can you really get drunk off of rubbing alcohol?
2006-10-25 02:37:31 · 17 answers · asked by Marie L 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Only out of desperation yes it will make you drunk and it will make you very ill. Probably won't kill you though, but not a pleasant experience.
How do I know?
I remember back in the late 80's Michael Dukakis was a presidential candidate running for the Democrats against the elder Bush.
It was widely known that his wife Kitty was a recovering alcoholic who a few years earlier had about as nasty of an addiction battle as you can have. The story goes that she was put on home lockdown by her family with all booze removed from the house during the initial withdrawl period. So what did she do?
She finds the rubbing alcohol and guzzles it. Passes out, is rushed to the hospital and has her stomach pumped.
I hate to say this, but when I drink a particularly unpleasant tasting chaep vodka, I sometimes say "Now I know how Kitty felt" because I imagine that this is what rubbing alcohol tastes like.
2006-10-25 02:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by stymie1970 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Drinking Rubbing Alcohol
2016-11-02 04:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by furney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking Sterno
2016-12-15 04:21:56 · answer #3 · answered by lohr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drinking rubbing alcohol is very dangerous and can cause great problems even death. at least severe stomach distress. Kitty Dukakis whose husband ran for Pres againist the first George Bush had to be hospitalized for drinking rubbing alcohol. Her drinking went out of control after her husband lost the race. A stone alcoholic. I have seen hard core alcoholics drink cough syrup or Nyquil even mouthwash for the alcohol in it, but they won't last long if they try rubbing alcohol.
2006-10-25 08:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I once saw a guy drinking after shave maybe it's the alcohol flavor that they crave
2006-10-25 02:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by lobstergirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes you can do but it can make someone sick if your just started drinking cause the older alcoholic's body created a dependents on the algal so thy don't get so they do get drunk off it
2006-10-25 03:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by Big max 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Garr! Yeah it'll kill you I've also heard of people drinking STERNO You know that jellied stuff in the can you light to keep shafing dishes hot EWW! I heard they strain it through a cloth and drink the "juice" what a way to go!
2006-10-25 03:13:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am a 33 years old alcholic and when i sometime run out,and dont have any money i mix one cap of rubbin alchol into 500 ml of water just for the hang over lets say 5 caps by 5 times 500 ml and the next day i feel okay,less sick.I am just wonderin if i am doing it good so let me know what you think of it thanx.
2014-02-12 12:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by humpty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gross I hope not but I know an old drunk who drinks listerene
2006-10-26 07:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by Sexy T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you CAN drink rubbing alcohol, but it will make you sick. It has something in it to deter people from drinking it, in the days of the prohibition, people would make all sorts of spirits out of industrial ethanol, gin being the easiest and most popular. These types of alcohol will give you very bad heaches...
2006-10-25 05:54:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋