Do you blackout often from drinking?

TeddyTedson · 25-01-2013 12:44AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't blackout when I'm drinking, but that's generally because I'm not an idiot.

Harsh! I'm not talking about passing out you know that right?
You have never had memory lose from drinking, ever?

If you were to pick a nightclub like Coppers for example, I'd be willing to bet that at the very least 25% of the clientele will have memory loss the following day.

Balmed Out · 25-01-2013 12:45AM

If I drink way too much I will either fall asleep of far less likely Ill get sick (and continue to drink after). In the case of sleep I know its going to happen at least an hour before and Ill get myself to a bed.If I was to keep drinking for a few days non stop I get to a merryish stage where I don't ever actually get drunk drunk.

I don't want to derail you're thread but why spend a fortune drinking if you wont remember it?
The two times it did happen me it freaked me out completely and I cut way back on the alcohol for a good while.

Pottler · 25-01-2013 12:46AM

Don't forget that €100 you borrowed from me last weekend Teddy. You were a bit hazy at the time, but I knew you'd be good for it.;)

Ghandee · 25-01-2013 12:47AM

Akrasia wrote: »

I'm blacked out right now

Quick, someone shave his eyebrow off and write 'cock' on his forehead :pac:

25-01-2013 12:47AM

murpho999 wrote: »

All these people who are saying the OP has a drink problem or should see a doctor are taking ****e to be honest.

I have a similar problem.

It's not for anyone else to decide but the OP, and he's concerned enough to ask for opinions. He's blacking out on a regular basis and seems to have little control over the amount he drinks. None of that is ok.

It's dangerous on a few different levels, and if something bad happens his health or he drinks so much he puts himself unwittingly in a dangerous situation, then tackling it now is good advice.

Auntie Psychotic · 25-01-2013 12:48AM

Yup, happens me loads.

Got pretty bad at one point. I don't remember being 19. At all.

I'm told it was fun though!

Balmed Out · 25-01-2013 12:48AM

One other thing I often do forget stuff but if mentioned I remember it or I might have an alcohol induced sleep whereby I have some completely banal dream like I bumped into someone ive not seen in a while and next morning im not completely sure it was a dream or if it happened. I view this as different and not as worrying as actual memory loss.

im invisible · 25-01-2013 12:49AM

sack me?!? I MADE the BBC!!

ITS_A_BADGER · 25-01-2013 12:49AM

I have that problem too id used to black out after about 7-8 pints now i find if you have a big feed an hour before you go out you'll be fine and the only way id black out after that would be if i hit the spirits, How the eating teddy?

Ghandee · 25-01-2013 12:50AM

Balmed Out wrote: »

One other thing I often do forget stuff but if mentioned I remember it or I might have an alcohol induced sleep whereby I have some completely banal dream like I bumped into someone ive not seen in a while and next morning im not completely sure it was a dream or if it happened. I view this as different and not as worrying as actual memory loss.

I think you're me tbh!

I'd like to +1 that....

Hardonraging · 25-01-2013 12:50AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Harsh! I'm not talking about passing out you know that right?
You have never had memory lose from drinking, ever?

If you were to pick a nightclub like Coppers for example, I'd be willing to bet that at the very least 25% of the clientele will have memory loss the following day.

I'd be a little more concerned about waking up covered in vaseline after being in coppers but .. each to there own ..

Not blacked out now, had a few saucy night last year on jack daniels, mid week tipples etc, that led to me being brought home, and drooling JD on the pillow... no memory loss, well not really !

Auntie Psychotic · 25-01-2013 12:53AM

Hardonraging wrote: »

I'd be a little more concerned about waking up covered in vaseline after being in coppers but .. each to there own ..

Not blacked out now, had a few saucy night last year on jack daniels, mid week tipples etc, that led to me being brought home, and drooling JD on the pillow... no memory loss, well not really !

Attractive...

:pac:

Ihatecuddles-old · 25-01-2013 12:53AM

Hardonraging wrote: »

I'd be a little more concerned about waking up covered in vaseline after being in coppers but .. each to there own ..

Not blacked out now, had a few saucy night last year on jack daniels, mid week tipples etc, that led to me being brought home, and drooling JD on the pillow... no memory loss, well not really !

Bet you didn't live up to your name then

LoonyLovegood · 25-01-2013 12:54AM

I had one night that I was really bad. I never get hangovers, I got one this time, I was dying.

I drank my usual amount, apart from a friend ordering shots...that was bad news. So now I steer well clear of shots, and stick to what I know I can handle. After the last time I couldn't drink vodka for a month. I still don't really drink it.

herisson · 25-01-2013 12:56AM

Drank a litre of Morgans last year...complete wash out...blacked out, woke up in my wardrobe no recollection of what happened. I dont drink that much anymore, its not worth it.

zenno · 25-01-2013 12:57AM

I used to blackout all the time when i drank a lot of cider, one time after two 2 litres of old english cider i was awoken by a driver on the road as i must have blacked out and collapsed in the middle of the road and another time i was on cider i remember walking home but i was at the back roads of the airport and sat down to roll a cigarette and all i remember after that was standing in a field in the middle of nowhere miles from where i first rolled the cigarette. After that i never had a blackout again cause i gave up the cider.

Watch it man if you are having black-outs because it can be damn dangerous. Drink responsibly.

Balmed Out · 25-01-2013 12:58AM

Thanks Ghandee im always a bit disturbed about my boring drunk dreams, I could have a crazy hangover style bender then dream about a bull**** conversation in a taxi rank with someone ive not seen in years, Its a bit of a come down

repsol · 25-01-2013 12:58AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I only drink during weekends and once I start I tend not to stop unfortunately so I usually black out.
I've woken up so many times not knowing where I am just wishing I had woken up in my own bed.
Most of the pictures I'm tagged in on nights out on facebook I have no recollection of.

Anyway you get the idea, you go for a few drinks after work. A few drinks turn into a session. A session turns into a night out. A night out turns in the another day. You're on a bender.
If I try to think back to just last weekend. There's not an awful lot I can remember. It's not good so let's not focus on the obvious there.
I'd just like to know how often and regularly boardsies would black out from drinking.

Are the last few years a blur to you?

Do you black out every time you drink, or maybe it never happens to you?

No.I had a few pints tonight and I'mmmmmmmm

TeddyTedson · 25-01-2013 12:59AM

Balmed Out wrote: »

If I drink way too much I will either fall asleep of far less likely Ill get sick (and continue to drink after). In the case of sleep I know its going to happen at least an hour before and Ill get myself to a bed.If I was to keep drinking for a few days non stop I get to a merryish stage where I don't ever actually get drunk drunk.

I don't want to derail you're thread but why spend a fortune drinking if you wont remember it?
The two times it did happen me it freaked me out completely and I cut way back on the alcohol for a good while.

But I'm not intending to have memory loss. It just happens. It's hard to prevent it for me at least in nightclubs. You get there after being in a taxi from the pub and start lashing them back because you're feeling good. Someone buys a round of shots, everyone buys back. Then you out drink someone you're in a round in and get yourself another. While half way through that drink they're back with yours.
As an example a few months ago I went back to a girls house who I met. We were chatting for a while and she kept pouring me wine. I can remember talking to her, dancing (ugh) with her in the nightclub.
I woke up in her bed naked the next day and still have no idea if we had sex or not. If I thought I was so drunk that I was falling unconscious I'd obviously have thought not, but I know I was reasonably ok up until a certain point.
There's some really weird stuff actually. I had another story typed out too but it's just too much.

irish son · 25-01-2013 01:00AM

You sound a lot like myself OP, often wake up the next morning and remembering nothing from the last few hours from the night before, I often find out after that I did or said something stupid, not fun at all. Sound like it happens from the same thing too, I go out saying I wont drink to much as I dont want it to happen again but then I feel sober and I have another and another and then I'm to drunk, I find it hard to stay in that drunken sweet spot

Do you drink your drinks quickly OP? I do and I think this is part of the problem, If you drink your first few drinks quick it's hard to slow down after that.

Some of my friends no matter how drunk they get they never black out, drink affects everybody differently.

Dublin Chick · 25-01-2013 01:02AM

Teds it's totally normal to black out when u have enjoyed yourself......otherwise drinking forget your worries is futile.....my advice is less worry and more drinking. LET ONE OF YOU say something like "I enjoy a few beers in front of the telly" and I will kill your smug faces. Teds once in a while (or twice a week!) and not every night you are GRAND......no AA needed here thank you.

Auntie Psychotic · 25-01-2013 01:03AM

I drank a litre of Absolute one night before going out. I have no recollection of even leaving the house.

The pictures showed I went out in a black dress, purple runners & a panda hat.

Tried to slide down the stairs in the night club, but my foot got stuck in the bars (according to my friends) I also walloped myself off the ground getting out of a taxi coming home.

No recollection of any of it, but the best part is I had no hangover the next day

TeddyTedson · 25-01-2013 01:03AM

irish son wrote: »

You sound a lot like myself OP, often wake up the next morning and remembering nothing from the last few hours from the night before, I often find out after that I did or said something stupid, not fun at all. Sound like it happens from the same thing too, I go out saying I wont drink to much as I dont want it to happen again but then I feel sober and I have another and another and then I'm to drunk, I find it hard to stay in that drunken sweet spot

Do you drink your drinks quickly OP? I do and I think this is part of the problem, If you drink your first few drinks quick it's hard to slow down after that.

Some of my friends no matter how drunk they get they never black out, drink affects everybody differently.

Yea exactly!

Balmed Out · 25-01-2013 01:08AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

But I'm not intending to have memory loss. It just happens. It's hard to prevent it for me at least in nightclubs. You get there after being in a taxi from the pub and start lashing them back because you're feeling good. Someone buys a round of shots, everyone buys back. Then you out drink someone you're in a round in and get yourself another. While half way through that drink they're back with yours.
As an example a few months ago I went back to a girls house who I met. We were chatting for a while and she kept pouring me wine. I can remember talking to her, dancing (ugh) with her in the nightclub.
I woke up in her bed naked the next day and still have no idea if we had sex or not. If I thought I was so drunk that I was falling unconscious I'd obviously have thought not, but I know I was reasonably ok up until a certain point.
There's some really weird stuff actually. I had another story typed out too but it's just too much.

Fair enough its not intended and its hard to slow down once youve already had a few but try, get water with each drink etc. You might think the lads will take the piss, and they will but they will quickly copy you - makes for a better next day,
One of the 2 times it happened me was similar to yours but I woke up naked with no clothes anywhere to be seen in what was obviously a childs bedroom. I spent an hour very freaked out. Turns out I went back to a girls house and sleep walked into another room. She still lived at home but the rest were on holidays. Thankfully when she woke up and i got my clothes I was missing a condom. Were you?
Not remembering what happened is so dangerous, anyone can say anything and you cant defend yourself. Dont normalise it. Be worried and stamp it out.

qwertypop · 25-01-2013 01:09AM

I'm 24 and I say I've blacked out about maybe 4 or 5 times. First was when I was maybe 17 after I drank a naggin of brandy on top of my usual weekend helpings. another time I can't remember three days wit a blackout after I drank a bottle of vodka mixed with four Valium tablets. Was in hospitak for a week cause of that cause I nearly ****ed my kidneys up.
Since I was maybe 22 I wouldn't be out every weekend maybe once or twice a month but when I do go out I do it hard. I've had some hairy situations but extremely rarely blacked out, alright some times would only be a haze but hey GO HARD OR GO HOME.

starlings · 25-01-2013 01:10AM

wow, this thread is turning into the evil twin of AA.

Furious_George · 25-01-2013 01:10AM

boneyarsebogman wrote: »

I don't blackout when I'm drinking, but that's generally because I'm not an idiot.

Arent you a great lad to write that. You must be so sensible and never did anything wrong.

OP i used to the whole time too when i was younger. It was spirits that did it to me. I generally stick to the beer now on the odd occasion that i go out and find its much better. Occasionally still have fuzzy patches.

im invisible · 25-01-2013 01:15AM

i've got that disease where you wake up strange places, drunk... ah no, I enjoy a few beers in front of the telly, thats about it

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I had another story typed out too but it's just too much.

ah go on ted, we're all friends here:D

Ihatecuddles-old · 25-01-2013 01:16AM

It used to happen to me a lot. I can hold a fair amount of drink though, I just go from drinking a fook load and being grand, to bring wasted. I never fall over or stumble though, just talk sh*te. I'm 21 now, have copped on lately.

Don't drink as much now, its fun remembering things the next day. The Fear sucks

Tombi! · 25-01-2013 01:21AM

Just pace yourself better.
Oh and BTW, in Under Siege 2, a wiseman once said "assumption is the mother of all f**k ups.
When it comes to drink: taking part in rounds is the mother of all f**k ups.

Seriously, stop going in for rounds. If you're drinking faster than everyone else, you'll get drunk faster and then logically, stop drinking so fast. I'm a fast drinker. I'll probably be two pints ahead of everyone else by about 1am. Then I'll be two pints behind by the end of the night.

So to sum it: pace yourself, rounds are the mother of all f**k ups and maybe drink water or something every hour.

Do you blackout often from drinking?

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