cant handle their booze

LDN_Irish · 20-09-2015 03:52PM

basillarkin wrote: »

I bet your tremendous fun

I'm sorry that my harm reduction approach to drug taking isn't exciting enough for you. Anyway, you're completely wrong. It does be great craic, I have those rules printed out and I hand them out at the start of the night and scold people for breaking any of them. Great ice breaker.

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 03:53PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I've created an informal list of rules for myself to prevent myself getting too drunk, because I don't want to ruin my night or worse, my friend's.

1: don't do shots. You've never gone home and sad "I just wasn't drunk enough tonight. Should have done more concentrated measures of alcohol."

2: drink a pint of water for every third pint of beer. Change this to every second if you feel yourself getting too drunk.

3: don't drink wine.

4: don't smoke weed after a few pints unless home and safe and able to go straight to bed.

5: avoid confrontation at all costs, particularly with strangers over silly stuff. You'll forget how they offended you but not how you got a criminal record or how someone bounced their head off a curb.

6: go and eat a meal if you feel you're getting too drunk.

7: only drink water with your food. Watch how drunk the ****ers drinking the house red with their meal after a rake of pints are going to be soon.

8: stop drinking entirely if you are feeling a lack p control or very impulsive. No shame in going on the water for the last few hours.

9: don't cave under peer pressure. Drunk people are the worst for trying to convince you to drink more, do shots, make fun of you for drinking water but stick to your guns. They won't pick up the pieces for you.

Looks like work when it's all written down like that but it's usually easily achievable and I haven't had a night wrecked by too much drink in years.

All solid advice.

Has anyone ever experience withering or confused looks from barpeople when they ask for water? I have a lot.

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 03:59PM

basillarkin wrote: »

I bet your tremendous fun

Yeah, because drunks are all fascinating.

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 04:02PM

Corinne Flabby Warden wrote: »

Because I don't want to end up and home and feel Im not drunk enough so I try to sort it out before I leave the bar! Feels a bit of a waste of a night out if I'm not drunk enough.

That is so strange. That's the least important part of the night to feel you're not drunk enough. You'll be off to bed soon anyway.

the evasion_kid · 20-09-2015 04:05PM

A friend of mine,one of the the nicest people you could ever meet.....add alcohol into the equation and its truly horrible to watch,a case of lights are on but nobodies home.thankfully he's off the booze now but has a books worth of stories from his binges.

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 04:05PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I'm sorry that my harm reduction approach to drug taking isn't exciting enough for you. Anyway, you're completely wrong. It does be great craic, I have those rules printed out and I hand them out at the start of the night and scold people for breaking any of them. Great ice breaker.

You're like the opposite of a 12 pubs of Xmas organiser. :pac:

rubadub · 20-09-2015 04:17PM

timthumbni wrote: »

The huge amount of sugar perhaps...

There is not much more sugar in bulmers than most mainstream beers. You can estimate it from the calories they quote.

If sugar really did have such a dramatic effect you would hear of young lads downing sweets and eating spoons of sugar and mixing with lucozade and other high energy/sugar drinks.

dodderangler wrote: »

About 10 pints of bud and I'd be wobbly
5 pint bottles of bulmers and I'm wobbly
2 vodkas and I'm fcuked

2 shots of smirnoff has just a tiny bit more alcohol than a pint of bulmers. Are you drinking this after a rake of pints?

Corinne Flabby Warden wrote: »

Because I don't want to end up and home and feel Im not drunk enough so I try to sort it out before I leave the bar!

Has this actually happened much? you gotten home and are cursing yourself for not drinking more?

I see people switching to spirits at the end of the night, some of them saying they can no longer drink beer since their stomach is already brimming with beer, yet to take effect.

20-09-2015 05:01PM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

That is so strange. That's the least important part of the night to feel you're not drunk enough. You'll be off to bed soon anyway.

Well unless I hit the drinks cabinet at home.

Mister Vain · 20-09-2015 05:21PM

wakka12 wrote: »

I get drunk after 3 pints if my stomachs empty

Maybe that's why I get so drunk after 3 pints. I usually drink on an empty stomach, well I'd have to wait at least an hour after eating anyway. I just can't mix alcohol and food; I always feel sick afterwards. That's why I hate weddings and Christmas parties. Once I have a big meal I can't drink. I feel too full.

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Weird that the intake you can handle is halved for Bulmers. The alcohol content is fairly close between burners and bud I would have thought? I wonder why it makes such a difference to you.

Cider makes you ride her.

Cider is a different beast altogether. From my experience it gets you drunk from the legs up. I could be sitting at a bar drinking cider and I'd notice nothing. Then as soon as I stand up it just hits me. Although I get far worse hangovers from drinking lager. Budweiser is like headache in a can.

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 05:28PM

Corinne Flabby Warden wrote: »

Well unless I hit the drinks cabinet at home.

Then it makes even less sense to be rushing off to the bar!

"Please barkeep, continue to overcharge me for booze, even though I have my own at home which I will soon imbibe"

branie2 · 20-09-2015 05:53PM

I can

LDN_Irish · 20-09-2015 06:21PM

Tarzana2 wrote: »

You're like the opposite of a 12 pubs of Xmas organiser. :pac:

Haha! In honesty I just keep the head down and do my own thing. Nothing rubs some heavy drinkers up the wrong way like one of the gang not going at the same pace as them. I know some people think the attitude I take towards drink must be a buzzkill but I actually enjoy myself much more now that I've learned what works for me and sticking to it. I'm able to pretty much guarantee that I'll last the distance of a night without being a slurring mess bumping in to people on the dance floor etc.

It also really helps with the hangover which is great, because I get really bad ones and my 2 kids don't respect my right to sit in a dark and silent room promising I'll never drink that much again.

Nox's attitude towards a night out is alien to me but different strokes for different folks, I suppose. How many pints of Guinness (that's your drink of choice if I remember correctly?) until you're what you would consider drunk Nox? if you don't mind me asking.

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 06:48PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Haha! In honesty I just keep the head down and do my own thing. Nothing rubs some heavy drinkers up the wrong way like one of the gang not going at the same pace as them. I know some people think the attitude I take towards drink must be a buzzkill but I actually enjoy myself much more now that I've learned what works for me and sticking to it.

Yes, there are so many people who consider you a dry shíte if you don't get shítfaced on a night out. Gotta tell them, being a dry shíte and the amount you drink are mutually exclusive things. :pac:

MadDog76 · 20-09-2015 07:39PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I've created an informal list of rules for myself to prevent myself getting too drunk, because I don't want to ruin my night or worse, my friend's.

1: don't do shots. You've never gone home and sad "I just wasn't drunk enough tonight. Should have done more concentrated measures of alcohol."

2: drink a pint of water for every third pint of beer. Change this to every second if you feel yourself getting too drunk.

3: don't drink wine.

4: don't smoke weed after a few pints unless home and safe and able to go straight to bed.

5: avoid confrontation at all costs, particularly with strangers over silly stuff. You'll forget how they offended you but not how you got a criminal record or how someone bounced their head off a curb.

6: go and eat a meal if you feel you're getting too drunk.

7: only drink water with your food. Watch how drunk the ****ers drinking the house red with their meal after a rake of pints are going to be soon.

8: stop drinking entirely if you are feeling a lack p control or very impulsive. No shame in going on the water for the last few hours.

9: don't cave under peer pressure. Drunk people are the worst for trying to convince you to drink more, do shots, make fun of you for drinking water but stick to your guns. They won't pick up the pieces for you.

Looks like work when it's all written down like that but it's usually easily achievable and I haven't had a night wrecked by too much drink in years.

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I'm sorry that my harm reduction approach to drug taking isn't exciting enough for you. Anyway, you're completely wrong. It does be great craic, I have those rules printed out and I hand them out at the start of the night and scold people for breaking any of them. Great ice breaker.

Jesus!!!

Nothing like an alcohol-fuelled night of fun ........... with rules. :rolleyes:

20-09-2015 07:52PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Nox's attitude towards a night out is alien to me but different strokes for different folks, I suppose. How many pints of Guinness (that's your drink of choice if I remember correctly?) until you're what you would consider drunk Nox? if you don't mind me asking.

Lot of factors in that, like pace of drinking, amount of food etc and also what defines drunk.

On an all day session drinking at a relaxed pace I would count myself as being fairly well on it but not totally pissed after maybe 12 to 14 pints. If pints are being swallowed down and no food was had this would obviously reduce.

I rarely get totally drink on pints anyway as I'd normally change to spirits after 8 or 10 pints, things like wedding, all day sessions id wait longer on pints alright. Id usually throw back 3 or 4 double vodkas and a shot or two after 8 or 10 pints on a night out

laugh · 20-09-2015 07:55PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

Jesus!!!

Nothing like an alcohol-fuelled night of fun ........... with rules. :rolleyes:

The rules are in his head and allow him to have a good night all night.

Some alcohol can be a good social lubricant and enjoyable for some people.

Some people wake up with bruises, their property missing and no recollection of how their night ended or what they may have done. That isn't a good thing.

MadDog76 · 20-09-2015 08:00PM

laugh wrote: »

The rules are in his head and allow him to have a good night all night.

Some alcohol can be a good social lubricant and enjoyable for some people.

Some people wake up with bruises, their property missing and no recollection of how their night ended or what they may have done. That isn't a good thing.

So why is he/she handing out a print-out of "The Rules" AND actually scolding rule-breakers??? Come on ffs!!!

Amirani · 20-09-2015 08:02PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

So why is he/she handing out a print-out of "The Rules" AND actually scolding rule-breakers??? Come on ffs!!!

He was joking...

MadDog76 · 20-09-2015 08:03PM

Amirani wrote: »

He was joking...

I would hope so ........ sober joking of course. :pac:

Tarzana2 · 20-09-2015 08:59PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

So why is he/she handing out a print-out of "The Rules" AND actually scolding rule-breakers??? Come on ffs!!!

Eh, what?

PTH2009 · 20-09-2015 10:12PM

Corinne Flabby Warden wrote: »

Lot of factors in that, like pace of drinking, amount of food etc and also what defines drunk.

On an all day session drinking at a relaxed pace I would count myself as being fairly well on it but not totally pissed after maybe 12 to 14 pints. If pints are being swallowed down and no food was had this would obviously reduce.

I rarely get totally drink on pints anyway as I'd normally change to spirits after 8 or 10 pints, things like wedding, all day sessions id wait longer on pints alright. Id usually throw back 3 or 4 double vodkas and a shot or two after 8 or 10 pints on a night out

I'd have dinner first and then drink. 4/5 pints of cider and then 3/4 vodkas and cokes, shot or 2 and I'm happy. If u want to get drunk faster than drink through a straw. Never really get the chance to drink all day due to funds etc hopefully during the rugby World Cup I can get a day or 2 drinking

Not a fan of this macho style drinking' I can drink more than you' type thing

The worst drinkers are the people who go out once a year (mostly xmas party's) and think they can do what they want

20-09-2015 10:26PM

I've never understood the "drinking out of a straw gets you drunk quicker" thing. How does that work?

John_Rambo · 20-09-2015 10:28PM

Dario Deep Platypus wrote: »

Lot of factors in that, like pace of drinking, amount of food etc and also what defines drunk.

On an all day session drinking at a relaxed pace I would count myself as being fairly well on it but not totally pissed after maybe 12 to 14 pints. If pints are being swallowed down and no food was had this would obviously reduce.

I rarely get totally drink on pints anyway as I'd normally change to spirits after 8 or 10 pints, things like wedding, all day sessions id wait longer on pints alright. Id usually throw back 3 or 4 double vodkas and a shot or two after 8 or 10 pints on a night out

You're one of those guys that has a liver of steel, some constitution and amazing "pacing yourself" skills!! There's no way I could drink all day! At weddings I have a small reception glass of bubbly. I don't drink during the dinner, I have some red at desert and then have a few drinks before the music sets in. By midnight I'm usually bunched. I'm not fond of being publicly drunk, so if I feel I'm pissed I'll head to bed. I like to keep the weight off, big belly doesn't bode well for fitness and the sports I get up to. Booze puts weight on me in no time, I'm a good bit older than you so it affects me more.

PTH2009 wrote: »

I'd have dinner first and then drink. 4/5 pints of cider and then 3/4 vodkas and cokes, shot or 2 and I'm happy. If u want to get drunk faster than drink through a straw. Never really get the chance to drink all day due to funds etc hopefully during the rugby World Cup I can get a day or 2 drinking

Not a fan of this macho style drinking' I can drink more than you' type thing

The worst drinkers are the people who go out once a year (mostly xmas party's) and think they can do what they want

There's no way Nox001 is boasting, he's just being Nox001... He's simply telling us how much he drinks, and in typical Nox form, he's being truthful!

20-09-2015 10:30PM

Used to be a very heavy drinker. Drunk 7 nights a week type. I was never a bad drunk though....once I stayed away from whiskey.

I'm not allowed to drink whiskey. My friends, family and wife insist on this rule.

LDN_Irish · 21-09-2015 12:38AM

MadDog76 wrote: »

So why is he/she handing out a print-out of "The Rules" AND actually scolding rule-breakers??? Come on ffs!!!

Ha yeah, I don't actually do that. That was actually the first time I've ever written them down.

MilesMorales1 · 21-09-2015 12:59AM

Out of the 3 mates I regularly hang out with, one of them doesn't drink alcohol at all (same as me) and the other two absolutely neck it, but they can't handle it at all, they get so drunk its not even funny. Me and the non drinking mate tried to tell them this, and they didn't believe they got drunk at all, so we ended up getting a few videos recorded on iPhones from nights out to show them.

entropi · 21-09-2015 01:37AM

I can handle it, yeah. Tend to go at my own speed and know my limits. I know people who get sloppy drunk soon enough, depends on what they drink though.

NeverWaining · 21-09-2015 02:21AM

timthumbni wrote: »

Whilst you sit at home alone on an Irish "crying chair" I hope. We have all been there. Lol.

timthumbni wrote: »

I've attached an image of me drunk, on a crying chair.

A fairly accurate representation of me the next morning.

MadDog76 · 21-09-2015 04:57PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I'm sorry that my harm reduction approach to drug taking isn't exciting enough for you. Anyway, you're completely wrong. It does be great craic, I have those rules printed out and I hand them out at the start of the night and scold people for breaking any of them. Great ice breaker.

MadDog76 wrote: »

So why is he/she handing out a print-out of "The Rules" AND actually scolding rule-breakers??? Come on ffs!!!

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Eh, what?

What what? :rolleyes:

MadDog76 · 21-09-2015 04:59PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Ha yeah, I don't actually do that. That was actually the first time I've ever written them down.

I had hoped thought you were joking!

cant handle their booze

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