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| samiotis |
| can't drink beer because it goes in and out i have to pee to much. i usually buy a bottle of sambuca or vodka. at the bar i drink greygoose on the rocks |
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by samiotis
can't drink beer because it goes in and out i have to pee to much. i usually buy a bottle of sambuca or vodka. at the bar i drink greygoose on the rocks |
There's your answer. Spirits (such as vodka) have more alcohol % than beer. If you drink too much vodka (or rum or gin or tequila) you ARe going to black/pass out. |
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| samiotis |
| maybe i'm gonna try drinking something lighter like girly drinks i guess |
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| ambrus07 |
| quote: | Originally posted by samiotis
ok i have a huge problem when i drink a decent amount or at least when i get drunk, i blackout everytime. i remember some things up to a point or sometimes nothing or bits and pieces. my friend always tell me and i have no idea what they're talking about, i think part of the problem is being in a wheelchair and not being as mobile as others it hits me harder, sitting in the chair the whole time. i try to eat some before i drink hoiping that helps but it doesn't. i dont drink beer because it makes me pee and going to that bathroom in bars and clubs sucks ass. anyone have any suggestions on what i can do to not black out this is a serious problem |
i went on medline and found this:
Genetic Epidemiology of Alcohol-Induced Blackouts
[Original Article]
Nelson, Elliot C. MD; Heath, Andrew C. DPhil; Bucholz, Kathleen K. PhD; Madden, Pamela A. F. PhD; Fu, Qiang MD, PhD; Knopik, Valerie PhD; Lynskey, Michael T. PhD; Whitfield, John B. PhD; Statham, Dixie J. MCP; Martin, Nicholas G. PhD
Abstract
Background: Alcohol-induced blackouts (ie, periods of anterograde amnesia) have received limited recent research attention.
Objective: To examine the genetic epidemiology of lifetime blackouts and having had 3 or more blackouts in a year, including analyses controlling for the frequency of intoxication.
Design, Setting, and Participants: Members of the young adult Australian Twin Register, a volunteer twin panel born between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1971, were initially registered with the panel as children by their parents between 1980 and 1982. They underwent structured psychiatric telephone interviews from February 1996 through September 2000. The current sample contains 2324 monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs (mean [SD] age 29.9 [2.5] years) for whom both twins' responses were coded for blackout questions and for frequency of intoxication.
Main Outcome Measure: Data on lifetime blackouts and having had 3 or more blackouts in a year were collected within an examination of the genetic epidemiology of alcoholism.
Results: A lifetime history of blackouts was reported by 39.3% of women and 52.4% of men; 11.4% of women and 20.9% of men reported having had 3 or more blackouts in a year. The heritability of lifetime blackouts was 52.5% and that of having had 3 or more blackouts in a year was 57.8%. Models that controlled for frequency of intoxication found evidence of substantial genetic contribution unique to risk for the blackouts and a significant component of genetic risk shared with frequency of intoxication.
Conclusions: The finding of a substantial genetic contribution to liability for alcohol-induced blackouts including a component of genetic loading shared with frequency of intoxication may offer important additional avenues to investigate susceptibility to alcohol-related problems.
it basically said different people have different dispositions to how much they are affected by alcohol. however, men are more suceptible than women, and in the longitudinal case study they did, they found that suceptibility to blackouts is heritable and is linked to the frequency of intoxiaction. In other words: get drunk less often and you will have fewer blackouts.
there, my good deed for the day. now back to studying. |
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| Mebot |
Keep your consumption to a limit (if you can). 1 drink every 45 minutes-hour. If you slam drinks all at once you'll definitely go in black-out mode
Question is: do you change when you blackout? Like the stories your friends tell you: are they good or bad? do you get belligerent or do you have a good time? if it's the latter and you seem to have a blast (even though you can't remember any of it) maybe you should stick to blacking out. |
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| ambrus07 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
There's your answer. Spirits (such as vodka) have more alcohol % than beer. If you drink too much vodka (or rum or gin or tequila) you ARe going to black/pass out. |
% alcohol doesnt matter it's volume of alcohol ingested that's the concern. obv. you get more volume of alcohol faster with hard liquor but our friend would still drink just as much volume of alcohol with beer (and have the same effect) if he chose to get drunk off beer. |
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| eRRaTiK |
| limit your alcohol consumption or pace yourself. |
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| shades_of_gray |
yeh i started drinking lager too early then went to a few bars, then onto a club and i was semi drunk, i was with a mate then i disapered....and little to my knowledge i tried it on with my ex's best friend, and when i woke up i didnt know any different......until i saw my ex 3 weeks later, she said "my mate told me u hit on her u little devil"!!!
i was like wtf, i dont remember even remember that, i recall seeing her in the club, but not doing that :o :o :o
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| Col |
| quote: | Originally posted by Demoted
It's called drinking too much. |
Yeah. :P
I've had this happen a few times, it's just when I've gone overboard and drank far too much. Added together there's maybe about 12 hours of my life that have been completely lost to alcohol-induced blackouts. |
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| Clovis86 |
| Xanax is NOT your friend. |
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| Ygrene |
You really should look at the positives here, at least this way you won't remember the fat chicks you sleep with.
Sadly, I remember all of my drunken/fat lays. :( |
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