I can have a bottle of wine at home and a bottle of the same wine in a pub, but it always affects me different, even if i have had plenty to eat throughout the day. Why is this?
2007-08-05 01:25:13 · 17 answers · asked by hamish 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
...and can u also tell me where courage comes from after a few drinks! I am usually quiet but after a few drinks, I seem to get confidence from nowhere!!
2007-08-05 01:32:47 · update #1
I think it is the setting.
At home, you are more aware of your inebriations; with frinds, the good times may disguise your slide downward
2007-08-05 04:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what activity you're doin while drinking. If you just sit all night and drink then chances are you won't feel tipsy until you stand up and the alcohol starts to circulate in your bloodstream and this sudden rush usually takes you by surprise so you feel drunker than you usually do. It's different when you're moving around a lot while drinking, like dancing for example, the exercise gets your blood pumping along with the alcohol so you get used to the Buz z and while you feel tipsy a lot faster, you're also able to adjust to it a lot better because you're burning energy.
As for the courage part, it's because the alcohol affects the part of your brain that act as inhibitors or behavioral restraints, the chemical reaction from alcohol causes it to relax so you feel alot more reckless and aggressive.
2007-08-05 03:56:28 · answer #2 · answered by Shienaran 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm? well the wine is no diferent, so it must be the 'social effect" with other company we tend to be louder and more outgoing, drinking at home is usually a different mood.
not recommended to drink alone.
as to "dutch courage" in a bottle , you and many others!
it relaxes inhibitions and in some folks...well they get more agressive, others go and cry. it affects us all differently according to what is imbibed.
gin is famous for a crying drunk, scotch and rum for fighting mad. beer for stupid over the top stunts. usually involving cars or pool cues! or both! :-0
wine gives rotten hangovers.
a carbonated wine will cause migraines in some, and real fermented champagnes cause thrush for many.
and if you are drinking a whole bottle 6 to 7 drinks....you are drunk! you just don,t think you are! or
you have a tolerance and thats not a good sign either.
2007-08-05 03:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by amicus curiae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a pub you are probably chatting more and interacting more instead of just sitting watching tv, so it probably takes you longer to drink the same amount? Either that or they are watering down their drinks at the pub! LOL
The courage you feel is/was always there. The alcohol just stifles your inhibitions :) Alcohol doesn't make people do anything they really don't want to do....it just gives them permission ;)
2007-08-05 02:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by Brenda T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When out, you're interacting with others, possibly nibbling, and probably drinking it more slowly, so it is absorbed more slowly. You're probably also more engaged with the surroundings and stimulated. It may also be that you're drinking a different wine at home. Some wines (many reds) have twice the alcohol content of white or lighter wines.
2007-08-05 01:36:08 · answer #5 · answered by justme 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was wondering something similar, but at different pubs, i was in slugs and didnt feel drunk all night, then when i was in spoons a couple nights later i felt really drunk i had teh same to eat in the day as i have a very strict/borin diet so didnt understand the different affect.
my guess is that its the atmosphere around you, when around friends you may not want to appear drunk so hold it beter as where in your house you relax more it it seems to affect you more or vice versa
alcohol makes your muscles relax and your brain being one also relaxes which means you let your guards down, so where you have barriers in your brain that make you very quiet these are relaxed which makes you care less about what people think of you causing you to become more loud/outgoing.
its all down to the science
2007-08-05 01:29:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of alcohol you've drunk is exactly the same so you can't be any more drunk or less drunk wherever you are,it's just the situation you are in which makes you feel more drunk.
At home you have more time to think about it so you convince yourself that you are drunk,but in the pub you are doing things like chatting to mates or getting involved in the atmosphere so
you dwell on it less.
2007-08-05 01:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know - have never been to a pub but I can drink a bottle of vodka at home and feel no effect whatsoever.
2007-08-05 01:28:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can drink more in the pub than i do at home, at the pub i am talking and walking from one to the other, at home i usual watch the telly and drink faster,
2007-08-05 09:15:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get drunk quicker if I'm out, cos I'm really excited and with my friends and full of energy. I get drunk in the house too though, but don't have as much fun. And like you I get real confident quick after a couple of drinks out. The alcohol just releases me from my usual daily restrictions and I can be myself. It doesnt' take much cos I'm a fun girl anyway. CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-08-05 06:42:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did not say what affect is different and at which location. For me the social activities-dancing, music, playing pool or darts-keeps me awake at a bar (pub to you) where as if I am at home I am inclined to feel sleepy and want to go to bed sooner.
2007-08-05 01:31:56 · answer #11 · answered by PrivacyNowPlease! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋