Have you ever experienced a "black out" when you were drunk?

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Dezign
Or does he need to black out again in order to recall events from the blackout (which wouldn't be very useful)?

That isn't possible. How often does he do it? Is he in college?

If he's in college then there is no need for a shrink, doctor...hell i did it quite a few times in college. If he only does it once ever six months/year then i don't see the urgency either. it's common.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I wonder if any of those girls ever got pregnant...

Blackouts occur because alcohol saturates the brain, and prevents the sober memory from recording events properly. However, it is known that once drunk again, you remember those events that happened while drunk before, but forgot when sober.

How strange... so once the brain is saturated with alcohol again, he will remember events that happened during the blackout? Or does he need to black out again in order to recall events from the blackout (which wouldn't be very useful)?

LOL i'll take that with a grain of salt.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

"Your friend Josh" is an alcoholic. The end.

Get him some help before one of these random girls gets pregnant, gets his name, and gets 18 years of child support out of his sorry ass.

I don't "black out" - but I sometimes have to consciously think about recalling memories. They come back no problem, I just need a little prompting.

Example - walking with group of friends from downtown to Subway. Half the journey is missing when we arrive. I think "Wait, we're here already?" *gears grinding* "Oh yeah, at ____th street Matt's dumb ass yelled at a cop and we had to get scarce."

- M4H

 

[amcdonald]

I've blacked out many times, but there have been times that I used it as an excuse for poor judgement,

 

[SuperFreaky]

I would definately recommend a good black-out drunk if you've never been there before...

 

Yea, it happens to me all the time.

 

[Turin39789]

Happens to me all the time!. If you do don't blackout at least once, you are a quitter and obviously havent failed enough at life, and therefore obviously havent lived enough. Go out and get your dreams crushed, then join me in the bar and you shall find a true education

 

[Ynog]

I have blacked out. Best way to describe it is that i remember up to a point of the night and the rest just isn't there.

Most of the times the blackout is very late at night.

As for being held responsible. Yes.
Matter of fact two friends of mine got in a fight while both were blacked out and one was put through a storm window.
While none of them were hurt. They are paying for the storm window.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
I would definately recommend a good black-out drunk if you've never been there before...

why would you recommend it?

 

[preslove]

If he consistently does it and has been drinking for years, he has a serious problem. I had blackouts and pass outs and throw ups my first 2 years of college. I was Binging on alcohol and other stuff because i was away from home for the first time and had easy access to whatever i wanted. After i figured out this wasn't particularly good for my body, I naturally slowed down to the point where I can feel my limits and don't test them (well... not all too often ). If you don't find those limits then you're sliding down the slope of chemical dependency.

Is he still doing this? Shrink talk is a little premature. He's not going to seek help until he realizes he has a problem. You can help with this. If you want to be a friend to him, stop enabling his blackouts, i.e. don't pick him up when he wakes up. Let him know that there are consequences to his behavior. Talk to him, tell him he is being self-destructive. Be a friend, but firm. Just don't be resentful or b!tchy, that won't help him.

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
I would definately recommend a good black-out drunk if you've never been there before...

why? so stupid sh!t can happen and you can act like a total a$$?

man that sounds like a great time!

:roll:

 

[Ladies Man]

ok first off... when you black out you don't remember what happened, and maybe through people telling you what happened you'll possibly remember some of it again. Most likely not.

2nd off... There's no drunk or sober memory system. If he gets drunk again he's not going to remember what happened last time he was drunk. That is just retarded and whoever thinks that is probably drunk right now.

edit.... also you can not tell when a black out is going to occur... of course you know you are drunk, you are drinking... next thing you know its the next morning, your head hurts, and you have no idea what happened last night.

 

[imported_Tomato]

Originally posted by: Hardcore

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: Harvey
Your friend, Josh has some serious problems. If he regularly blanks out after drinking, either he's habitually drinking way too much, or if it doesn't take that much to do it, he shouldn't drink at all. Get him to an M.D. or a shrink. Sooner is better.

Oh dear. Harvey, do you think a shrink/psychiatrist is really necessary? Could this be a sign of deeper issues, or can his body just not handle such quantities of alcohol?

Is he Asian? On average, Asian livers can't process alcohol as efficient, so that could part of the problem. But yeah, ANYBODY who regularly drinks to blackout has problems, and shouldn't be drinking such quantities.

No, Josh is Caucasian (mixture of German, Irish, etc.).

I hope I don't ever experience a blackout myself, it doesn't sound like much fun. I like being conscious/aware/in control of my thoughts and actions, and the fact I could do things without remembering them is pretty scary. How do you know how much to drink before a blackout? Is there any way to tell/measure, or is it pretty much trial and error?

 

[andylawcc]

yes, blackout is true. at least with my personal experience.

no gasp, no nothing. it just happened. no matter how hard you try to remember or put together the piece, I still cannot remember a thing.


Case 1: Rosarito 2001 Spring Break. After two more shots of cheap tequilla. I went on for another a unrecallable hour and woke up next to my own puke.

Case 2: Lan Kwai Fong, 2004 Feb. After a "Flaming Lamboghini," I walked 30 minutes home after the taxi dropped me off in an undisclosed location. It wasn't a real blackout though, but noteworthy.

Case 3: Lan Kwai Fong, 2004 March. Woke Up. Don't remember a thing. Credit card not missing but found out it was billed for xxx amount. Went back to the bar the next day and everyone from the bouncer to bartenders to manager to the cleaning lady recognize me.... and that's not in a good way.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Ladies Man
ok first off... when you black out you don't remember what happened, and maybe through people telling you what happened you'll possibly remember some of it again. Most likely not.

2nd off... There's no drunk or sober memory system. If he gets drunk again he's not going to remember what happened last time he was drunk. That is just retarded and whoever thinks that is probably drunk right now.

edit.... also you can not tell when a black out is going to occur... of course you know you are drunk, you are drinking... next thing you know its the next morning, your head hurts, and you have no idea what happened last night.

Dez, this guy has it exactly right for all 3 points. I have it once in a while myself. It doesn't always happen either. I guess if the moon is aligned right or something it affects it. But seriously I don't know why it happens sometimes. I'll be drinking along, I'll start to realize I better slow down but when your drinking your judgement flies out the window so I keep drinking. Last month I remember drinking and talking and everthing that happend util like 10:00pm, then I remember small little bits and pieces of stuff that happened from 10:00pm-1:00am, then I remember nothing until I went to sleep at 2:00am. People mentioned stuff the next day and it jogged certain pieces of my memory, but someone showed me pictures the next day (they weren't bad or anything) and I don't have any recollection of taking the pictures. So it is VERY REAL

If you want to know more from personal experience let me know. It's wierd, it rarely happened in college but now that I drink less often it happens a much higher % of the time. It's not a great thing to do and I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[halik]

If you drink enough, youll black out

Theres several occasions when iwent out and have NO recollection how i got back home. On couple of those occasions I eneded up I even ended up getting food or something and the whole thing lasted at least an hour and i still have no clue...

Most of the time, though, i just black out on some parts or just dont remember them right away and it comes back to me eventually.

<- junior at U of M

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Dezign

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I wonder if any of those girls ever got pregnant...

Blackouts occur because alcohol saturates the brain, and prevents the sober memory from recording events properly. However, it is known that once drunk again, you remember those events that happened while drunk before, but forgot when sober.

How strange... so once the brain is saturated with alcohol again, he will remember events that happened during the blackout? Or does he need to black out again in order to recall events from the blackout (which wouldn't be very useful)?

I've heard of this before (i researched the topic while ago) and tried it myself and it didn't work at all. I think ill take another wsing at it this weekend

 

[opticalmace]

I might've done it once....

I just remember having a vicious argument with a good pal of mine, and for the life of me I can't remember what it was about. I totally forgot we even argued by the next morning.

 

[azazyel]

Back in the day my friend and I used to actually test each other about blackouts. During the night after we were both good and drunk we would set a keyword that we both had to remember the next day. The funny thing is that even if you didn't remember right away hearing the keyword sometimes brought back memories of the night. Once you hear the word you sometimes remember having the conversation, then where you were, etc.

 

[CountZero]

Its happened to me twice. Once in high school when my dad told me I had to go out and get drunk with my step siblings (I kid you not). The seoncd time was my frist time drinking in college. I remember sitting on the floor talking to this girl and then waking up in my room. Apparently we had a 3 hour conversation and when she walked me back to my room most assumed we were gonna have sex but apparently she came back shortly after (or she currently has my child, scary thought...).

Not fun, not recommended but if you are going to drink until you are drunk it might happen to you.

 

[goblue420]

oh yeah one night i drank 3/4 of a fifth of Fris and experienced a blackout, i totally dont recall what happend that night, when my buddies tried to fill me in on the details i refused to believe, but there there was cold hard digicam evidence but anyway yeah they are real and this sh!t does happen, i havent ever drank that much after that, usually i just pass out as in goto sleep, but the blackout was odd since i actually kept doin stuff but just dont remember.

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[imported_Tomato]

Damn, you guys have some crazy stories... I'll have to speak with my friend about it, but I have a sneaky suspicion he LIKES blacking out because he does it so often. Not cool, especially if he knocks up a random girl whose name he doesn't even remember... is there any way to avoid a blackout or to recover faster from one, or is it pretty much "when you're out, you're out until your body gets rid of the alcohol"?

It's good to see people acknowledging responsibility for what they do when they black out, even if they don't remember doing it. Josh harbors an "I blacked out, I don't remember, therefore I can't be held accountable for my actions and it really wasn't me doing those things" attitude, which isn't cool. Thanks for all the stories, I'm learning a lot just by reading about all your experiences...

 

[imported_Tomato]

Another random thought/question...

Is it possible for a guy to get an erection/have sex during a blackout? I thought excessive amounts of alcohol make it harder for a male to "get it up", and didn't really understand how Josh could have sex and not remember it while blacked out.

 

[kermalou]

happened to me for about three nights last week, dont remember jack sh!t except for my last drink. then from there it goes downhill.

you can get an erection, but sustaining it is hard work.

 

[Ladies Man]

lets see.....

ways to avoid black out.... don't drink.... if you are drinking.... set a limit and keep to it. But people get drunk and keep drinking anyway and then black out....

When a black out happens there is no telling how long it will last... most last till the next morning.... others can come out of it after a few hours if they haven't been drinking during the black out. Mostly it's when the alcohol wears off....


As for the sex thing... In my experiences I can get it up and keep it up, but the stimulation isn't there so I never climax and finish the job. Usually I'll say screw it after an hour and just pass out.
Also I have had instances with my g/f where I did not remember last nights activities... She takes advantage of me on a few occasions.