how long can you go without a drink for (non alcahol related)

The old phrase common to folk who do anything in the great outdoors is "3 weeks without food; 3 days without water; 3 minutes without oxygen".
 
Personally I can go a day or so without feeling a huge need to quench le thirst.

Generally I always have a glass of water next to me though.
 
JayMax said:
Would this not dehydrate you? Not really following what you mean.
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Your rectal socket can absorb water and nutrients. For example if you used vodka for an enema you'd get drunk. What I'm not sure of however is how fast it can absorb water, if it's fast enough to live on.

Bear Grillis survival technique:
 
kwerk said:
Your rectal socket can absorb water and nutrients. For example if you used vodka for an enema you'd get drunk. What I'm not sure of however is how fast it can absorb water, if it's fast enough to live on.

Bear Grillis survival technique:
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Because you know, it's extremely likely that you'll be stuck in the middle of nowhere without a bottle of water, or indeed a water purifier, but with a drip, enema tube and associated equipment...
 
I start feeling uncomfortable after about eight hours and get a migrane after about twelve.
 
I usually have a drink when I first get up, the not one until the evening.
I drink far too little during the day.

Don't test to see how far you can go. David Blaine did it and no one likes him
 
I remember watching this on Discovery or some such channel recently:

5 25 "Boys Adrift" Survivors: Troy Driscoll and Josh Long February 19, 2010
In April 2005, Troy Driscoll and his friend Josh Long attempted to go shark fishing in a less than seaworthy boat. When a riptide drags them into the Atlantic ocean, they face extreme dehydration, hunger, and weather for 6 days while awaiting rescue, watching helplessly as other boats pass by without seeing them.



In the reconstruction they nearly went crazy. Hallucinating etc. One of the boys could not face being around all the sea water without being able to drink it in the end and drank some causing worse dehydration and vomiting. One of them I recall also picked up some kind of jellyfish type creature and ate it for relief. There were some real life pictures of them after the ordeal recovering and they were very badly sunburnt and thin I seem to remember.

So yeah...6 days is possible. Wouldn't advise it. You could die after just 2 or 3 days.
 
as soon as i saw first part was about to say i cant, 2nd bit was disapointing :D hydration is a keyword here, drink whats available, or drink ****, hopefully ur own :D

*EDIT* sorry forgot to add, i gave up over a week ago, a round of applause please :D
 
At the risk of ignoring the Survivalist types here, I assume the OP was talking about drinking extra water, but was eating normally. As at least one person has already said: it depends on what you eat. If you ate mainly salads and fruit, then you could probably survive without extra water forever. If you mostly ate curries, rather less. Famously, Arab peoples drink very little water, just small amounts of very strong coffee.


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