How often do you guys get wasted when you drink?

[Moderate_THIS]

It used to happen all the time to me, but lately I just get a good buzz and roll. I used to get wasted just to have the balls to approach girls, but that usually ended up in disaster (take a guess). My hardcore drinking days are over, for this week.

 

[hardrock]

Pretty much everytime. I don't really like the taste of most booze over non alcoholic options. Plus even a couple dehydrates me. I'd rather drink water.

 

[powerslave]

Since I rarely drink anymore, if I do then I'm getting hammered.

 

[BO-DEN]

sometimes 1 time a week

 

[Moderate_THIS]

Since I rarely drink anymore, if I do then I'm getting hammered.

Yeah, I'm thinking of taking this apporach also

 

[big4life]

This might be of interst to those who drink to get drunk.

http://www.discover.com/issues/mar-04/rd/short-circuit-to-sobriety/

Short Circuit to Sobriety
By Jocelyn Selim
DISCOVER Vol. 25 No. 03 | March 2004 | Mind & Brain




Steven McIntire, a neurologist at the University of California at San Francisco, may have found the master switch of drunkenness. After bombarding hundreds of Caenorhabditis elegans worms with DNA-altering chemicals and screening the results, he found that the deletion of just one gene rendered the worms almost completely resistant to alcohol. The drunkenness gene, present in many living things, including humans, regulates a molecular switch that causes neurons to drop into a less active state when triggered. Alcohol modulates the switch, technically known as an ion channel, causing it to open more frequently. As a result, alcohol-exposed worms stop wriggling—the C. elegans version of the sluggish, uncoordinated behavior characteristic of inebriated humans.



Deleting the drunkenness gene eliminated the associated ion channel as well. Mutant worms were unaffected by quantities of alcohol that would leave a normal nematode essentially comatose. McIntire argues that the genetic mechanism probably works much the same in people. “Worms, mice, humans, and even fruit flies show similar effects of intoxication at similar alcohol concentrations,” he says, and human neurons contain a switch similar to that in C. elegans. McIntire is exploring how the discovery of the drunkenness gene could aid in the treatment of alcoholism. “Studies suggest that people with an innate resistance to alcohol have a higher probability of becoming alcoholics,” he says. “It’s possible this could be caused by a defect or natural variation in the ion channel’s functioning.” Further ahead, he envisions developing a drug that could block the channel, thereby triggering instant sobriety or preventing a person from getting drunk.

 

[chewyxrage]

^wow

how cool would that be.

You could goto a bar and get wasted....then pop a pill and be instantly sober to drive home

 

[Moderate_THIS]

^wow

how cool would that be.

You could goto a bar and get wasted....then pop a pill and be instantly sober to drive home

but waking up in an unfamiliar parking lot and/or pissing yourself adds to the lore

 

[sconoscuito]

I used to to do at least 1 time a weak my freshmen year in college 2 years in highschool
I considered myself an alcoholic so I stopped

now I just get drunk if the situation calls for it, If I get really drunk than all the other girls are usually hella drunk too, that way no one cares how stupid you act

if I just need to drink and get a little buzz going so i can hit on random semi sober girls than thats what I do

it all depends though

 

[from zero]

Very rarely.

 

[rnch]

once or twice a year.............a 3 day hangover is not worth a couple hours of enjoyment!

 

[Rossini]

Pussies!!

 

[argent]

Since I rarely drink anymore, if I do then I'm getting hammered.

ditto

 

[bluepeter]

Couple times a year. New Years, birthday etc.