Alcohol Induced Blackouts

RichieC · 19-07-2011 03:54PM

had a few before, once involving absynth.. more often they involve early drinking sessions.

dsmythy · 19-07-2011 03:56PM

I read some thing once where a friend gives you three words to remember, lets you go off for 10 minutes doing whatever it is you're doing, then asks you to repeat the three words. Theory goes if you cant remember them you're in the middle of a blackout. Good time to take an hour out from drinking if you're not a fan. Of course whether your blackout alterego agrees to stop drinking for a little while is another story altogether!

ntlbell · 19-07-2011 03:57PM

I'd want my money back if I _didn't_ get one.

Eat more before going out.

Standard Toaster · 19-07-2011 04:55PM

"I only drink on two occasions -- when I'm thirsty and when I'm not" - Brendan Behan

I never get them >_>

SeanW · 19-07-2011 05:08PM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Happened to me once in my entire life when i drank most of a bottle of Yager in half an hour at one of my friends 18th birthday party. Was hungover for 2 days afterwards.

That was enough for me. I'm not much of a drinker anyway. A night out is 2 or 3 bottles of Bud and that's it for me. Any more and i just want to go to sleep.

Same here, I went to Munich for the Oktoberfest in 2004 with the express intention of getting plastered ... but I underestimated exactly how much beer was in each of those steins, somewhere around 2 litres, and after 4 of them, I was out out it. :eek: I'm guessing it was the equivalent of 16 pints, but then again I had an excuse, namely that the beer tasted so light and tasty and drinkable that it was easy to lose track. OK, a lame excuse, but an excuse all the same.

I never drank like that again.

OP this might not be what you want to hear but I can only think of two things:

Eat plenty, and drink milk, before you go drinking
DRINK LESS!!!

Eric Cartman · 19-07-2011 05:08PM

they seem to be getting more frequent for me , normally after a few shots and 10-12 cans , normally cant remember anything

sam34 · 19-07-2011 05:12PM

kfallon wrote: »

Usually happens after I have about 10 or more pints or spirits. Seems like I can remember being in the pub etc but the minute I hit the fresh air I seem to get one

kfallon wrote: »

It's actually not as much as you think, I'm not talking 20 pints and a few vodkas etc. Like I said it seems to be hitting fresh air that does for me!

aye, tis the fresh air that does it.

Paparazzo · 19-07-2011 05:14PM

kfallon wrote: »

Anyone suffer from these? I'm finding over the past 6-9 months they are becoming more common for me. Usually happens after I have about 10 or more pints or spirits. Seems like I can remember being in the pub etc but the minute I hit the fresh air I seem to get one, rarely remember getting home, the taxi journey, what I did when I came in!

They are starting to do my head in and I have been on the dry for the past 3 weeks because I am fed up of them.

Anyone have the same problem? Or is there something that can prevent this happening (besides drinking less!)

I'm no doctor, but I don't think its the fresh air.

ntlbell · 19-07-2011 05:31PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

"I only drink on two occasions -- when I'm thirsty and when I'm not" - Brendan Behan

I never get them >_>

I've only one drink problem, two hands and only one mouth :mad:

ShadowGal · 19-07-2011 05:33PM

I had one on this stuff called Goldschlager. It was a few years ago but f*cking hell it was scary not remembering one thing.

gman2k · 19-07-2011 05:42PM

Sorry KFallon, you have a problem with alcohol, the sooner you recognise this the better.
Nothing funny about drinking too much, apart from the Irish 'craic' perspective.
Hope you realise this soon and do something about it, before it really develops into a real issue with your life.

Chris P. Bacon · 19-07-2011 05:59PM

gman2k wrote: »

Sorry KFallon, you have a problem with alcohol, the sooner you recognise this the better.
Nothing funny about drinking too much, apart from the Irish 'craic' perspective.
Hope you realise this soon and do something about it, before it really develops into a real issue with your life.

Ah c'mon boy,he like myself and most other people like a few drinks on the weekend, nothing wrong with that.

gman2k · 19-07-2011 06:05PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Ah c'mon boy,he like myself and most other people like a few drinks on the weekend, nothing wrong with that.

The OP said he has alcohol induced blackouts. That is causing brain damage.

Anyone who thinks that there is nothing wrong with that.....seriously:rolleyes:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0705/alcohol.html A good article about the Irish attitude to binge drinking and the 'ah shure it's only a few drinks at the weekend' attitude.

I have nothing against alcohol, I am lucky enough to having gotten over binge drinking myself without too much harm been done. It is a serious problem.

RichieC · 19-07-2011 06:07PM

gman2k wrote: »

Sorry KFallon, you have a problem with alcohol, the sooner you recognise this the better.
Nothing funny about drinking too much, apart from the Irish 'craic' perspective.
Hope you realise this soon and do something about it, before it really develops into a real issue with your life.

Signed, Sir Buzz of House Killington, The third of his name...

blogga · 19-07-2011 06:16PM

Those who think alcoholism is an accomplishment will trivialize your condition and encourage you to continue; those who have lived with alcoholism will say the one thing many ways. Get help.

gman2k · 19-07-2011 06:16PM

RichieC wrote: »

Signed, Sir Buzz of House Killington, The third of his name...

Cheers, nice post, both original and helpful.

ntlbell · 19-07-2011 06:46PM

blogga wrote: »

Those who think alcoholism is an accomplishment will trivialize your condition and encourage you to continue; those who have lived with alcoholism will say the one thing many ways. Get help.

He's not an alcoholic, he's a diddy drinker.

tazzzZ · 19-07-2011 06:47PM

I used to get myself into this state every time I went out. I was young and stupid. I know from experience that the cause of these blackouts is the speed u consume the drink. 1 unit per hour the average male liver can break down. As has been stated in previous posts if you are a fast drinker in general then try break up ur drinking with a pint of water after every few pints. This will help ur hang over the following day and I'm sure your liver won't mind the break!

up for anything · 19-07-2011 06:49PM

I started getting black outs as I got to my late 20s/early 30s. It didn't matter too much how much to excess I drank... once I got past a certain amount they happened. Also the hangovers got longer and worse. Till I would only drink every six months because it would take me that long to recover and then forget how horrible it had been once the alcohol high passed and real drunkenness set in.

It may have been that I was a very sporadic drinker and hadn't built up a tolerance but I realised it was my body telling me to give it up and luckily for me that wasn't any kind of problem. If only the cigarettes were as easy.

Having been a designated driver for over twenty years now I can tell you from watching other people that is to do with too much alcohol. The fresh air, the amount of cigarettes smoked, whether your stomach is lined or not, how tired you may be are peripheral. The problem is that you are drinking more than you can handle. Whether you keep on doing that or not is up to you. It doesn't bother me but the blackouts will keep happening or getting worse. At first the memories come flooding back, after a while they come back over time, after a longer while they come back but you're not quite sure whether it is because someone else has told you what you did and you begin to make that information into false memories. The end stage of blackouts is where you cannot recall even with help a damn thing you did.

kfallon · 19-07-2011 06:52PM

sam34 wrote: »

aye, tis the fresh air that does it.

Listen it's obviously the alcohol but what I'm saying is that the black out only occurs when I go out in the fresh air, I can remember being in the pub, putting on my jacket, walking out the door etc but not the journey home.

I have also seen something similar occur where somebody is drunk (merry) in a pub but the minute they go outside they seem absolutely rat-arsed!

Lux23 · 19-07-2011 06:54PM

I have never had a blackout induced from alcohol but if I did I think I would look into cutting down how much I drink or make sure I eat something before I go out.

kfallon · 19-07-2011 07:00PM

Lux23 wrote: »

I have never had a blackout induced from alcohol but if I did I think I would look into cutting down how much I drink or make sure I eat something before I go out.

I always eat before i go out but I'm eating at around midday and then drinking til God knows when :rolleyes:

Liam Byrne · 19-07-2011 07:16PM

blogga wrote: »

Those who think alcoholism is an accomplishment will trivialize your condition and encourage you to continue; those who have lived with alcoholism will say the one thing many ways. Get help.

Those of us who fit neither of the above will also say to get help.

Rants in my pants · 19-07-2011 07:20PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Eat a few hours before you head out drinking, potato's are great for breaking down the alcohol... apparently it's the starches in the spuds that are your friend.

Doesn't helping the alcohol break down defeat the purpose of drinking?

Unless you enjoy spending unneccesary money on alcoholic beverages

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blogga · 19-07-2011 07:33PM

ntlbell wrote: »

He's not an alcoholic, he's a diddy drinker.

BS.

bnt · 19-07-2011 07:48PM

After reading the OP, I had one of those Billy Connolly moments;
I'm sorry - WHAT?
This thread shouldn't have made it past one page - or one post, since the OP answered his own question. Or doesn't he have the sense to realise that a blackout is a big red sign saying "STOP"?

Liam Byrne · 19-07-2011 07:50PM

Rants in my pants wrote: »

Doesn't helping the alcohol break down defeat the purpose of drinking?

Depends on what you view as the "purpose" of drinking.

Being sociable and chilling out = probably not, and makes for a longer night.

Giving yourself a blackout and being an idiot and a danger to yourself and others = yes.

SeanW · 19-07-2011 07:52PM

Rants in my pants wrote: »

Doesn't helping the alcohol break down defeat the purpose of drinking?

Unless you enjoy spending unneccesary money on alcoholic beverages .

Logic would dictate this, if the intention is to get drunk (to whatever degree), but you did read the OPs post, he is, and wants to continue, drinking 10+ pints and following that with spirits or whatever, and not get *so* drunk.

I really don't see the point of drinking to that level, regardless of whether he *intends* to black out or not, my best advice to the OP is: grow up, or get help for alcoholism, whichever the problem is, but in the meantime eat plenty and drink lots of milk (as the stuff is like glue and helps line the stomach) beforehand if he insists on consuming such an inordinate level of alcohol in a "session."

ScumLord · 19-07-2011 09:16PM

If people are drinking just for the high they should use a different drug that get's you high on much smaller dozes. Something like acid would be ideal, a tiny doze gets you really high and it's over in an instant, one second your high as a kite the next second your completely back to normal with no hangover.

ShadowGal · 19-07-2011 09:17PM

ScumLord wrote: »

If people are drinking just for the high they should use a different drug that get's you high on much smaller dozes. Something like acid would be ideal, a tiny doze gets you really high and it's over in an instant, one second your high as a kite the next second your completely back to normal with no hangover.

In an instant ? really ? i disagree a little :cool:

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