Soldato
I find it varies hugely and can never understand why.
Firstly - I don't drink often as I quite like staying fit and healthy and so try to limit my alcohol consumption.
I find that 70-80% of the time I can drink about the same amount. Around 6 pints of light beer gets me more chatty and out-going but doesn't change my personality or make me go crazy. That's enough for me. I can wake up at 8am the next day and go play Squash at 9am and not worry about feeling crap but still enjoy my night.
However, sometimes it varies massively. I've once had a night where I've sat and drank a 70cl bottle of Scotch (neat) and then walked home completely sober. Not 1 missed step or sway then up at 8am - no headache, no hangover to be seen. It's only happened once and it freaked me out...I mean that amount should have floored me twice over yet it was as if I hadn't touched a drop. Freaky.
Then another time I have 3 pints and wake up in the morning with a headache for 5-6 hours somehow.
Think it's a combination of last few days diet, fitness, mood etc which is why its usually fixed, but sometimes varies a lot.
I struggle to get drunk enough to dance around on lager though. Get sick before getting that drunk. But again, my personality is more based around my surroundings than the quantity of alcohol. In your typical town bars I'm never going to be getting drunk and dancing as the people and the music annoys me too much.
But last year I made my mates come to one of my nights out - went to see XP8 live and I was dancing around the whole bar by myself just because i felt comfortable there. So I guess alcohol effects me less if the surroundings don't appeal to me.
I've had nights where I feel really drunk, got to a bar full of morons then instantly sobered up and got a taxi home. haha
Firstly - I don't drink often as I quite like staying fit and healthy and so try to limit my alcohol consumption.
I find that 70-80% of the time I can drink about the same amount. Around 6 pints of light beer gets me more chatty and out-going but doesn't change my personality or make me go crazy. That's enough for me. I can wake up at 8am the next day and go play Squash at 9am and not worry about feeling crap but still enjoy my night.
However, sometimes it varies massively. I've once had a night where I've sat and drank a 70cl bottle of Scotch (neat) and then walked home completely sober. Not 1 missed step or sway then up at 8am - no headache, no hangover to be seen. It's only happened once and it freaked me out...I mean that amount should have floored me twice over yet it was as if I hadn't touched a drop. Freaky.
Then another time I have 3 pints and wake up in the morning with a headache for 5-6 hours somehow.
Think it's a combination of last few days diet, fitness, mood etc which is why its usually fixed, but sometimes varies a lot.
I struggle to get drunk enough to dance around on lager though. Get sick before getting that drunk. But again, my personality is more based around my surroundings than the quantity of alcohol. In your typical town bars I'm never going to be getting drunk and dancing as the people and the music annoys me too much.
But last year I made my mates come to one of my nights out - went to see XP8 live and I was dancing around the whole bar by myself just because i felt comfortable there. So I guess alcohol effects me less if the surroundings don't appeal to me.
I've had nights where I feel really drunk, got to a bar full of morons then instantly sobered up and got a taxi home. haha
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