember the sequence of events)...just wondering whats the general consensus?;)

Otis Driftwood

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amacachi

You're not drinking enough then.

There's been times I've woken up in odd places. Once in the seated area for a concert even though I had a standing ticket. Good 4 hours totally blank.

eggshells

ok but being totally sloshed is a prerequisite right? on a normal night out you'd remember most things??? or maybe as you get older you tend not to remember so much....i find that now!

CCCP^

On a night out someone slipped some pills into my drink, I got facking well out of it, don't remember going over to a mates house, getting sick in his sink, trying to clean the sink and the dishes in it and still getting sick or going into his parents room while they were asleep in the bed and turning into some kafka-esque beetle on the floor of their en suite wrapped in the shower curtain.

But I've never forgotten a night from solely drinking.

Will

Happened to me last friday. Got beyond drunk, don't remember being in a club we went to after the bar closed. It happens maybe every third month where I lose the run of myself. I hate when it happens, hate not remembering details or how i behaved.

One should never get that drunk and is never needed on a night out ever.

OldGoat

Digital cameras and phone cameras and drunk posting are proof that you do stuff you can't remember when yer pished. Nothing more enjoyable and equally terrifying as opening Facebook after a monster night out too see what you thought of the night and more importantly what others thought (and captured on imagefiles) of you. Explaning to Mrs.Goat why there is a photo of me with a pretty little girly sitting on my lap is an hilarious conversation over breakfast coffee and painkillers.

Blank spots involve lots of drink over a long period of time for me. The scary bit is when I can't remember paying the taxi home. I know I got home and that I still have some cash in my pockets but the journey, giving him directions, amusing him with my debonaire wit, educating him with words of wisdom and finally paying him are blanked out.

Hellrazer

Will wrote: »

Happened to me last friday. Got beyond drunk, don't remember being in a club we went to after the bar closed. It happens maybe every third month where I lose the run of myself. I hate when it happens, hate not remembering details or how i behaved.

One should never get that drunk and is never needed on a night out ever.

For me thats a great night out :D

Seriously though I usually do forget the night before until Im reminded of something either really funny or really embarassing that I did on said night.
But honestly I really couldnt care less--Im past being embarassed by drunken antics and Ive also been the sober one watching the drunks embarassing themselves and thats about a million times worse.

Splinter

i seem to get a slightly different version of this. when i have so much as one beer, my memory goes Its really really annoying, (so if i have met you at a beers, i may remember the face but dont ask for a name :pac: ) - has been happening for as long as i remember unfortunatly

minidazzler

Yeah, of course it happens!! I got so drunk at Electric Picnic, (all free drink for staff who know how to get it! ) I had atleast 7 beers, half a bottle of Pernod, and alot of vodka, I remember flashes from the night, but nothing other than that!!

Has happened where I arrived home and didn't know how i got there at all.

In Lanzarote for example, I remember going off to the beach with a girl, I remember what happened there (Nothing her friend cockblocked me at a HORRIBLE time! ) I remember going back into the club and leaving again. I don't remember the walk back to my apartment or getting sick everywhere, but it happened!! I noticed when I woke the next morning!

Yeah, I tend to Binge when I am not at home...bad for me but who cares, I'm 20, basically invincible right?

petes

Far too many times this has happened to me that I could count.

There is nothing worse that the fear that you did something really stupid.

The relief is great when you find out you didn't!

norrie rugger

Will wrote: »

Happened to me last friday. Got beyond drunk, don't remember being in a club we went to after the bar closed. It happens maybe every third month where I lose the run of myself. I hate when it happens, hate not remembering details or how i behaved.

One should never get that drunk and is never needed on a night out ever.

One does not need to be that drunk
It can happen to me after 3 pints or not at all after a right old session.

L31mr0d

I will, without fail, throw up if I over drink. I get terribly motion sick in boats and cars and I think drinking a lot of alcohol makes me feel that same level of dizziness, causing nausea and, inevitably, puking.

If I drink to the point of forgetting what I did the night before, the next morning usually means I puked somewhere and/or on someone and I have no recollection of it.

Never really over drink ever any more. It's not enjoyable after 2 pints. It starts feeling like getting onto one of those teacup rides at a carnival and never getting off.

This happens to me a good few times and it's freaky the next day!
It also means that I forget a good chunk of the night and it makes the weekends seem that bit shorter.

The lads seem to enjoy telling me about all the bits I forget, though:

"You mean, you don't remember, you know...jumping on that car? Or running around with your lad out...nothing? That house with all the beautiful women...no? Nothing? Ah, twas great craic."

Must try and cut down the excess in future.

Herbal Deity

In Spain, conversation the next morning:

"Have a good night?"

"Ah yeah, it was good craic"

"The fireworks were pretty good, weren't they?"

".....wait, what? Fireworks?"

Yup, I have little to no recollection of a whole fireworks display after consuming about 500-600 mls of vodka within about an hour.

Damn cheap Spanish Lidl vodka...

Hellrazer

Herbal Deity wrote: »

Damn cheap Spanish Lidl vodka...

Damn cheap Lidl vodka full stop.My 2 youngest should have been called "Rachmaninoff 1 and Rachmaninoff 2 ;)"

Sleipnir

eggshells wrote: »

On a typical night out,say you have a few drinks more than you should get tipsy....does this often cause you to forget the details of the night before? or is this a myth? I regularly go out and drink alot....get drunk etc but dont usually forget what happened the night before. (except on rare occasions - I may not remember the sequence of events)...just wondering whats the general consensus?;)

It will get worse as you get older.

Herbal Deity

Heh.

Well, while it's still Rachmaninoff, it was €3.49 in Spain compared to ~€15 here.

kumate_champ07

It happened to me a couple of months ago. Im gonna be more carefull from now on, well I dont have access to that drink I had anymore but I wont be gulping down the whiskey like theres no tomorrow.

I broke part of a wall inside a house, think I broke a chair too, lifted a mate off the ground and some other stuff I dont remember. I managed to walk home and hit my head off something when I got in and might have knocked my self out as I was flat on the floor with a spilled glass of water beside me and confused, head hurt for days, had a huge bump and felt weird. NEVER AGAIN.

LD 50

Hellrazer wrote: »

For me thats a great night out :D

Seriously though I usually do forget the night before until Im reminded of something either really funny or really embarassing that I did on said night.
But honestly I really couldnt care less--Im past being embarassed by drunken antics and Ive also been the sober one watching the drunks embarassing themselves and thats about a million times worse.

I thought I was the only one. I'll usually remember the early parts of the night, but if I get fairly drunk I won't remember much until someone reminds me, then I'll either laugh about it or cringe.
And its much worse being the sober one, than being the one pissed and making an ass of themselves.

kumate_champ07

LD 50 wrote: »

And its much worse being the sober one, than being the one pissed and making an ass of themselves.

no its not!

Herbal Deity

Nah, I'd agree with LD50. I'd much prefer to be the drunk one then have to deal with an overly drunk friend while sober.

LD 50

or at least somewhat drunk, so you aren't thinking you ****ing retarded they look

newbie2

i drink to forget

minidazzler

newbie2 wrote: »

i drink to forget

I forget to drink.

docdolittle

I can't remeber the end of last night.... was getting the bus home this morning and looked in my wallet for change and found that all my cards where gone! My bank card, student & garda I.D's, 3v... all them must of fell out at the end of the night....(Money and all was still there though thank god! Had to ring up banks and everything today really hungover

kev_s88

i woke up this morning with a bruise on my back and not knowing how i got it...a friend politely informed me that i almost died last night when the LUAS clipped me as it was going past...that was a good memory to lose!!

PK2008

Conversation between me and a hot chick in work day after Xmas party:

Me: Hey you should have been at the party last night it was great
Her: I was at the party!!!
Me: What?? How come I didnt see you there?
Her: You were talking to me for an hour!!!!
Me:

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Only once has this happened to me, my second time drinking which was a mix of a naggin and a half of vodka and the arses of a few cans of Bulmers(I'm the only one who likes the arse of a can of Bulmers:o). I was going to a disco on a bus and I remember sitting in the front of the bus playing with about 30 glowstix, I don't remember getting off the bus or paying to get in or the first two hours of it or where my glowstix went!:mad: I do remember getting sick in the line and gorgeous girl minding me for twenty minutes while I slept the drink off.:D

seclachi

Never managed to do it, once I have hit a certain point of drink I just stop, usually cos im afraid i`ll pass out. I think im from a family of people who were cautious while drunk, my brother was the same on his stag, always "forgetting" vodkas people brought him so he wouldnt get completely lynched at the end of the night.

Paulegend

i once woke up in wales. im from limerick.............................

Paulegend

PK2008 wrote: »

Conversation between me and a hot chick in work day after Xmas party:

Me: Hey you should have been at the party last night it was great
Her: I was at the party!!!
Me: What?? How come I didnt see you there?
Her: You were talking to me for an hour!!!!
Me:

ah thats a saturday and most wednesdays for me:D

Happened to me three times in my life.

Once a very very very long time ago, was at a wedding in Tullamore, went to the residents bar, had my first ever vodka redbull and then my second, third and so on, woke up the next morning having no clue how I had gotten to bed, I had the shakes for two days straight. Missed our train home from Tullamore.
Never drank V+RB again - and never will.

Second time - this time last year - Was going out with my friend, had a glass of wine in my house, got on the dart to Blackrock, had a vodka + lime, then a strawberry daquiri, then I had one single sip of Apple Margerita and that was it, remember nothing, my friend found me KO'd in the bathroom (upstairs in the nightclub) didn't even know I had gone upstairs until I saw the stamp on my hand the next day. She had to bring me all the way to my front door - she normally gets out of the taxi first. I will never ever drink Tequila again as long as I live.

Third time was last month in Vegas, jetlagged to bits, fell asleep in the hotel room, woke at 9pm and did not want to go anywhere, but it was Vegas so I was fecked if I was staying in! So had a couple of Vodkas before leaving the room, got to the casino, decided a Sambuca would wake me up, they don't have shot glasses, just a big fuck off glass of sambuca, followed by another. It literally felt like the hangover the next day. Not having the faintest clue where I had been all night :eek:

But in general, no, I remember pretty much everything on a night out! Little snippets might go missing but I remember them as soon as I'm reminded!

Scary stuff!!!

bohsboy

Have to say lads, blacking out can be funny when you are young but it can be absolutely terrifying as you get older. I had to knock drink on the head due to these black out nights.

I've woken up in strange places I never remembered getting to the night before, done things Ive been told about the next day and other stuff Id prefer not to say..ahem .

For some people its no bother as they dont care less what people think, but I was getting increasingly paranoid about what had happened the night before and looked for reassurance from others. Some people delight in seeing you sweat in discomfort as they recount episodes to you!

The way I look at it, it's caused by a massive binge and effectively you're brain is shutting down parts as it cant cope with the huge intake of alcohol. That cant be good.

Hats off to anyone who does'nt care that they cant remember!

Pushtrak

If you forget something, how do you remember you forgot? You have to be reminded. By its very nature, its impossible to know whether you forgot anything.

gobby

Pushtrak wrote: »

If you forget something, how do you remember you forgot? You have to be reminded. By its very nature, its impossible to know whether you forgot anything.

Simples, photos and video's. At least thats how I was reminded of a few drunken nights where I blacked out. Funny now looking back but in general, I dont like not knowing what I did. Guess I dont trust myself! :P

sam34

Pushtrak wrote: »

If you forget something, how do you remember you forgot? You have to be reminded. By its very nature, its impossible to know whether you forgot anything.

waking up at home, and realising you dont know how you got there

knowing you cant remember anything after a certain time, ie a total blackout

photos

and of course, friends who delight in telling you what you did/said

Pushtrak

sam34 wrote: »

waking up at home, and realising you dont know how you got there

Never had that.

knowing you cant remember anything after a certain time, ie a total blackout

Have had that.

and of course, friends who delight in telling you what you did/said

Definitely had that.

P.C.

You get to a stage (drunk) where your brain stops keeping short term memory - this means that you do not form long term memory.


It is nothing to worry about - you will not do anything against your nature, but it does make you wonder...

P.C.

Linky

CAPSLOCK365

when you're out, you're out!

Atavan-Halen

Yep, happens to me. I won't forget the whole night but just random parts.

Also 2000th post for me :eek:

budgemook

If I'm smashed, I wont remember a good lot of stuff. If I'm just normal drunk, I will. Trouble is, what can get me normal drunk one night might just get me smashed the next...

pinkfloyd34

budgemook wrote: »

If I'm smashed, I wont remember a good lot of stuff. If I'm just normal drunk, I will. Trouble is, what can get me normal drunk one night might just get me smashed the next...

yea im the same, could be drunk one night and remember everything but then could have approx the same amount and remember nothing another night, probably depends if you had something to eat

Dragan

The human body is a complex thing, alcohol will hit harder depending on sleep, food intake, hydration levels etc etc etc.

It's not that hard to drink at a pace where you are keeping an eye on how drunk you are.

No offence to anyone, but the whole drinking till you black out is a losers game.

Herbal Deity

Dragan wrote: »

No offence to anyone, but the whole drinking till you black out is a losers game.

:mad:

I'm going to go drink until I forget you said that.

Dragan

Herbal Deity wrote: »

:mad:

I'm going to go drink until I forget you said that.

Sorry, i didn't mean that to sound so insulting actually.

Just, i have general issues with people who drink too much, lose control....a near decade of door work causes it I reckon. You eventually get tired of looking people, or getting second hand apologies as someone is not "normally like that"....so i guess i'm a bit biased towards disliking the activity.

But yeah, didn't mean to come across like such a dick there folks.

seclachi

Dragan wrote: »

Sorry, i didn't mean that to sound so insulting actually.

Just, i have general issues with people who drink too much, lose control....a near decade of door work causes it I reckon. You eventually get tired of looking people, or getting second hand apologies as someone is not "normally like that"....so i guess i'm a bit biased towards disliking the activity.

But yeah, didn't mean to come across like such a dick there folks.

I`ve only ever hung around in town until closing time a few times, but everytime what I witnessed makes me back up what you say. TBF most people are ok, but the 10-20% who are twisted out of there minds always freaks me out.

I agree with your sentiments, I think theres a fun level of drinking and then theres the state alot of people get into.