I'm 19 and far from a big drinker. I did drink a lot in one night, but no more than friends have and I have suffered what appears to be a blackout where I have no memory for about 6-7 hours.
Should I be worried about this at this stage or just assume it was just too much too quick?
2006-10-04 12:51:09 · 31 answers · asked by Tim 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Just the fact that you are asking the question shows that you are concerned about your behavior. We don't usually check in about things we feel confident about. Ask yourself why were you drinking? Did a social occasion get out of hand? If so, consider why. Was it the crowd, circumstances etc and consider how to avoid a similar situation next time. Were you drinking as an escape, because you were sad or angry? If so, consider talking to someone. There is a reason that you didn't stop when you first started to feel buzzed or even more than a little buzzed. Only you know that reason, and the answers to your questions are within those reasons. Be safe kid.
2006-10-04 13:04:31 · answer #1 · answered by siobahn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a normal side effect of drinking too much.
I am terrified that you aren't more concerned about it. Imagine how many people you can kill during that time and not remember you did it. Or how many times you can make a fool out of yourself and not remember it, which is very common.
Social drinking isn't so bad, but you have to know your limit. Clearly, you exceeded it. Did you enjoy the blackout and the hangover afterwards? If not then don't ever, ever drink that much again!
The effects of alcohol differ from person to person, and by what they drink and how much they had to eat before hand. Just because your friends are drinking doesn't mean that you have to keep drinking. Learn your limit and know when to say, "No, I think I have had enough." Some people will ridicule you for it, but that's because they are drunken fools that don't know their own limits. Find them just when they start to sober up and shout at them, "HOW WAS YOUR NIGHT, DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK." Of course the hard-core drinkers may still be drunk. I have known people who drank all week and came into work that Monday still drunk.
You have a choice either take this as a sign to learn what your limits are, or become a drunken fool that ends up killing people while DWI. Just go easy on the drinking from now on please.
2006-10-04 20:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blackouts are one of the first signs of alcohol abuse, having no memory for that kind of time is terrifying, there are a few things you can do, stop, or cut back, the cut back scenario only delays the inevitable though. in about 15 years or drinking, I probably lost around 3 years of time to blackout drinking, luckily, i didnt get into too much trouble, but i did wake up in some strange places, with even stranger people. Beware!
Good luck.
2006-10-05 03:55:11 · answer #3 · answered by Pope my ride! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot is going to depend on your pattern of alcohol use overall. Don't know how much is due to relative inexperience, poor tolerance of liquor, or what....you're going to have to decide.
Yes, it IS horrifying to wake up and have no recollection of what's happened. You now have a small snapshot of what an alcoholic fears....
You may have just had too much on a single event, and suffered no more than a horrible scare and one heck of a hangover (and, please heaven, no danger or permanent harm---hope you weren't driving). The best **overall** marker I've heard for abusive drinking:
If your drinking is regularly causing significant problems affecting your school/work life, your health, your interpersonal relations, your legal or financial status, or your emotional balance....it's probably a problem.
Personally speaking, I'd go relatively easy on the booze for a while and see how you feel. If it turns out you've got some compelling desire to get plowed periodically, or you absolutely CANNOT have fun without liquor, well..... On the other hand, it could just be novice's misjudgment.
Just please----DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE, ok? Please? It really makes too much of a horrible mess in the emergency rooms....
2006-10-04 20:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I would worry about it just yet, but in the future I would be careful not to drink so much or none at all would be best. my son is 21, an alcoholic and every time he drinks he blacks out. I keep telling him and I will tell you, some day something really bad is going to happen, you could be accused of rape or something and you would honestly not know whether or not you did it. Why take that chance. Stay away from the stuff, it will do nothing good for you, just ruin your life. It could end you up in prison or a coffin some day! Please be more careful in the future.
2006-10-04 19:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by hopetohelpyou 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've blacked out a few times purely because i don't really know when to say NO!!! The critical thing is to always drink (semi-) responsibly, nurse you're drinks for a while and keep it to a max of two an hour, and you should be fine, I guess at the very least let it be a warning to you, alcohol does bad things to you.
2006-10-04 20:07:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You area oversensitive to Alcohol. If you care to live to a ripe old age perhaps you should consider what is happening to your brain when you drink too much Blackouts, Loss of Memory are a sign that you will have Delirium Tremain's if you continue and you will go insane. It is your choice. You have lost a part of your life already. I hope that you can kick any desire for Alcohol. To you, it is a deadly poison.
2006-10-04 20:05:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to handle this is to stop drinking. The next is, my friends can drink me 2 to 1. So just because they drink as much as you doesn't mean it affects them like it does you. And you should always be worried about a lapse in time. No telling what you did in those 6-7 hrs.
2006-10-04 19:54:22 · answer #8 · answered by lQQking 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You already know the answer. That is a huge wake up call to cut way back on the boozing. It's terrifying, and even worse is the fact that you do things that you don't know about but others do.. And chances are they aren't too pleased about it. It doesn't mean your a alcoholic, but it means you're doing some serious early damage to your body. Take er easy.
2006-10-04 19:54:13 · answer #9 · answered by Skanky McSkankypants 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have blacked out after drinking vodka and totally lost 5 hours. It was a very frightening experience as it had never happened before. It turns out I have an allergy to vodka but I am ok with other kinds of alcohol.
2006-10-05 07:20:02 · answer #10 · answered by whiskembeatem 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋