Alcoholic?

[MrMaster]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Syringer
That is a sh*tload. 12 shots a night? Even frat boys don't even go this far..

You may feel fine, but your liver may not like you very much.

I'm not trying to boast but that's really not all that much.. I drink hard when I go out and never have hangovers.. must be the Irish blood

The average person will get sent to a hospital after consuming 18 shots a night. We tried to give our friend 21 for his 21st bday, thinking he could handle it since he drinks pretty often and is a big guy..~250lb., but after about 13 he was fubared, and we took him to a hospital that night.

Most people I knew in college, including the biggest meatheads out there would quit after 10 at most on a good night.

what? What college did you go to? 10 SHOTS with beers and drinks is a lot but not just straight 10 shots.

18 shots sounds like a lot but he is mixing it so it isn't really that bad at all. Certain types of alcohol affect everyone differently. Now if I was doing 18 shots of Tequila then I would be passed out long before that 18th shot would come my way.

 

[OMoT]

I know plenty of people who binge drink on the wkends, including myself. I think the only way to determine if you're an alcoholic is to analyze your own mind. If you constantly craze alcohol, then you should get some help.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

If you have to ask, odds are..........

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Okay not to be a further party pooper, but according to this site..

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

A 180lb male drinking 18 oz of rum over a course of 4 hours will have an estimated BAC of 0.26.

And, according to the site a BAC of over .25 results in "serious health issues, including death."

Now I'm as big on drinking for fun as anyone else, and have been doing it twice a weekend for a while now. But rarely do I get over 5-6 oz's a night.

I think your link is going to a results that isn't working or something, this is the correct link http://www.healthstatus.com/bac.html

Try this one too: http://www.rupissed.com/

oh and spider

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Syringer
That is a sh*tload. 12 shots a night? Even frat boys don't even go this far..

You may feel fine, but your liver may not like you very much.

I'm not trying to boast but that's really not all that much.. I drink hard when I go out and never have hangovers.. must be the Irish blood

The average person will get sent to a hospital after consuming 18 shots a night. We tried to give our friend 21 for his 21st bday, thinking he could handle it since he drinks pretty often and is a big guy..~250lb., but after about 13 he was fubared, and we took him to a hospital that night.

Most people I knew in college, including the biggest meatheads out there would quit after 10 at most on a good night.

It all has to do with moderation. If you take 18 shots in 2 hours, you will be fuxored up the ass. if you take 4 mixed drinks with 4.5oz of alcohol in each of them, for 2 hours, that will also hit you differently than the 18 shots do.

if you have 18 shots over 6 hours, that will have not nearly as much affect on you. i went tailgating at 12:30pm at a redskins game, drank like 1/4 of the 1.75L of captain morgan by the time I went in the game, had 3 beers inside, came out afterwards and drank, and I wasn't "drunk" once the entire time. I didn't have a hang over or anything either.

But I've had nights where I took like 8 shots in 30 mins, and yes, that wasn't a smart thing to do. those were my early college days and I have since learned my lesson. I didn't like the fact I wouldn't remember doing stuff.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Okay not to be a further party pooper, but according to this site..

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

A 180lb male drinking 18 oz of rum over a course of 4 hours will have an estimated BAC of 0.26.

And, according to the site a BAC of over .25 results in "serious health issues, including death."

Now I'm as big on drinking for fun as anyone else, and have been doing it twice a weekend for a while now. But rarely do I get over 5-6 oz's a night.

Three drinks with 6oz of booze isn't that bad. There's noway I could sit down and do 18 shots but I know I never had a problem with 3 or so strong drinks in a night.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
* Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking? Sometimes
* Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking? Yes
* Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking? Nope
* Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning (as an "eye opener") to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover? hell no

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey
sounds normal to me

do you wake up craving a drink? Nope
do you need to drink to feel "normal"? nope

apparently drinking doesn't adversely effect your work or social life...

all these things are a mark of an alcoholic, sounds like you're fine

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
First of all, it is "couldn't care less". "Could care less" is meaningless in your deposition.

Secondly, the question would be "Why do you need to drink the alcohol?" Enjoyment? Need? Nothing else? If it is for enjoyment, you are not an alcoholic. If it is something else...

Enjoyment, I have never felt like I needed a drink, except when my grandmother died and that was just one, I did not get drunk.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Syringer
That is a sh*tload. 12 shots a night? Even frat boys don't even go this far..

You may feel fine, but your liver may not like you very much.

I'm not trying to boast but that's really not all that much.. I drink hard when I go out and never have hangovers.. must be the Irish blood

1/4 irish here as well.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: Syringer
That is a sh*tload. 12 shots a night? Even frat boys don't even go this far..

You may feel fine, but your liver may not like you very much.

I'm not trying to boast but that's really not all that much.. I drink hard when I go out and never have hangovers.. must be the Irish blood

The average person will get sent to a hospital after consuming 18 shots a night. We tried to give our friend 21 for his 21st bday, thinking he could handle it since he drinks pretty often and is a big guy..~250lb., but after about 13 he was fubared, and we took him to a hospital that night.

Most people I knew in college, including the biggest meatheads out there would quit after 10 at most on a good night.

I drink from around 6 till 11ish or so, oh and I am 260lbs

 

[lokiju]

I don't think so based off of what you posted.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: opticalmace
18 shot of rum a night seems pretty excessive to me..
Maybe try just not drinking one weekend, see what happens. That might answer your question?

I have skipped weekends before, does not bother me in the least, I feel like if you told me I could never have alcohol again, I would be dissapointed, but not angry, and I do not feel as though my fun or life is dependent on it.

 

[fitzov]

Try not drining this weekend (or the next) and see what happens.

 

[Joemonkey]

Genes, tolerance level, when you ate, what you had to eat, and many other factors play into this as well, even environment. Online BAC calculators cannot take all these into effect.

By environment, I mean I can get drunk at home around friends MUCH quicker than i can out somewhere w/ strangers. I think the strange surroundings and strange people make my me nervous a little, causing my metabolism to go up, making the alcohol metabolize quicker

then again, it may just be perception. i'm not sure if general metabolism is related to the liver's metabolism rate at all.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Oh and I appreciate everyones opinion. It was more an excercise in checking myself, I do not crave alcohol, but once I thought about how much I drink, it did worry me a bit. I figure there are several people here with more experience than me. Thanks for the responses all!

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai
Oh and I appreciate everyones opinion. It was more an excercise in checking myself, I do not crave alcohol, but once I thought about how much I drink, it did worry me a bit. I figure there are several people here with more experience than me. Thanks for the responses all!

There are responsible alcoholics and irresponsible alcoholics. You are showing some warning signs for being a responsible alcoholic. You probably aren't one yet, but just be careful.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: fitzov
Try not drining this weekend (or the next) and see what happens.

 

[brandonbull]

Drinking around 18 shots in 5 hours is a lot. I have trouble accepting that someone drinks this amount on an infrequent basis.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: brandonbull
Drinking around 18 shots in 5 hours is a lot. I have trouble accepting that someone drinks this amount on an infrequent basis.

It is not 18 shots. It is 3 Drinks per night Each Drink Contains:

6oz Sailor Jerry 92proof Rum - Room Temp.
6oz Coke/Pepsi - Refrigerator cold
5 - 8 Ice Cubes. - Frozen
2 Marachino cherries - occasionally

Drank from 6:00pm to 11:00pm to 11:30pm on Friday Night and then repeated on Saturday night, both times after I have eaten dinner.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai

Originally posted by: brandonbull
Drinking around 18 shots in 5 hours is a lot. I have trouble accepting that someone drinks this amount on an infrequent basis.

It is not 18 shots. It is 3 Drinks per night Each Drink Contains:

6oz Sailor Jerry 92proof Rum - Room Temp.

You need to think about where in the world you read this. In most of the world, a shot of alcohol is ~1 fl oz. Thus, your drink contains 6 shots. Three drinks * 6 shots each = 18 international shots.

In the US, a shot is often 1.5 or even 2 oz. Thus, using the US measurement, you are consuming 9-12 shots.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai

Originally posted by: brandonbull
Drinking around 18 shots in 5 hours is a lot. I have trouble accepting that someone drinks this amount on an infrequent basis.

It is not 18 shots. It is 3 Drinks per night Each Drink Contains:

6oz Sailor Jerry 92proof Rum - Room Temp.

You need to think about where in the world you read this. In most of the world, a shot of alcohol is ~1 fl oz. Thus, your drink contains 6 shots. Three drinks * 6 shots each = 18 international shots.

In the US, a shot is often 1.5 or even 2 oz. Thus, using the US measurement, you are consuming 9-12 shots.

As was stated previously, a shot aka straight alcohol, affects a person much differently than mixed drinks. While yes, in a night I have 18oz of liquor it is in a mixed drink format and not in the format of a "shot" as is commonly refered to in a bar. That is what I meant.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai
As was stated previously, a shot aka straight alcohol, affects a person much differently than mixed drinks. While yes, in a night I have 18oz of liquor it is in a mixed drink format and not in the format of a "shot" as is commonly refered to in a bar. That is what I meant.

You can try to justify it all you want. It is the amount of alcohol that matters, not what you mix with it. And if you need to justify the amount you drink, is that another warning sign?

 

[nakedfrog]

Are you blacking out/having brown-outs?

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai
As was stated previously, a shot aka straight alcohol, affects a person much differently than mixed drinks. While yes, in a night I have 18oz of liquor it is in a mixed drink format and not in the format of a "shot" as is commonly refered to in a bar. That is what I meant.

You can try to justify it all you want. It is the amount of alcohol that matters, not what you mix with it. And if you need to justify the amount you drink, is that another warning sign?

Lol, ok man, take it as you wish. It was not a justification, only that I wanted it clear that I was not taking 18 shots. I have not once tried to justify nor change the amount, only the method of delivery.