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03-10-2003, 04:19 PM
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I'm Having A Drink For The First Time Ever Tonight!!
I've been 21 for a couple months, and tonight is my best friend's 21st b-day. He's always wanted to see me have a drink, so I said enough is enough...for your birthday, I'm having a drink. How did I get along without a drink all this time you ask? Easy...saying no! I still have a blast at parties and the best part is I can drive!! That means not having to walk 10 blocks to some party on the other side of campus that sucks anyway.
What should I watch out for? Would one drink shock my system and kill me? Will girls look prettier? What if I turn into the Hulk?
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03-10-2003, 04:25 PM
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Drink while eating. Try beer with pizza or red wine with pasta.
Feline videophiles Susie and Dukie.
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03-10-2003, 04:27 PM
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No, do a few shots of tequila on an empty stomach.
(Actually, alcohol metabolizes more effectively if you drink it about three hours after your last meal. Better buzz.)
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03-10-2003, 04:29 PM
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| What should I watch out for? |
Don't try to be macho and mix too much booze in your drink, it tastes like crap and you won't enjoy it. Drink more smaller drinks instead, or beer. 
You should watch out for Jack's advice.
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| Would one drink shock my system and kill me? |
See the previous paragraph: drink less more times rather than the other way around, that way it'll be easier for you to determine when you've had enough too.
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No, but you'll think you're wittier. Any sober person nearby will think you're an ass though.
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Then you'll be rich when you sell the story to the news.
/Mike
/Mike
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03-10-2003, 04:36 PM
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03-10-2003, 04:48 PM
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You've listed a number of good reasons NOT to drink. Of course, some medical sources say one drink a day is actually healthy for the heart, although more than that can have bad effects on other organs and make the drinker accident prone. But just one alcoholic beverage during an evening won't kill you, unless you are taking medication that they've warned you about not mixing with alcohol or if you have a severe allergy to it. If one drink makes the girls seem prettier, either you have a very low tolerance for alcohol, or it is the placebo effect. A six pack, on the other hand, might make anything with a skirt look luscious, :>) but it won't turn you into a Hulk (more like a quivering bowl of jelly, especially if you're not used to it). :>)
One thing I would ask myself is: "why would a friend be so hell bent on having me get liquored up at all?" Isn't it possible to celebrate the occasion without the booze? (You say you have a good time without it other times.) If it is really just about sharing a toast as opposed to getting you plastered, and you feel you need to tipple a little to prove a point, (to show you'll do anything for a friend?) then go ahead and enjoy ONE drink.
To minimize the effect of the drink, make sure you eat a full meal before you drink anything. That will slow down the absorption of alcohol into your blood stream. Make sure it really is only ONE drink (don't let them pour a "double" or "triple" and pass it off as "one drink".) Then "nurse" the drink -- IOW, sip it slowly and just a little at a time, making the drink last most of the evening instead of gulping it down. You don't necessarily even have to finish it if you are really just drinking it to experience the taste and/or to participate in a toast for the occasion.
Then switch to water or juice if they ask if you want a refill,and make sure they know you do NOT want booze in the second drink. Wait at least an hour, preferably two hours after having the alcoholic drink before driving anywhere to give your system sufficient time to metabolize the alcohol.
BTW -- if this sounds like the voice of experience, it is. I've had "more than one" in an evening and had the "wowser" headaches the next day to remind me of it. These days, with the crackdown on drunk driving and the lower blood alcohol limits and having been on medication for allergies that didn't mix well with alcohol, I actually find it a lot easier and enjoyable not to drink booze at all, and then not have to worry whether I can drive, or whether my perception of someone else's beauty is skewed by more than my glasses prescription. :>)
Good luck, be safe and have fun!
Burke
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03-10-2003, 04:57 PM
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thanks burke...this is more of a toast than "hey let's get chuck wasted" plus we're having a huge dinner before hand!
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03-10-2003, 05:01 PM
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I agree. Many of the members here are having fun with you, but for some good serious advice, listen to Burke. If you are going to have more than one drink, stick to beer instead of hard alcohol. For someone who's never drank before, 2-3 beers (depending on how fast you consume them) is enough to impair your ability to drive so be careful. American light beer has the least ammount of alcohol. Then foriegn beers, then wine, then hard liquor. If you want a mixed drink order something with liqure (how do you spell that) it has less alcohol than hard liquor. This would be something like Baily's or Amaretto. BTW, I've heard amaretto on the rocks is coming back into fashion and is not considered a girly drink any more. If anyone gives your crap tell them Simon from american idol drinks it. If you are getting a lot of pressure to drink more than one drink, order a cranberry juice on the rocks while no one is looking. It will look like a mixed drink. Although, it appears that you have no trouble saying no. Have fun.
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03-10-2003, 05:14 PM
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| "why would a friend be so hell bent on having me get liquored up at all?" Isn't it possible to celebrate the occasion without the booze? |
Yeah, but having a sober friend around is no fun if you're drunk, they'll just point out the stupid things you did.
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| for some good serious advice, listen to Burke. |
Hey, I said the same thing Burke said, in just a few sentences!
/Mike
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03-10-2003, 05:23 PM
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On my 21st birthday, we went out to the local Red Robin to celebrate. Of course, I ordered a drink. Just one, mind you - I'm not a big drinker. Never have been, never will be, but I do enjoy small amounts of liquor on occasion.
So, here I am with my parents and a dozen friends waiting for my food, drinking some mixed drink (It's been awhile, I forget what it was). So, I get about 90% done and suck down the last 10% quickly. Note that I haven't eaten all day - I was keeping myself hungry in order to fill up on those bottomless fries. 
We're laughing and having a good time and I notice my buddy John has finished his drink and returned from the bar with a beer. Note that we're the only idiots drinking that night. Anyway, our food comes, and we all begin eating. I polish off my burger & fries, then a second basket of fries, and finally start working on a third. I then notice that everyone else at the table has barely started on their food. They have maybe a quarter of their burgers eaten. I poked John, who was on his second or third basket of fries, and asked how much time has passed. He has no idea. I ask him how we ate our food so fast. Again, no idea. Although, I'm told it was quite a sight watching us wolf down all that food.
I don't know how the next hour or so went. I don't remember much of it. By the time we left the restaurant I finally "woke up"... a few of us went to a bar to shoot some pool, etc, but that was the last drink I had that night.
So, just keep in mind: When you order a mixed drink, you're probably getting more alcohol than you bargained for at your level of tolerance... |
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