Your alcohol tolerance

[StBishop]

I honestly wouldn't know.

With the exception of two or three glasses of whiskey that I've had over the past week I don't typically drink any more.

In high school I drank more than enough to put me on par with pretty much everyone I'm at uni with. I also drank like a fish when I lived stumbling distance from the only club in town before I moved here for uni.

I use to drink about $100 of booze in a night. That's at club prices though which ends up as about 6 double scotches and 5 beers.
If we did shots I'd drink less due to the extra cost.

Now I think a six pack of beer would polish me off. Slurring, stumbling, yelling, singing, dancing, fighting, you name it.

My life in highschool was a different matter.
In highschool my budget was lower but I was drinking pure spirits at either free (stolen) or retail prices. So I'd drink probably 20 standard drinks worth of rum on a standard Saturday night, more if I could afford it.

Nothing really to be proud of, it's not like I could hold it. I use to do a lot of stupid and disgusting shit. Fought all the time, wasn't welcome at plenty of parties, vomited on people, would break things and get everyone near me in trouble (with police or parents) then run off, would just run off for hours and leave people worried, shit like that.

 

[IcyEvils]

I'm quite a lightweight to be honest. I've never been truly fucked up, and I have never forgotten anything, which is a plus I suppose.

However, I consider vomiting like a speedbump- slow down and then forget all about it- and I've come to accept being sick at least once a night when I'm out drinking. Stops the hangover.

Lets see, last Saturday I had... Half a bottle of Southern Comfort, 4 beers, a cup of Magners from beer/cider pong (cider is DISGUSTING) and 5 screwdrivers (1/3 vodka, 2/3 fresh orange juice). Greatest five hours of 2012.

 

[hermes]

Its hard to measure. I can drink 4 bottles of beer (6 litres), which is pretty high, but its hard to compare with other people because I consider beer in my country to be stronger than american beer.

 

[saoirse13]

I used to be a great drinker. A few years back i could have drank a full 10 glass bottle of vodka then maybe went on for a few beers before passing out or throwing up. Now it's like i've lost my touch. Though I can still drink jaggerbombs like they are going out of fashion, and have some beers in between. But give me vodka or wine and I'm drunk after maybe 5 glasses. Tequila is a huge no-no. I avoid it like the plague. Last time I drank that, I woke up the following day sprawled on the sofa with no clue as to how I'd got home, completely convinced that I had threw up into my handbag. Through the good thing was when I went to investigate the destruction to my bag and all it contained, I was pleased to discover everything was fine and there was no vomit anywhere to be seen. Unfortunately for someone else, it seems it was another random girls bag that I vomited into. whoops.

 

[Slayer_2]

I can do about 15 shots of vodka with no bad effects, never pushed it farther than that.

 

[Chemical Alia]

I have a pretty low tolerance for alcohol, but I tend to know when to stop drinking so I rarely get sick or much of a hangover the next day.

My main problem with alcohol is that after a few sips of any kind, my neck and my chest get super red and splotchy, and sometimes spreads to the surgery scars on my wrist. It's the same thing that happens if I get nervous or mad or any strong emotions, and while it doesn't bother me too much personally, I hate that people always have to point it out to me and ask what's wrong. :C I'm not aware of anyone who knows what this condition is.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Pretty high, I'm an expensive drunk, but I do my viking ancestors proud by not having a horrible hangover in the morning!

I don't even like getting drunk to be honest, but if and when I do, just hand me a bottle of vodka, and maybe some beer, and let me drink in peace.

 

[loc978]

For me, a lot depends on sugar content. For some reason, alcohol+sugar=headache. So no dessert wines, no schnapps, no sweet mixed drinks for me. Just one is enough to make me go for the acetaminophen and water.

If you're talkin' with my preferred drinks, I'd say something along the lines of 12 shots of 100 proof whiskey is enough to make me regret drinking quite so heavily. Still, I can come down from that with water and time and not feel worse for wear. I don't puke off just whiskey, just (good) beer, or whiskey then beer short of full-on alcohol poisoning (which I've done before. That was about half a fifth of Gentleman Jack and 66 ounces of Arrogant Bastard. Worst birthday idea ever).

As for what it takes to make me puke... mixing it up between various liquors and beers. about 6 random drinks, all different, will have my stomach roiling badly. If I keep drinking and don't run for the water, I'll empty my stomach after that.

I'll just throw my hangover qualifications in here, too. Drunk+water+sleep=no hangover. Drunk+water-sleep=zombie me, but no hangover. Drunk-water=hangover, regardless of sleep. All a hangover is is a dehydrated body trying to flush alcohol.

 

[Sir_Auron_the_Badass]

Don't get me started on my tolerance level. I might as well have a one so low it's negative because I feel incredibly sick and close to puking just by smelling a bit of alcohol about 50ft away (yes my nose does happen to be very sensitive to pungent odors). This happens to me no matter the type of alcohol around me, so I think I'll just stick with other drinks. I might as well be better off this way since I've just never seen the appeal in getting drunk, even if it's not enough to be completely wasted/sick; doing idiotic and obnoxious shit while under it's effects and then waking up with an annoying hangover doesn't exactly sound fun to me.

 

[Wieke]

Very low, can't stand the stuff, even if it is just a little in a desert or something I won't eat it.

 

[axlryder]

I've never had less than 10 beers at a time, so I'm not really sure where my tolerance stands. All I know is that 10 is enough to get me pretty plastered.