Now i will admit it when i drink to much

[H20 Toie]

But yesterday was just weird, when i went back to pickup my bike a couple peeps there were like wtf was that,
even the bartender said 4 beers and and one shot and you were wasted, he was going to cut me off.

granted i hadn't eaten anything but still, and its not like i got roofied, just fricking weird, ended up sleeping for 14 hours

 

[Bpracing1127]

you need a new hobby lol

 

[RitcheyRch]

But yesterday was just weird, when i went back to pickup my bike a couple peeps there were like wtf was that,
even the bartender said 4 beers and and one shot and you were wasted, he was going to cut me off.

granted i hadn't eaten anything but still, and its not like i got roofied, just fricking weird, ended up sleeping for 14 hours

You are becoming a light weight.

 

[Teague_JR]

in all sincerity, not judgement of habits cause I drink too.. You might want to get a blood panel done. Being affected by smaller amounts of alcohol can be an indication of something else going on.

(also if you are on any presciptions even antibiotics)

 

[was thatguy]

You said it yourself already…64 years old.
The peeps who cheer you on as you drink and post do not have your best health interests in mind.
Others, like me, who try subtly to caution you are called “haters”.
Which is curious because the “haters” are the ones that don’t want to see you slowly kill yourself?
I know it’s a schtick and meant to be funny (and it is funny sometimes), but it’s not that funny when the heart explodes.

Anyway, your body is protesting. It’ll only get worse.
It’s telling you the same thing.
I’m 61, I also drink more than I should, so this isn’t really preaching. It’s relating.
Flame away, but if I didn’t care about you I wouldn’t post this.

 

[was thatguy]

in all sincerity, not judgement of habits cause I drink too.. You might want to get a blood panel done. Being affected by smaller amounts of alcohol can be an indication of something else going on.

(also if you are on any presciptions even antibiotics)

Exactly.
That’s great advice.
What’s the diabetes situation, if any?

When Debbie got sick her body and brain metabolism changed dramatically.
She could drink anyone under the table with whiskey or beer, but as she got sicker it got to where just a single sip of whiskey would completely comatose her. Like falling down polio incoherent.

 

[Wheeler]

But yesterday was just weird,

granted i hadn't eaten anything but still, and its not like i got roofied, just fricking weird, ended up sleeping for 14 hours

Make a bet with Rd which of you can refrain from alcohol for the longest period of time. Make it a large wager, really large!

 

[rivermobster]

Trip to the doc and full blood panel sure wouldn't hurt...

I get this done at least once a year.

Getting old ain't for pussies!

 

[H20 Toie]

Trip to the doc and full blood panel sure wouldn't hurt...

I get this done at least once a year.

Getting old ain't for pussies!

yep me too

 

[stephenkatsea]

There’s a very good side to this. You recognized something was different. Notice, I said different, not wrong. Continue doing what your gut tells you, and get checked out. I’ve had far too many very good friends who didn’t get that opportunity.

 

[H20 Toie]

Make a bet with Rd which of you can refrain from alcohol for the longest period of time. Make it a large wager, really large!

No i have zero desire

 

[FreeBird236]

But yesterday was just weird, when i went back to pickup my bike a couple peeps there were like wtf was that,
even the bartender said 4 beers and and one shot and you were wasted, he was going to cut me off.

granted i hadn't eaten anything but still, and its not like i got roofied, just fricking weird, ended up sleeping for 14 hours

I've never been roofied so don't know too much, but maybe it was some different type of drug.

 

[Gelcoater]

No i have zero desire

It may not even be a good idea.
Talk to your doctor.
But some rules to live by never hurt anyone.

You said it yourself already…64 years old.
The peeps who cheer you on as you drink and post do not have your best health interests in mind.
Others, like me, who try subtly to caution you are called “haters”.
Which is curious because the “haters” are the ones that don’t want to see you slowly kill yourself?
I know it’s a schtick and meant to be funny (and it is funny sometimes), but it’s not that funny when the heart explodes.

Anyway, your body is protesting. It’ll only get worse.
It’s telling you the same thing.
I’m 61, I also drink more than I should, so this isn’t really preaching. It’s relating.
Flame away, but if I didn’t care about you I wouldn’t post this.

i agree with this.

 

[WYRD]

It might be just that you're dehydrated.

 

[Dalton]

probably dehydrated.

 

[HST4ME]

The check liver light came on.

 

[WhatExit?]

Now i will admit it when i drink to much​

You're already doing that when you drunk post

I hope you get a handle on it for your sake

 

[500bbc]

I've never been roofied so don't know too much, but maybe it was some different type of drug.

I have, one martini and was beyond fucking hammered.
Never called the dick head that did it out.

 

[rivermobster]

No i have zero desire

 

[traquer]

I started taking some "natty stack" supplements for working out a while back and I was the same way. Something was messing with my brain, never had it happen after I stopped. They're still sitting in the cupboard.

 

[Luvnlife]

Like said dehydrated, and sometimes you are just wore out and need some rest.

 

[ultra26shadow]

But yesterday was just weird, when i went back to pickup my bike a couple peeps there were like wtf was that,
even the bartender said 4 beers and and one shot and you were wasted, he was going to cut me off.

granted i hadn't eaten anything but still, and its not like i got roofied, just fricking weird, ended up sleeping for 14 hours

Lol didn’t you get roofied before around this time? Maybe you have a snowbird secret admirer.

 

[H20 Toie]

Lol didn’t you get roofied before around this time? Maybe you have a snowbird secret admirer.

Good memory, that was at kokomos during desert storm

 

[jetboatperformance]

I'm a Beer drinker and LOVE it , 15 years ago a doctor told me "what if I told you that if you dont quit drinking beer you'll be dead in 5 years" .......... I QUIT BEING HIS PATIENT

 

[BabyRay]

There are many reasons this can happen, as others have stated. Aging, unfortunately, seems to be the cause for me. Based on what I’ve read (and experienced) the body doesn’t metabolize alcohol as readily when we get older.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Click here

 

[was thatguy]

No i have zero desire

Then why even ask or be concerned?

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Click here

He has zero desire so that’s not the answer.

As someone who stopped drinking you really have to want to! I know I drank way to much for too long and had zero desire to stop until I did.

It’s been two years since I’ve had a drink after I said I’d stop for a year. As it’s stands now I still have zero desire to drink so I don’t but not saying I won’t drink again just that I don’t want to now.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

As for the question of how you got wasted so quick it could be anything. I was at a bar a few years ago with a friend and we each had exactly 4 beers and both went our separate ways. Next morning I get a text how you feeling. I said I felt like I was drunk from the 1st beer and that I’ve never been more wasted in my life. He had the exact same experience. Still don’t know why it happened and it never happened again.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

He has zero desire so that’s not the answer.

As someone who stopped drinking you really have to want to! I know I drank way to much for too long and had zero desire to stop until I did.

It’s been two years since I’ve had a drink after I said I’d stop for a year. As it’s stands now I still have zero desire to drink so I don’t but not saying I won’t drink again just that I don’t want to now.

Yeah, I’m well aware. It’s pretty sad seeing people who aren’t 19 anymore acting like they’re still 19. I have many alcoholic friends in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s who still love to celebrate alcohol abuse but as soon as their health goes to shit they act like they’re a victim of bad fortune. All we can do is sit back and watch and hope for the best.

Good for you for breaking free.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Yeah, I’m well aware. It’s pretty sad seeing people who aren’t 19 anymore acting like they’re still 19. I have many alcoholic friends in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s who still love to celebrate alcohol abuse but as soon as their health goes to shit they act like they’re a victim of bad fortune. All we can do is sit back and watch and hope for the best.

Good for you for breaking free.

Seems like he’s having a good time. To me it’s no different than a guy who spends his whole life saving every penny to retire only to find out they have a terminal illness in their 50s and spent that whole time saving for a day that never comes? It would drive me crazy not to just live day by day and see what happens next.

I lost two uncles at a pretty early age. One saved and worked had a nice house good family never drank or smoked and just up and had a heart attack in the shower at 54yrs old. His older brother drank and smoked all day every day from the time he was 65. Has kids spread all over the US he probably only ever meet half of. the only cigarette he used a lighter for was the 1st one in the morning. Bought cases of cartons of cigarettes and jack Daniels by the handle. Don’t think he ever even had a bank account but he lived life the way he wanted and never had any regrets.



Btw my wife would argue that I act like a 12yr old more often than not.

 

[hallett21]

Assuming you weren’t chasing a hangover from the night before….. lol. Aka still drunk.

Something is going on internally. Or you legitimately got drugged (unlikely).

Unless you’re drinking 12% 16oz double IPAs, 4 should not put you into the ground.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Seems like he’s having a good time. To me it’s no different than a guy who spends his whole life saving every penny to retire only to find out they have a terminal illness in their 50s and spent that whole time saving for a day that never comes? It would drive me crazy not to just live day by day and see what happens next.

I lost two uncles at a pretty early age. One saved and worked had a nice house good family never drank or smoked and just up and had a heart attack in the shower at 54yrs old. His older brother drank and smoked all day every day from the time he was 65. Has kids spread all over the US he probably only ever meet half of. the only cigarette he used a lighter for was the 1st one in the morning. Bought cases of cartons of cigarettes and jack Daniels by the handle. Don’t think he ever even had a bank account but he lived life the way he wanted and never had any regrets.



Btw my wife would argue that I act like a 12yr old more often than not.

Respectfully, I don’t see it that way. The reality that an uncle, Keith Richards or the homeless guy living under a bridge is getting away with that life shouldn’t be everyone's excuse for continued self destruction. The overwhelming majority don’t survive it.

In the end, I sincerely wish all the drunks of riverdaves place the best. Cheers!

 

[was thatguy]

Yeah, I’m well aware. It’s pretty sad seeing people who aren’t 19 anymore acting like they’re still 19. I have many alcoholic friends in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s who still love to celebrate alcohol abuse but as soon as their health goes to shit they act like they’re a victim of bad fortune. All we can do is sit back and watch and hope for the best.

Good for you for breaking free.

I’ve seen the pictures.
It isn’t just the booze.

A couple of those a week will finish a guy off.
My arteries slam shut just looking at that.

 

[Boatymcboatface]

Respectfully, I don’t see it that way. The reality that an uncle, Keith Richards or the homeless guy living under a bridge is getting away with that life shouldn’t be everyone's excuse for continued self destruction. The overwhelming majority don’t survive it.

In the end, I sincerely wish all the drunks of riverdaves place the best. Cheers!

Lol one man’s self destruction is another man’s bliss!

 

[Dalton]

Respectfully, I don’t see it that way. The reality that an uncle, Keith Richards or the homeless guy living under a bridge is getting away with that life shouldn’t be everyone's excuse for continued self destruction. The overwhelming majority don’t survive it.

In the end, I sincerely wish all the drunks of riverdaves place the best. Cheers!

Everyone’s different, go to a bar/club and the best dancer in there probably stone cold sober, while others don’t even loosen up till a beer or two.

 

[SoCalDave]

But yesterday was just weird, when i went back to pickup my bike a couple peeps there were like wtf was that,
even the bartender said 4 beers and and one shot and you were wasted, he was going to cut me off.

granted i hadn't eaten anything but still, and its not like i got roofied, just fricking weird, ended up sleeping for 14 hours

Good for you Dan, we all need that time within ourselves at times. Now go party on Garth!

 

[Desert Whaler]

I pulled the plug on the sauce a few months back.
Had a friend die that really shook me up.
Nicest Gal ever . . . She was younger than me, (I'm 53) . . . and I never even realized that she was a drinker.
She drank so much that she tore her esophagus during a coughing episode. She died drowning in her own blood cause they lived rural and couldn't get her to the hospital in time.
After that, I thought to myself, "I've had a good run, & I'm not getting any younger . . . I've gotten lucky I haven't hurt myself or worse someone else, it's time to call it a tour".
I wasn't doing my body any favors, and I got to where it was a frequent 'habit', . . . and then I looked at what I was spending on sauce . . . that made quitting pretty damn easy.

Like it was said above . . . everyone is different.
Dan seems like the 'Good time Charlie' type of guy, fun, fun, fun . . . NOT the the guy who needs to pound a couple coldies and slam a shot or 3 nightly, just to knock the edge off.
I was becoming 'That Guy' , which was No bueno for Me.

 

[yz450mm]

As for the question of how you got wasted so quick it could be anything. I was at a bar a few years ago with a friend and we each had exactly 4 beers and both went our separate ways. Next morning I get a text how you feeling. I said I felt like I was drunk from the 1st beer and that I’ve never been more wasted in my life. He had the exact same experience. Still don’t know why it happened and it never happened again.

My buddy and I ended up staying an extra day at the river after everyone else went home, we went down to Roadrunner Sunday night and drank our usual amount. We were both completely useless and felt horrible on Monday, and opted to stay another night just because neither of us felt like we could safely drive even at 5:00 Monday afternoon. We tried to drink a few beers to shake it off Monday evening, but that only made it worse.

This was definitely something other than a normal hangover, and both of us commented that we didn't feel back to normal until Thursday of that week.

 

[was thatguy]

I was becoming 'That Guy' , which was No bueno for Me.

 

[Dalton]

Maybe this is the next vax side effect- makes you a total lightweight

 

[rrrr]

I'm well known on RDP for making ridiculously wordy TLDR posts. Here comes another one. It's almost 4 AM and I can't sleep. I apologize in advance, and should just shut up and turn off my phone. Instead I'm going to post about me and alcohol.

I'm gonna go ahead and make the post, but I want to make it clear I'm not doing it from a perceived position of moral authority or criticism of anyone and their choices. I'm not beating my chest, it's just a story about my experiences with alcohol, and in particular how even after you think you've left it behind, it can reach out and pull you back in.

I was fourteen the first time I got drunk. By the time I graduated from high school, I was drinking every weekend without fail. As I got older, it was every night. In spite of this, I attended ASU studying engineering for two years, quit school, and went to work. I operated at a high level and advanced in knowledge and position in complex construction. By the time I was thirty, I had licenses in multiple trade disciplines and had progressed from specialty hospital work to complex military contracts to data center construction.

By 1989, I was a highly paid project manager building data centers, and traveled all over the US doing so. I met my wife when I was 32. Three months after we met, somehow I convinced her to quit her lucrative job as a data center manager in Reston, VA, move to Plano, and live with me. She had never done anything so impulsive and frankly, stupid. Her friends were sure I was some sort of criminal. I was deeply in love.

I recognized this was something I could easily screw up. In October 1990, ten months after she moved to Texas, I quit drinking cold turkey. She hadn't said a word about my drinking, I did it unannounced. I went to AA three times a week for years. In 1995 we bought a house, but couldn't afford a boat, so we purchased a Kawasaki 750SX and a 750SS. Two years later we bought a new 24' Century Arabian, the last year they made the iconic boat. I was making enough money to join an IndyCar team as a Level 1 mechanic, ignore work, and travel to fifteen or so races every year. We bought a really nice Chaparral 256 in 2004.

Things were good. I was making money, we were happy. Then, one night in 2002, just out of the blue, I downed a shot of Jack Daniels. In one month I was back to drinking every night. I still don't know why I did that. By 2006, the alcohol was affecting my performance at work. I again knew this was a threat to my marriage and job, and quit cold turkey in June.

As most everyone here knows, around 2010 my health was blown up by failed orthopedic surgeries. I had to sell my lucrative business and went on disability. We sold our three boats and two almost new jetskis. I made one last gasp in racing as a crew member on a 400+ MPH SCTA and FIA streamliner that for a couple of years was the LSR holder and fastest wheel driven car on the planet.

Then it all ended. For the last twelve years, I have been in hell with physical issues. We sold our boats years ago. I have a bitchin' 1,200 SF shop stocked with every tool imaginable, but right now physically there's no way I can change the failed A/C compressor in my Excursion.

But in spite of all this, I have no desire to drink again. You would think I'd be on the couch cradling a handle of Jack. Why I decided to drink again in 2002, in the midst of prosperity and happiness, is still a mystery to me. Why I haven't started drinking again is a similar unknown.

I think everyone has a story about a friend or relative that destroyed their life with alcohol. Three of my four grandparents were dead from drinking before they reached 60. I had a good friend that did six years in the CDCR, convicted for felony DUI multiple times, a couple of those causing serious bodily injury. Three other close friends are dead, killed in single vehicle crashes while drunk. Alcohol has caused unimaginable suffering for innocent victims. Somehow I avoided its grasp.

I don't know how I escaped.

 

[prorider]

I pulled the plug on the sauce a few months back.
Had a friend die that really shook me up.
Nicest Gal ever . . . She was younger than me, (I'm 53) . . . and I never even realized that she was a drinker.
She drank so much that she tore her esophagus during a coughing episode. She died drowning in her own blood cause they lived rural and couldn't get her to the hospital in time.
After that, I thought to myself, "I've had a good run, & I'm not getting any younger . . . I've gotten lucky I haven't hurt myself or worse someone else, it's time to call it a tour".
I wasn't doing my body any favors, and I got to where it was a frequent 'habit', . . . and then I looked at what I was spending on sauce . . . that made quitting pretty damn easy.

Like it was said above . . . everyone is different.
Dan seems like the 'Good time Charlie' type of guy, fun, fun, fun . . . NOT the the guy who needs to pound a couple coldies and slam a shot or 3 nightly, just to knock the edge off.
I was becoming 'That Guy' , which was No bueno for Me.

Sounds like Boerhaaves Syndrome. Named after a king years ago that died from throwing up after drinking. Worst pain in the world. Very low survival rate even when close to a hospital. Very sad

 

[Drew]

The liver is quitting and bypassing the booze directly into your blood. It’s like main lining booze. But hey, think of the $ savings

 

[RitcheyRch]

 

[76sanger]

Quit drinking Problem solved!

 

[was thatguy]

The liver is quitting and bypassing the booze directly into your blood. It’s like main lining booze. But hey, think of the $ savings

Pretty much.
Short term as it may be.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Oh Tommy if you only knew…… Hope all is well my friend. When are we going to go grab a bite to eat next?

 

[Heylam]

An important life skill to learn in life is to listen to your body. Ignoring what it’s telling you can be life threatening.

 

[pkrrvr619]

Sounds like Boerhaaves Syndrome. Named after a king years ago that died from throwing up after drinking. Worst pain in the world. Very low survival rate even when close to a hospital. Very sad

I think it’s an esophageal varicie that does the drowning in the blood deal when drinking too much.