Teach Siro how to drink alcoholic beverages

[loinburger]

If you're drinking hard liquor, do not sip! Either do straight shots (with a moderate time in between shots so that you know how much the last shot has affected you), or don't drink hard liquor; at least, that's the rule I follow. If you do shots then you know exactly how much you're drinking and if you wait in between shots then you know exactly how much each shot is affecting you, so you know when to stop. If you sip a glass of mixed hard liquor, on the other hand, it leaks into you more slowly (and you have a harder time figuring out how drunk you're becoming), you feel compelled to finish the entire glass even if it's too much for you to handle (at least, my friends and I feel compelled), and it's easy to lose track of how much you've drunk (or it's easy to fool yourself). Either stick to beer, or stick to shots; don't go halfway with mixed drinks, or you're asking for trouble.

[Skanky Burns]

That id have to, well not disagree with, but share my experiences...

When I drink, its almost exclusively bourbon, with a few rum's or vodka's when I feel like it. Never had a hang-over, but that could be attributed to me heavily drinking water as well throughout the night.

[lightblue]

Start slowly, as people have been saying. Before I went to university, I hardly ever drank more than 3-4 pints of beer, though I did the get drunk 'till you puke a couple of times as well (once on vodka, once whilst drinking wine like it was beer).

Then I came to England... and probably ended up averaging a dozen pints with about ten shots during my first year.

About the grain and grape thing: as long as you drink beer first and wine second you should be fine. One of the main rules for me is to build up the alcohol content over the night. So beer first, mixed shots second, then straight. This decreases the volume you're drinking and makes it less likely that you'll puke.

I usually try to get to a certain level fast, and then keep it there by occasionally partaking of a few shots.

Whatever you do resist the temptation to have a greasy takeaway on your way home. I find this is the main cause of hangovers. I don't drink water on the night, but only once I've come home, so that I've sobered up a bit.

If you lie down and your room is spinning, get a bucket ready, as you're likely to

[Solly]

Re: Teach Siro how to drink alcoholic beverages

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
What to drink and how much?

That's totally down to your tolerance level - some people are born with it, some have to work at it. At 17, I knew that anything over 5 pints would send me rushing to the toilet once I got home.

Now I can get into double figures and be able to cope. Not that I recommend doing this...

What not to drink? What not to mix?

Unlike others here, I have always thought the discussion about mixing was a totally fallacious one. What gets you drunk is the alcohol, what doesn't get you drunk is the liquid said alcohol is immersed. It's alcohol whether you're drinking wine, beer or spirits.

Keep track of the quantity of alcohol you're drinking and don't worry about mixing.

The main reason people tend to think mixing is bad is that on a drinking night if you start mixing, it probably means you're drinking too much anyway. A few beers, a few doubles, a cocktail or two - if you'd drunk all that alcohol quantity in beer, you would be just as drunk.

What to do against a hang over?

Stay awake while drunk. It's better to feel tired the day after than hungover.

This way you can get water back into your system without having to down pints of it (which may not be what your stomach feels like..). Also, I've found it's easier to avoid puking if you're up-and-about doing something like posting on Apolyton, than if you lie in bed with all the lights off and allow the room to swim above you.

What to do against a serious intoxication?

Make a mental note of what you're drinking...it's not as easy as you think to get badly drunk.

and all small tips you may find usefull.

Have fun, and save it for the weekends.

[Jon Miller]

put alcohol in glass

bring glass to lips

tip glass back till liquid enters math

return galss to upright position while swallowing

repeat

Jon Miller

[Eli]

Dont drink too much in the first time. I remember myself waking up on the grass with all the food I ate earlier around me.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Eat before, and after. Particularly food with a fat and sugar content. Few things are better to start you off than a thick milk shake.

If you ever find yourself finishing a drink and immediately thinking "I shouldn't have had that one", just put your fingers down your throat and save yourself grief in the long run.

Drink as much as you want to- ignore peer pressure.

[Dauphin]

Vodka is ~35-40% alcohol

With Vodka I can drink it like water almost, my friends couldn't believe it when I downed a 75cl bottle

Downed in one go?

If yes that is equivalent to ~10-15 pints of lager or ~3 bottles of wine. I seriously doubt you could down it and not be sick let alone feel fine for the rest of the night, considering your age/drinking experience.

Unless of course you are a fat bastard of 300lbs.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I once made the 10-minute walk to the off-licence and bought a half-bottle of Smirnoff, which I drank on the walk back. Then I drank a bottle of "Diamond White" cider. An hour later I passed out and was unconscious for the next six hours.

That's a realistic account of drinking.

[MikeH]

Re: Rule #3

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Never mix grape with grain.

Someone should have told me that last night.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Mixing grapes and grain is fine, otherwise the makers of Alpen would have gone bust years ago.

[Bereta_Eder]

_ don't be such a control freak 'cause once you'll lose it you'll go off the wall

_try not to mix drinks. if you drink vodka, then stick with it don't go changing to scotch or whatever

_it's better not to drink to get drunk, drink when with friends to have a good time, don;t have an aim to get drunk

_now thy limitations (although that can be achieved only through experience)

_if you drink AND eat, you will get drunk slowly and not so heavily (of course you can do that in a taverna not a stinking club, bar or whatever)

_ before going to bed drink lots of water NEVER go to bed without drinking lots of water after you've drunk, when you wake up drink some more water, eat something with vinegar (like vinegar grapes or tabasco) to take the alcohol taste away, eat lightly and it's best to eat something like pasta or other foods that are made from this incedient

_if you don't want to get drunk no matter what or how much you drink, drink one large spoon of olive oil before going out. that way you are drunk - free

cheers from Dionysos

[Bereta_Eder]

and risking to sound like an orthodox jew (or whatever is the equivalant of a very conservative type)
if you're young errr don't drink (I mean noone is forcing you, including yourself)

[Bereta_Eder]

Hey where the fook is everybody?

Did the whole world got blown away and Greece still stands?
Typical.

[Chowlett]

Haven't been able to log-in all day. Although that may just have been the cache playing up.

What's with the olive oil?