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Being 21 and learning my limit....

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#1 ·
Well I'm at the wonderful age of 21 and am in the throws of learning my limit and all that wonderful stuff.

After a fun night last night I later got very sick, but luckily had someone come home with me that I trust and care about help me not make too much of a mess and that i didn't get worse and kept me hydrated and stayed with me all night long till he had to go to work.

Lesson learned, drink water and eat while drinking, I did at least drink on a stomach with some food in it this time. Last time I got this sick, I was much sicker and at a friends house two years ago and it was so bad.

Any healthy tips for when hauling people do go out and drink?
Of course my mom who I live with still knew where I was and so did the guy I really like who brought me home.

So here is the list have so far:

1. Let 1-2 people know where you are going and have a back up plan for coming home.

2. Drink water and eat something while drinking.

3. Of course never drive after your first few sips of anything alcoholic.

4. When you get home from drinking or just done more water and if you can an emergency packet for anti oxidants and electrolytes.

I'm figuring out my limit and have now crossed off having any long island ice teas then two beers .... And just no more long island ice teas lol

Anyone have anything to add or good stories to learn from?
 
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#2 ·
I heard on that show Bar Rescue, to drink a glass of water between each alcoholic drink. I hear ya about the Long Island ice teas though, you throw up hard with those.
 
#8 ·
Oh no no. I've found when you've been drinking dairy is the WORST. Maybe its just me, but I can't even look at cheese when I've been drinking.

I drink a ton of water when I go out and once I get home and again in the morning. Water and sleep are the only true hangover cures!! Lol. That and going for the top shelf vs the well drinks makes a difference too!
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#7 ·
Haha oh man it was so bad. This is the second time I have gotten sick, first time was way worse andiwsnot taken care of by the guy I was with at the time and actually wound up with alcohol poisoning and a few lovely ulcers ugh that was awful.

I start more job training at 6 am tomorrow so at least I got sleep today, trying to flush it all out!
 
#9 ·
Oh goodness... A couple months after my 19th (legal age here) I went out with my mom and her friends. BIG MISTAKE. People must have thought it was weird, all these 40 - 50 year old men buying a 19 year old girl drinks... they thought it would be HILARIOUS if I woke up sicker than a dog. I went to bed feeling like I was on a boat, never threw up though, woke up early in the morning and was in a far better mood than all of them :wink: no hangover at all, none of them were quite so lucky. :lol:

Add to your list 'don't do it every night' and you should be okay in the long run.
 
#11 ·
Oh girl, been there sone that lol. Heck im 24 and "over do it" sometimes. Woo it's fun to get a little sideways sometime. Lots of water and head ache medicine before u go to bed. Have fun:lol:!!! Dont drink and drive!
 
#17 ·
Here's my tip...you are 21, not 14 - use some common sense. Most things are OK in moderation. It is one thing to drink socially, unwind, and have fun, and quite another to get drunk and sick. The former is responsible, the latter is irresponsible, and hardly reflects adult judgment...
 
#18 ·
Pace yourself and never switch alcohols. I don't drink at all anymore. I over did it when I was younger and now just the thought of drinking gives me a headache. I think i've had maybe 3 coolers in the last 2 years lol.

Anyway I learned that if you commit yourself to one type of alcohol it lessens the hangover. My choice of toxin was always vodka. Avoid anything super sugary, make sure you have food in your system. Eat something starchy before you go to bed along with 2 advil or tylenol and lots of water. In the morning if you are hurting add a pinch of sea salt to a glass of water and keep drinking.

My friend convinced me to do a shooter the following morning when I was really hung over. It actually worked. But really... I don't want to keep drinking when I feel like crud lol

I'm at the point now where I hate drinking. I can't even stand the smell of alcohol. I think I partied myself out in a big way in my younger years.
 
#19 ·
Once I got really sick and decided that I never wanted to do that again. After that, I would finish my drinks slowly and, if I started to feel just a little too drunk, I would switch to either Orange Juice or pop for the next couple of drinks (2 drinks would last me an hour or so), then I might go back to alcohol, depending on how I felt.

That alone kept me from having hangovers, but I would always take a couple of painkillers and drink a large bottle of Gatorade just before I went to bed anyway...to be sure I wouldn't wake up with a headache.

I never thought of drinking water between drinks, but that makes a lot of sense so long as your city's water doesn't taste nasty.
 
#20 ·
I don't like overdoing it. Not only does the hangover suck, and getting sick suck. I can't sleep when I'm drunk. I get a horrible case of vertigo and spend more time then not wandering around all night long. I've always been one for moderation for the most part. Every now and then I would forget how fast I was drinking and by the time I started to feel it, it was too late and I would be pretty drunk. Happens a few times after showing up at parties where everyone was already into it and didn't like the fact that someone was sober...and everyone wants to pore shots.

Nurse your drinks. At parties beer cans are my favorite to carry around as no one can see how much (or in my case how little) I really was drinking. They offer a shot, I hold up a beer can and say I'm good.

FOOD. I have found I can handle my drinks a lot more if I have eaten good hearty meals throughout the day. My friends used to tell me greasier the better. We would all go out for fast food burgers before going out. It always helped.

Then be hydrated before. You can water it down as much as you want while you're drinking. But if your body is dehydrated already the water you drink then won't help tons until later. Then drink water with your drinks. Hydration is huge too!

I agree with NBEventer, stick to one drink if possible.

But overall its just willpower to realize how you are feeling and be strong enough to say no. Realize it takes a little time to feel the alcohol. So don't keep downing stuff until you know how much your last drink is getting to you.

Go slow, drink water, eat food before and be smart.
 
#21 ·
I hate that out of control feeling a bit too much alcohol gives you. I'm someone that doesn't feel the need to get hammered to have a good time. A few social drinks are nice, a white wine or a gin and tonic on the rocks in summer. But getting drunk just to get drunk, urgh!

Alcohol dehydrates you extremely quickly, so it's imported to drink a lot of water. The one glass water to one glass alcohol is a good rule, I always try to drink the same amount of water as alcohol if I am going to drink a bit more than the odd sip here and there.


Just bare in mind - when you get drunk, most people get very loose. Both loose lipped and loose with their body. I have seen young girls (18 is the legal drinking age in Australia) walking off with revolting 40 year old men, vomiting all over the street, boobs hanging out of their top and underwear half off.
Not to mention the people I've been out with who have been shooting their mouths off about all kinds of things that they would NEVER have revealed if alcohol wasn't in the equation, and who I'm sure would have deeply regretted having spilled what they did.

Alcohol is a very ugly drug, drink it in moderation if you like the taste but please don't drink just because other people do.
As a kid, my dad was a Paramedic and would frequently come home with the stories of drunken kids he had to scrape off the street. Girls suffocating on their own vomit, needing it sucked out of their mouths, clothes soaked in their own vomit, urine and faeces lying in transportable hospital beds, in public hospital corridors screaming and crying pulling their clothes off.

Then there's the effect of the latest craze of having energy drinks with alcohol.
Bad bad bad bad very bad. Alcohol is a depressant, energy drinks are a stimulant. The energy drinks make you feel like you're not drunk, so you drink more and more until the alcohol takes full effect. So many people end up passing out very rapidly, and people have died as a result of these drinks.


Playing big bad mother figure here, but just be careful ;)
 
#22 ·
I remember getting really sunburned in Zijuatanejo , Mexico, when I was just 19, then going and drinking several Marguaritas at a bar that night with my girlfriend/roomey. Man , was I sick that night and the next day. I wanted to die! Good thing I had a girlfriend with me to keep me safe and help me back to our hotel. Good times!
 
#23 ·
When I was 21 I was actually still smart and didn't drink. I'd get teased about showing up at parties with a 6 pak of ginger ale under my arm instead of beer. At a bar I'd drink Virgin Marys all night long, nobody ever knew the difference. Then I became a professional ski instructor and started racing.......yeah.....I got into Schnapps Slaloms....that all lasted about 3 years, partied hardy from about 28-31, then rediscovered my brain and haven't had an alcoholic drink since. It's been much nicer for my head and guts. I found out I really just can't hold my liquor at all, 2 drinks and I'd puke all the next day.

So.....lots of water to stay hydrated. An oxygen tank to hit off of the next day seems to help a little too (my boyfriend was a paramedic and would stick me in the back of the ambulance for a little while if I was really bad the next day).

Then, party like hell til you're sick of being sick, forget where you left your car (yup, did that a couple times too), and then rediscover your brain and treat it nicely from then on and quit drinking. It's really not all it's cracked up to be, but you have to do it a while and abuse yourself a little while first to really get that. ;)
 
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