Drinking by yourself

hullaballoo

Ag marbh wrote:

I've sat and drank up to 21 can's in my computer chair.

I presume that by 21 you mean 12, or just 1 or 2 and that 21 was just a typo.

Drinking 21 cans and not spotting that there may be a slight issue suggests clouded judgement to me.

Btw, it's "ag fáil báis"[/rant]

hullaballoo

Oh yeah, and also drinking on your own at 17 might be one to watch, not that there's a problem whatsoever with having a couple of a match-night etc (or film, whatever).

Ag marbh

hullaballoo wrote:

I presume that by 21 you mean 12, or just 1 or 2 and that 21 was just a typo.

Drinking 21 cans and not spotting that there may be a slight issue suggests clouded judgement to me.

Btw, it's "ag fáil báis"[/rant]

No I meant 21 can's. The only reason I remember the number because it was quite recent.

Why do you think that it might be a slight issue? Is it because society say's so? I don't think you would have had the same reply if I said "I drank 21 cans with the lads on Saturday".

Ag marbh

hullaballoo wrote:

Oh yeah, and also drinking on your own at 17 might be one to watch, not that there's a problem whatsoever with having a couple of a match-night etc (or film, whatever).

It's not one to watch out for at all if they are happy inside. Some people just like to chill out and spend a night at the computer. I personally couldnt see myself getting drunk and watching TV but I don't tell people it's a problem if they do. Some people like football and bottles but I prefer music, irc, guitar and bottles.

seamus

Ag marbh wrote:

Why do you think that it might be a slight issue? Is it because society say's so? I don't think you would have had the same reply if I said "I drank 21 cans with the lads on Saturday".

I'd be worried either way. 21 cans in one sitting would put most people in hospital. If you drank them over, say, 24 hours, then it's not so bad, though I'd be worried that you've spent 24 hours sitting in front of the computer.

If you've managed to consume 21 cans in less than maybe 8 or 10 hours, and you can still remember that you've actually drank them, then it points to an extremely high alcohol tolerance, which would indicate a history of heavy drinking, or a serious weight problem.

Be aware that 21 cans of Bud would be around 4500kcal, which is about 1.5-2 times the maximum caloric intake for an average man. That's without eating anything else all day.

Ag marbh

seamus wrote:

I'd be worried either way. 21 cans in one sitting would put most people in hospital. If you drank them over, say, 24 hours, then it's not so bad, though I'd be worried that you've spent 24 hours sitting in front of the computer.

If you've managed to consume 21 cans in less than maybe 8 or 10 hours, and you can still remember that you've actually drank them, then it points to an extremely high alcohol tolerance, which would indicate a history of heavy drinking, or a serious weight problem.

Be aware that 21 cans of Bud would be around 4500kcal, which is about 1.5-2 times the maximum caloric intake for an average man. That's without eating anything else all day.

Well to be honest, I'd say most people I drink with can easily drink 15-20 cans at a house party. The time drinking was from about 7 in the evening to 7 the next morning and I remember fine. I was up listening to music, talking on irc, playing guitar and doing some web design then even fixed myself some toast before I went to sleep.
I wouldn't call my drinking troublesome and i'm fairly thin. To be honest I think most 20 year olds with an active social life has a high drinking tolerance.

seamus

Are we talking 21 x half litre cans, or 21 party pack cans? I have yet to meet one person who can drink more than 12 or 15 x 500ml cans in one sitting without falling over.

Most 20 year olds would have a highish tolerance, but not to that extent.

Ag marbh

seamus wrote:

Are we talking 21 x half litre cans, or 21 party pack cans? I have yet to meet one person who can drink more than 12 or 15 x 500ml cans in one sitting without falling over.

Most 20 year olds would have a highish tolerance, but not to that extent.

Yeah 21 500ml cans of Dutch Gold. I don't know what the difference between your lifestyle and mine is but drinking 15 cans in a session, esp at a house party or so isn't really a big deal to me.

hullaballoo

seamus wrote:

I'd be worried either way. 21 cans in one sitting would put most people in hospital

That's what I was getting at. I'm not quite as unequivocal as some of boards.ie's shoot-from-the-hip posters, but here goes:

21 cans in front of computer @ one time = bad

21 cans out with mates = bad

21 cans = bad

Now, whatever your situation is, if I drank anything near 21 cans, I'd have difficulty waking up again (I'd be deaded)

And i can put away a good bit, i've been doing it for long enough.

Ag marbh

hullaballoo wrote:

That's what I was getting at. I'm not quite as unequivocal as some of boards.ie's shoot-from-the-hip posters, but here goes:

21 cans in front of computer @ one time = bad

21 cans out with mates = bad

21 cans = bad

Now, whatever your situation is, if I drank anything near 21 cans, I'd have difficulty waking up again (I'd be deaded)

And i can put away a good bit, i've been doing it for long enough.

I'm not denying that it's not good for my liver and health but I don't have a drinking problem. I simply drank and still will drink at my computer when I feel like having sometime to myself. It's nothing got to do with depression or anti-social tendencies - just take it for face value, im in the mood of getting drunk at home.

PS - I'd normally drink 6-8 regularly. The 21 was a bit overkill for a self session.

Civilian_Target

21 cans at 5% is over twice the recommended weekly intake of alcohol, and you drank it on your own, in 12 hours.

I will hold my hands up here, I won't claim innocence, I've done my fair share of liver destruction, but I don't think I've ever drunk over 40 units of alcohol in a night (that's the same as a litre bottle of vodka, ffs) - I'd fall over first. Drinking 21 cans in a day is not healthy, doing it repeatedly is going to do you serious damage.

And for the record, I'm a 12 stone, 21 year old male.

Pigman II

Civilian_Target wrote:

And for the record, I'm a 12 stone, 21 year old male.

"I presume that by 21 you mean 12, or just 1 or 2 and that 21 was just a typo."


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I think as a one off drinking 21 in a day is ok but if you found yourself doing it on a regular basis you're really gonna **** yourself up. After all can't the liver only process something like 1 pint per hour as it is so that quantity and rate seems dangerous.

Ag marbh

Civilian_Target wrote:

21 cans at 5% is over twice the recommended weekly intake of alcohol, and you drank it on your own, in 12 hours.

I will hold my hands up here, I won't claim innocence, I've done my fair share of liver destruction, but I don't think I've ever drunk over 40 units of alcohol in a night (that's the same as a litre bottle of vodka, ffs) - I'd fall over first. Drinking 21 cans in a day is not healthy, doing it repeatedly is going to do you serious damage.

And for the record, I'm a 12 stone, 21 year old male.

I don't always do it in that period of time and if a litre of vodka is 40 units im sure many of us done that more than once. We all know the damages of drinking so let's get back on topic.