got drunk. rents found out.

[LindyHopper]

Hey xx - I'm all for experimenting, and 18 is certainly a popular age to do it. I don't think trying some Smirnoff at your age makes you a bad person or anything, but you should still be mindful of the possible consequences. I don't know if you live in the U.S., but depending on what state, a first underage DUI Conviction can carry a penalty of:

* Loss of full driving privileges for a minimum of 2 years.
* Possible imprisonment for up to 1 year.
* Maximum $2,500 fine.

So be careful, okay? It's really unlikely that you'll suffer any legal penalties (not to mention injuring or killing anyone) if you just drink, but don't drive. But once you get behind the wheel of a car, it's a whole different story.

And you ought to be particularly cautious if you're new to drinking. Anyone who says you can't get drunk off a single alcoholic beverage hasn't been a 5-foot tall female. 🙄 So stay safe, okay?

- Lindy

P.S. Mike's Hard Lemonade ROCKS! 😀

 

[steph]

My mum, who didn't raise me had one rule when I stayed with her in college: call me for a ride if you're local, stay there if you're aways away. Just phone no matter what... Never drive drunk, ignore the judgemental assholes on the forum, this Goddess has spoken.

XOXO

 

[Redmage]

I think the getting drunk part is MUCH less serious than the driving home part. If there was still alcohol on your breath when you got home then you were almost surely too impaired to drive. That was the big mistake. The getting drunk part, eh.

I've been drunk just twice in my life. The first time was when I was 17 not-quite-18. at a party held shortly after my high school graduation. My parents knew there would likely be alcohol at the party, and knew that I would likely drink, so they dropped me off with orders to call them when I was ready to come home. I did, they picked me up, and when we got home they poured me into bed and told me there was a bucket next to me on the floor. That proved very handy an hour or two later.

I woke up feeling absolutely awful. My head was being jackhammered and something with dirty fur had crawled into my mouth and died of a horrible wasting disease. I had never felt that miserable while I was still able to walk. And try as I might I couldn't remember anything from the night before that was enough fun to be worth it.

I got drunk one more time a couple of years later, at a college party. Staggered back to my dorm room and fell down, woke up feeling just as bad as the first time. And that was enough for me. It's been 25 years and I haven't gotten drunk again. Lesson learned.

 

[Strider]

Yeah, for some reason the hangovers never stop me from doing it again.

 

[cloudgazer2k]

as the guy that had not one, not two, but 12 shots of black velvet whiskey (and suffered for it)...and then much later had 7 shots of rum back-to-back, i can only say this: be good to alcohol...and it will be good to you. just don't overdo it, and be sure you have a place to crash (bad word choice) if you get totally shlitzed.

 

[Strider]

as the guy that had not one, not two, but 12 shots of black velvet whiskey (and suffered for it).

That's fucking impressive

 

[cloudgazer2k]

That's fucking impressive

trust me, dude...i was not proud of myself after that. alcohol poisoning and hang-over rolled into one...yipes.

 

[Strider]

trust me, dude...i was not proud of myself after that. alcohol poisoning and hang-over rolled into one...yipes.

Oh trust me brother, I've been there.

 

[xticklefanx]

i know driving was wrong and ill never do it again trust me. and yeah my mom still smelled it on my breath when i got home. when i left i THOUGHT i was ok to drive, i didnt feel dizzy or anything like that. i was obviously wrong. but yeah ive learned my lesson. its not to say i wont drink again i just wont drive when drunk.

 

[some1somewhere]

Yeah, drunk dialing is always a bad idea. Drunk posting, now there's another story.

Yeah, but merlot and email do not mix!

 

[some1somewhere]

well see i thought i was soberg enough and im like "HI MOM. calling to say hi!" and she goes "katie your drunk" and im like no im not and she goes "im coming to get you" and i was like "NO! ill come home im fine" so i drove home. i was only like 5 minutes from my house. i KNOW it was bad though and illg never do it again. if i ever choose to drink somerhere im not leaving. im so lucky my parents arent mad at me anymore. they yunderstand that im young and wanna experiment but the fact that i lied and drove is why their mad. my mom says my hangover will be pinishment enoughs. ow.

To help you with hangovers, try drinking a glass of water before you go to bed, it helps a lot. And the sweet drinks tend to give you the worst hangovers. The only think worse is a wine hangover, and trust me you will want to die in the morning, and that is not an understatement. Champaign hangovers are in a class of their own.

Don't drive if you have been drinking, especially if you are underage, if you get catch, many states will take your license away until you turn 21. DUIs can mean jail time.

 

[some1somewhere]

This is a question for everyone (European and US/Canada) but do you all have a big variety of alcopops? Over here most of them were made illegal because it encouraged kids to drink!

Wow, that is wierd. So only men's drinks for the irish, huh. In the states we have a ton of alcopops (it is a funny term, I have never heard it until this forum, and I am a bartender)

 

[some1somewhere]

Oh trust me brother, I've been there.

So have I. I should be dead a couple times over from poisoning. 2 glasses of wine (4 if I am really partying) is all a drink anymore.

 

[isabeau]

Champaign hangovers are in a class of their own.

ahh so true...when you drink cheap champagne, you get a cheap hangover lolol.. actually only a few times has that happened.. a killer of a headache. i've never gotten sick to the point of throwing up ever from drinking.

 

[IrishTickle]

ahh so true...when you drink cheap champagne, you get a cheap hangover lolol.. actually only a few times has that happened.. a killer of a headache. i've never gotten sick to the point of throwing up ever from drinking.

You're missing out! lol

 

[isabeau]

You're missing out! lol

hmm i'll miss out on that thanks hehe..

 

[chicago]

I've only puked once. And I was out of my mind when it happened. So much so that I don't even remember puking. I just remember someone holding my hair and saying something to the effect of "That's it. Get it all out."

But I guess that's what will happen if you drink a waterbottle full of vodka.

 

[IrishTickle]

Hey nothing beats the feeling of being wrapped around the toilet. Or the indescribably pleasure of waking up in a strange house covered in vomit and wondering if it's actually yours. Ahhhhh, brings me back to my college days.

 

[nowayjose]

This is a question for everyone (European and US/Canada) but do you all have a big variety of alcopops? Over here most of them were made illegal because it encouraged kids to drink!

An alcopop is typically lemonade mixed with hard spirit, for example, like Jacky Cola but only you don't have to mix it yourself, it comes that way already. Favourites seem to be brightly coloured, fizzy, very sweet sugarloaded drinks that are mixed with vodka. It is rather clear that they are targeted at a young clientele (although the companies of course deny this).
Here in Germany they made them restricted to 18+ around last year because they found out they were the drink of choice for the aspiring teenage binge drinker (apparently, for your average 15 years olds, sickly green neon-coloured sweet lemonade that nevertheless packs a punch of 5-6% is preferrable to ordinary beer). Now it's classified as hard spirits and thus restricted to adults (18+). That saw some sharp drop in the selling of these beverages but nevertheless whenever I'm at a gas station, they have entire shelves stocked with the stuff so maybe the selling has recovered (and I bet they don't often check the age of their customers). And yes, there seems to be quite a variety of alcopops.

I wouldn't go near that stuff.. I prefer an honest beer that tastes like beer but then again, my teenage days are long behind me.

There're also other sweet mixes, like beer+cola, which do not fall under the restriction and are sold like beer (16+, theoretically, anyone old enough to reach over the counter, practically).

 

[IrishTickle]

There're also other sweet mixes, like beer+cola, which do not fall under the restriction and are sold like beer (16+, theoretically, anyone old enough to reach over the counter, practically).

And don't forget vodka and skittles! lol You drink all the colours of the rainbow and soon you can only see all the colours of the rainbow!!! 😀

(and soon afterwards your bathroom will be "painted" all the colours of the rainbow!)

 

[some1somewhere]

And don't forget vodka and skittles! lol You drink all the colours of the rainbow and soon you can only see all the colours of the rainbow!!! 😀

(and soon afterwards your bathroom will be "painted" all the colours of the rainbow!)

Never heard the vodka and skittles, I have heard of zima and jollyranchers.

This really might not qualify, but do people in ireland mix Jager with Red Bull? We call them jagerbombs and people get crazy on them here. Jager seems to be a different kind of drunk, but now they are a hyper different kind of drunk. We also get "cherry bombs" shot of cherry vodka and Red Bull. Not quite as crazy, but close.

 

[some1somewhere]

ahh so true...when you drink cheap champagne, you get a cheap hangover lolol.. actually only a few times has that happened.. a killer of a headache. i've never gotten sick to the point of throwing up ever from drinking.

What is bad about champagne is that you don't even have to get very drunk to get the hangover. These types of hangovers (including wineovers) make so nausated that I can't eat for almost the entire day. That is how you know you have a first class hangover.

 

[Strider]

Jager seems to be a different kind of drunk,

Yeah, Jager is a drunk unlike anything else. I personally try not to drink it too often, as strange things tend to happen when you're sloshed on it.

The worst hangovers I've ever had have come from Wild Turkey 101, last New Year's Day I felt like my body had been run through a cement mixer.

 

[IrishTickle]

Never heard the vodka and skittles, I have heard of zima and jollyranchers.

This really might not qualify, but do people in ireland mix Jager with Red Bull? We call them jagerbombs and people get crazy on them here. Jager seems to be a different kind of drunk, but now they are a hyper different kind of drunk. We also get "cherry bombs" shot of cherry vodka and Red Bull. Not quite as crazy, but close.

Jager isn't too popular over here. It's mainly vodka and redbull that the "kids" drink so they can hit the dance floor all night (listen to me, 27 and sounding like a 60 year old!). I think in general, people over here are just happy as long as there is alchohol in their drink! 😀

 

[some1somewhere]

Yeah, Jager is a drunk unlike anything else. I personally try not to drink it too often, as strange things tend to happen when you're sloshed on it.

I've bartended off and on for a total of 5.5 years. I have noticed that most people have at least one of five drunk stories.

The whiskey story... usually ends up with fights. I have one of these, no fights, but it ended up me in ER with alcohol poisoning.

The Jager story... usually involves blackouts and some crazy events that have to be seen to be believed.

The tequilla story... usually ends up naked, or in bed with someone that they have never seen.

The Goldschager story... a rare one, but they end up never drinking it again.

The beer story... partied, puked, repeat.