I have one after the baby goes to bed but maybe because I don’t have it until 9pm or so I feel exhausted the next day…
Edit It’s bourbon but I’m counting standard US drinks.
Like I need ten more.
Ugh, I feel you. One is too many, 12 isn’t enough.
Yeah, the thread title made me laugh. I can’t answer it because that’s never come up. For me, having 2 drinks is like doing half a poo. It just doesn’t make sense. When drinking, I would drink until I run out or pass out.
Thankfully I’m well over 2 years without a drink today, that life was hell for me.
One or two within an hour doesn’t do much for me, three might give me a buzz, but I’m also a few pounds overweight so I guess I’d need a little more alcohol to get that buzz.
Well, I’m right at the bottom of my second pint of beer tonight.
There’s a very slight numbness to my lips, nose and eyelids which for some reason I kinda like. Apathy is at normal levels but it’s maybe a little more good natured? Like I’m in a “Maybe we can just shoot and bury the rich” kind of headspace right now.
I want some fried cheese. Cheese curds, mozarella sticks, something. Salt encrusted fat please.
Then maybe I’ll go lay on the couch, watch that documentary about neutron stars again, probably the cat will cuddle up in my armpit. Somehow laying on that couch makes my knee hurt though. Need to figure that one out.
Disclaimer: Not a doctor, just guessing from life experience here.
Knee sideways/unsupported + gravity = achy knee. I’m absurdly tall, so my knees are never supported by chairs. After an hour or so of that, I’m in dire need of a proper stretch.
Good for a while, and then less good for a longer while. I also get to observe all of my health metrics going sharply in the wrong direction after - resting heart rate shoots up, heart rate variability plummets, etc. This can last for multiple days as well.
It’s gotten to the point where I no longer really feel like it’s worth it to drink many times. I still do on occasion, but I take up the offer far less times than I used to as a younger man.
Yep last time I got drunk was a couple of years ago, I was only mildly drunk. Had heart rate go up and felt rough the next day. Not worth it
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That sounds horrible
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Drunk and tired AF. I hardly drink anymore because it leaves me feeling absolutely exhausted for a long time.
Based on standard US drinks, 1-2 drinks does absolutely nothing. 6-7 is enough for a decent buzz with no noticeable effects the following morning. At around 10 it starts to get uncomfortable and by 12 the room starts spinning. At basically any of those levels I’ll have no real hangover beyond a dry mouth at the extreme end, unless the drinks were overly sugary, like a sweet wine or sugary mixed drink. In which case I’ll have a mild headache as well.
The only real exception to that is tequila (in any amount), or anything with agave in it. I am allergic to agave and it leaves me with a sore throat and a headache that makes suicide seem like a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Though in terms of intoxication it acts like any other alcohol of comparable strength.
I also don’t drink often, 3-4 times a month at most. I have a fairly high baseline tolerance. That also extends to a lot of meds, particularly anesthetics and anxiety meds, which has been a problem in medical environments.
Literally nothing. I probably drink too much.
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Standard drinks but 50%
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More frequently bourbon but I did have Baijiu last night ;) homemade straight from the countryside
ive been completely sober for years and i like it way better. if I’m with friends that are drinking though, I can blend in and pretend to be drunk. I just start scream-laughing and waving my arms around falling over and saying really stupid shit then I’ll be embarrassed about later
Two, I’m fine. But I’m a giant. Four, especially if they’re beers, and my sleep quality tanks. Either unable to fall asleep altogether or terrible quality sleep. So I usually stay below that amount.
Alcohol does affect sleep, maybe it’s interfering and your sleep isn’t as good? Though having a baby is exhausting, regardless.
Personally if it’s 9pm I won’t have a drink, that’s too late for me because it will affect sleep, and yes, feel too tired the next day. Maybe something else would be better, a cup of tea, or pot/THC?
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It used to be fine but now things are different. If I don’t get a buzz then it’s just for taste. If I get a buzz then I get an unrestful sleep.
I still do it but I need to be ready to have a bad night.
