I can't get drunk
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Oh yeah. That's all flavor. If I drank enough to get drunk, I'd be 10 pounds heavier by morning. Luckily when I was on vacation a couple weeks ago I drank guilt free because I kayaked for 2 hours first and had walked over 35 miles during the week. I do think half the drunk from Mai Tais is the sugar buzz.:noway: Seriously? There is not one non-alcoholic drink that could do it for you? Most alcohol doesn't even taste good to a "virgin"--just saying...people don't usually start drinking for the "taste"...
Hmmmm...may I introduce you to Mr. Mai Tai?
Is your goal always to drink enough to get drunk?
Apparently that is the case. But don't dare call her an alcoholic, even if the high tolerance she is experiencing points in that direction.
Be kind to your liver. Dying from cirrhosis is a horribly painful death. But you don't have to worry about weight loss anymore.
And when your liver craps out on you, you're back to getting drunk really easily! Wait, that's really bad. Don't do that. Stick with the be kind to your liver bit.0 -
I didnt read all the comments but there is an Irsh thing going on sooo IM NORTHER IRISH WOHOOO not the same as Irish just to be annoying haha
Shots lady, lots of shots and neck em drinks. Beer through a straw also seems to get ya tanked faster. Now go n drink like the Irish or come visit and I will show you how its done :drinker:
DOWN IN ONE!! DOWN IN ONE!!0 -
oops..double post.
liquid breakfast0 -
Oh yeah. That's all flavor. If I drank enough to get drunk, I'd be 10 pounds heavier by morning. Luckily when I was on vacation a couple weeks ago I drank guilt free because I kayaked for 2 hours first and had walked over 35 miles during the week. I do think half the drunk from Mai Tais is the sugar buzz.:noway: Seriously? There is not one non-alcoholic drink that could do it for you? Most alcohol doesn't even taste good to a "virgin"--just saying...people don't usually start drinking for the "taste"...
Hmmmm...may I introduce you to Mr. Mai Tai?
Not the way I used to make 'em :laugh: It's alllll in the ingredients.
Appleton Estate Rum is too smooth & goes down real easy. I use Trader Vic's recipe
http://postprohibition.com/recipes/trader-vics-mai-tai/
Gotta fuel those workouts somehow
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Preumptions, ASSumptions, you name it.a lot of ignorant presumptions .
It can be the drink as well......0 -
I have never said that my goal in drinking is to get drunk. There are the rare occasions that might be my goal.
We all learn from our mistakes. I'm not a yo-yo dieter. I have successfully lost weight and kept it off. I have also lost weight in my younger days the wrong way. I have changed my eating and drinking lifestyle so that I am healthy and can still enjoy life.
When medical anomalies occur, I question why. Thus the reason for this post.0 -
I'm dutch/english, so am I a different race than someone who is irish...
I would have assumed we're all just white. TIA.
I am SO glad I'm not the only one who caught that.
OP, I found that when I was dieting I, too, got drunk way too easily. Sounds like you just have a high tolerance.0 -
fwiw: if you are going through menopause, or taking HRT of any kind, you*may* find that your tolerance goes up.I have never said that my goal in drinking is to get drunk. There are the rare occasions that might be my goal.
We all learn from our mistakes. I'm not a yo-yo dieter. I have successfully lost weight and kept it off. I have also lost weight in my younger days the wrong way. I have changed my eating and drinking lifestyle so that I am healthy and can still enjoy life.
When medical anomalies occur, I question why. Thus the reason for this post.0 -
Wow what a load of buzzkillingtons you lot are. As long as no one is being hurt and its not a regular thing what's the harm in wanting to get buzzed once in a while?0
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Wow what a load of buzzkillingtons you lot are. As long as no one is being hurt and its not a regular thing what's the harm in wanting to get buzzed once in a while?
Trust me, I'm not a buzz kill. I enjoy adult beverages very much :drinker:
I just found the language to be odd:
"If I'm going to get drunk, I'll need more than that"
The OP's phrasing implies that getting drunk is her ultimate goal.0 -
Yeah but so what? For many people getting drunk is the ultimate goal once in a while... or is it just an English thing?0
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Alcohol tolerance. I have it, too. I'm kind of a lush.0
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Yeah but so what? For many people getting drunk is the ultimate goal once in a while... or is it just an English thing?
Meh. I drink because I like the taste of craft beer and good wine. Getting a buzz is nice, but I certainly wouldn't consider it a waste of calories or time if I was drinking something that tasted good and wasn't getting drunk. I have wine with dinner all the time because I enjoy wine, not because I'm looking to specifically get wasted.0 -
Things that make you go HMMMMMMM.0
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Are you just sitting and drinking or was there alot of time between drinks? If I just sit and drink, I'm gonna get drunk. If I have a drink and the do something have a couple & do something else it's not going to affect me the same way. Have a couple shots ot tequila then drink your wine, it will work. Good luck to ya! :drinker:0
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The only time I couldn't get drunk was in a phase when I was drinking far too much and far too frequently - not getting drunk is a bit of a worry to be honest.
Drinking to get a buzz is also a little concerning, I was drinking to temporarily escape from a situation rather than for enjoyment or for social reasons.
Really think you should talk this through with someone you totally trust and also record your intake to see if it's excessive. Certainly it crept up on me from being a sun-downer to unwind after a stressful day to drinking 4 times as much as anyone else on a night out. I didn't appreciate how bad I had got until I realised I needed a drink rather than wanted a drink.
If you are confident you don't have a drink problem (and crucially your loved ones / trusted ones agree) then an off the wall suggestion is to spend twice as much on your wine but drink half as much. Drink it for the pleasure of a fine bottle of wine rather than to get drunk.
Caring and thoughtful, experienced and the whole enchilada. I don't drink hardly at all and when I do, it is for all these reasons. So I choose not to drink ETOH.0 -
I just read this on the BAC calculator. http://www.dui-usa.drinkdriving.org/BAC_bloodalcoholcontentcalculator.php
FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUR BAC - Blood Alcohol Content
Numerous factors can affect an individuals BAC, these include:
The amount of alcohol a person consumes, the more they drink, the higher their BAC will become
The speed at which a person consumes alcohol, the faster a person drinks, the faster their BAC will rise
A persons gender. Alcohol is highly water soluble and a persons BAC is directly proportional to their total body water content. Females generally have less water in their bodies than males, this means that a female who drinks exactly the same amount of alcohol as a male, in the same space of time, will generally have a higher BAC.
A persons weight. The more a person weighs generally means the more water they will have in their bodies, meaning any alcohol ingested will produce a lower alcohol to blood ratio than that of a person weighing less. This is because the alcohol is "spread out" more "thinly".
A persons fat/muscle content. Fatty tissue does not absorb alcohol very well, alcohol will be absorbed a lot more into other tissues which are rich in water such as muscle. If two people weighing 90kg, one a tall thin person and the other a small fat person consumed the same amount of alcohol, the small fat person would have a higher BAC than the thin person.
A persons metabolism (the rate at which alcohol is processed and eliminated by the body). This can vary from person to person, however, the average person will eliminate 15ml of alcohol per hour. Heavy drinkers may have more active livers and can therefore eliminate more alcohol than average. People with liver disease may have less active livers and will therefore eliminate alcohol slower.
Medication and the amount of food in the stomach can also have an effect on the rate at which alcohol is absorbed into the body and subsequently eliminated. Younger people also tend to metabolize alcohol more quickly than older people.0 -
I've been dieting for 7 months straight now with daily calories between 1000-1550 per day and the occasional 2000 calorie day. I've cut way back on my drinking because of the calories. But the few times I've drank heavily, Super Bowl Sunday and last night in particular, I allocated for the calories but couldn't even catch a buzz. At Super Bowl I was drinking vodka and Crystal Light, last night I drank an entire bottle of red wine. There have been at least a half dozen other times since the diet that I've felt like it was a total waste of time and calories. Any thoughts? Any medical reasons why dieting deters drunkeness?
Both of these times I was NOT TRYING to get DRUNK. I drank heavily because I was trying to simply enjoy a little buzz with no effect what-so-ever.
As many have suggested, if I wanted to get DRUNK, I'd try shots of Tequila.fwiw: if you are going through menopause, or taking HRT of any kind, you*may* find that your tolerance goes up.
Interesting thought about menopause although not the case yet. However, I can say some times of the month I can hardly drink anything without feeling nauseous. I think you hit the nail on the head with female timing.
Thank you for all of that!FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUR BAC - Blood Alcohol Content0 -
I'm from an Irish background and share your problem - what helps is not eating - then drinking.
You I myself & DeadPool - takes a great deal to make us feel anything but glib ;b0 -
Sounds like a build up of tollerance to me. How often do you really drink?0
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Sounds like a build up of tollerance to me. How often do you really drink?
In the past 7 months about 1/10th of what I used to. But even still it is so inconsistent. When I drank before it would usually be 3-5 drinks sometimes a few days in a row or there might be weeks in between drinks and the occasional more at a big party. The biggest change has been only having one drink instead of a few. Again, there can be weeks in between drinks. I calculated the 1/10th by 5 drinks x 2 days = 10 and now it would be one drink for one day. My drinking on average probably went from 10-15 drinks a month to 1-2 per month. There is still a lot of inconsistency.0 -
oops..double post.
liquid breakfast
I lOVE a good breakfast beer.
Reading some of these posts I'm reminded that 'merica was founded by puritanical types. :laugh:0 -
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!0
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Alcohol is so faux paus and demonized in American culture that anything over 2-3 drinks a week is considered clinical alcoholism.
So silly and ridiculous.
Don't worry about everyone saying you're going to die from drinking a bottle of wine.
That's not how it works.0 -
Alcohol is so faux paus and demonized in American culture that anything over 2-3 drinks a week is considered clinical alcoholism.
So silly and ridiculous.
Don't worry about everyone saying you're going to die from drinking a bottle of wine.
That's not how it works.
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Alcohol is so faux paus and demonized in American culture that anything over 2-3 drinks a week is considered clinical alcoholism.
So silly and ridiculous.
Don't worry about everyone saying you're going to die from drinking a bottle of wine.
That's not how it works.
That is not alcoholism. I think you may be confusing the medical guidelines on drinking as it relates to health issues for people saying it is alcoholism.
It also depends on the person. For me the guidelines of what I can drink is less than what is generally recommended because I am very small. A much smaller amount of alcohol raises my BAC.0 -
Sounds like a build up of tollerance to me. How often do you really drink?In the past 7 months about 1/10th of what I used to. But even still it is so inconsistent. When I drank before it would usually be 3-5 drinks sometimes a few days in a row or there might be weeks in between drinks and the occasional more at a big party. The biggest change has been only having one drink instead of a few. Again, there can be weeks in between drinks. I calculated the 1/10th by 5 drinks x 2 days = 10 and now it would be one drink for one day. My drinking on average probably went from 10-15 drinks a month to 1-2 per month. There is still a lot of inconsistency.
So since you have been dieting for the past 7 months, you only have one or two drinks per month?I've been dieting for 7 months straight now with daily calories between 1000-1550 per day and the occasional 2000 calorie day. I've cut way back on my drinking because of the calories. But the few times I've drank heavily, Super Bowl Sunday and last night in particular, I allocated for the calories but couldn't even catch a buzz. At Super Bowl I was drinking vodka and Crystal Light, last night I drank an entire bottle of red wine. There have been at least a half dozen other times since the diet that I've felt like it was a total waste of time and calories. Any thoughts? Any medical reasons why dieting deters drunkeness?
So here you say that on at least 8 occasions over the past 7 months, you have drank in excess? So more than one drink a month?Both of these times I was NOT TRYING to get DRUNK.
oh really?I've felt like it was a total waste of time and calories. Any thoughts? Any medical reasons why dieting deters drunkeness?
You seem to be in a lot of denial about your drinking habits. Buzzed is just code for drunk. If you drink a whole bottle of wine and get behind the wheel, you are LEGALLY DRUNK. Whether or not you FEEL drunk, doesn't matter. You risk your life and the life of everyone else on the road. I sincerely hope you are not driving when you go out drinking. It would not surprise me if you do not already have a history of DUI, as by your description, you were drinking 10 times more before you started restricting 7 months ago.
You are 49 years old. You are not a college party girl anymore. You have definitely built up quite a tolerance to alcohol, which is not a good sign as far as your health goes. You should be very concerned that you feel nothing after a whole bottle of wine. Your liver is in hyperdrive right now, filtering out the poisons in the alcohol you are consuming. It will probably not last you much longer at this rate. There is no dialysis for liver failure. The only remedy is a liver transplant, but it you are an alcoholic, you are not very high on the waiting list, if you can even be put on the list.
You are also at high risk for developing Type 2 Diabetes, and pancreatitis, as well as high risk for pancreatic cancer (no cure), stomach cancer, liver cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer, and also kidney failure and other organ failure.
You and others on here might call this post judgmental. I am not a tee-totaller when it comes to social drinking, but your habits and your attitude toward alcohol is not normal for a 49 yr old woman. If you are honest with yourself, I am sure that you would see alcohol use causing you problems in your family and friend relationships, your health, your job, and perhaps even legal issues.
I have seen up close, with too many loved ones, how alcohol abuse can destroy your life.
Here is a good website with info on sensible alcohol use.
http://www.drinksmarter.org/health-and-wellbeing/alcohol-tolerance0 -
Wow...
Glad you feel comfortable making all those conclusions based on a couple of message board posts. Especially the stuff about the DUIs...0 -
I can't get drunk except on hard liquor, if your intention is to get drunk you might have to switch to that. I can't drink any more, it got me into trouble plus the empty calories really put weight on me.:sad:0
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I've been dieting for 7 months straight now with daily calories between 1000-1550 per day and the occasional 2000 calorie day. I've cut way back on my drinking because of the calories. But the few times I've drank heavily, Super Bowl Sunday and last night in particular, I allocated for the calories but couldn't even catch a buzz. At Super Bowl I was drinking vodka and Crystal Light, last night I drank an entire bottle of red wine. There have been at least a half dozen other times since the diet that I've felt like it was a total waste of time and calories. Any thoughts? Any medical reasons why dieting deters drunkeness?
You're not buzzed off of a bottle of red wine. Are you Irish?
What's wrong with the Irish?0
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