I'm Not Drunk (Introduction to the bar scene)

[Weiser Wonder]

Forgive this topic, but I'm the only one of my friends not at the bars tonight. Why? I'm not 21 and live in Idaho. However, I turn 21 in a couple of days at which point I'll be going on my "21 run", where my friends take me around as I attempt to get down 21 drinks (not units of alcohol, but drinks, so a drink with 2 or more shots would still be one drink).

My questions for you guys are:

Do they have stuff like this in Canada (18 run)?
Any tips so I won't die (beyond drinking less which is frowned upon)?
Any stories?

[Sainters7]

1. I've never heard of that before. Although I think an "18 Run" is a cool idea, I actually wish I would've done that.

2. Get a good night's sleep the night before, and have a BIIIG dinner before you go out, especially something with some carbs which will soak up the alchohol. And if you really, really get in a pinch(ie ready to puke way too early), sneak away from your buddies and get a water from the bartender, pound it and get back before anyone's the wiser. But I only do that if I HAVE to.

3. Way, way too many to write...

Eat lots of food during the day (make sure it's something that isn't gross in case you do barf... half-digested spaghetti is gross). Eat a roll of "Tums" during the day and night (helps soak up some of the alcohol). And try to get a friend to make you drink a glass of water and 2 aspirins before you go to bed/pass out (it helps with the hangovers)
Have FUN!!!

[Sainters7]

^^^

Ya good point, water at the end of the night is crucial. One almost foolproof trick I learned way too late(I was 20 before I figured this one out) is have FOUR glasses of water before you go to bed. You'll probably feel like puking when you're doing it, but trust me, it'll all be worth it the next day. Not sayin you won't be hung over, but it really helps.

But considerin its your first bday as bein legal, I have a feeling you'll puke. It just comes with the territory, embrace it.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

Forgive this topic, but I'm the only one of my friends not at the bars tonight. Why? I'm not 21 and live in Idaho. However, I turn 21 in a couple of days at which point I'll be going on my "21 run", where my friends take me around as I attempt to get down 21 drinks (not units of alcohol, but drinks, so a drink with 2 or more shots would still be one drink).

My questions for you guys are:

Do they have stuff like this in Canada (18 run)?
Any tips so I won't die (beyond drinking less which is frowned upon)?
Any stories?

I've heard of this run done in a certain time limit (2 hours for instance) with deadly consequences. There was a write up on it on CNN.com recently. Something like 50+ alcohol poisoning deaths in the country, many attributed to birthday games for 21 year olds.

Over the course of a night, something like this shouldn't be too bad, but don't try to attempt it in 1-3 hours (heck even 4). Eat before hand, and make sure you always have water, you'll want it to ease the next day, and keep yourself from getting sick.

I've had some crazy nights and some huge amounts of drinking, so I'm definitely not here to scare you OR play the saint. But trying to finish anything in a certain time frame is just asking for trouble. 21 over the night should be fine, some people will get sick, some will not. Have fun, but be smart.

And happy birthday!

An yeah, we have stuff like that in Canada. It may only be 18, but our beer is stronger so it probably all evens out I'm sure they have stuff like this all over the world.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

^^^

Ya good point, water at the end of the night is crucial. One almost foolproof trick I learned way too late(I was 20 before I figured this one out) is have FOUR glasses of water before you go to bed. You'll probably feel like puking when you're doing it, but trust me, it'll all be worth it the next day. Not sayin you won't be hung over, but it really helps.

But considerin its your first bday as bein legal, I have a feeling you'll puke. It just comes with the territory, embrace it.

Yup nothin like waking up with a killer hangover and snuggled in cold urine soaked sheets to make you mutter the famous words "I'll never drink again"

You always keep the shot of Tequila in reserve so that halfway through your 21 drinks you can pump the bilges so to say.

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Yup nothin like waking up with a killer hangover and snuggled in cold urine soaked sheets to make you mutter the famous words "I'll never drink again"

You always keep the shot of Tequila in reserve so that halfway through your 21 drinks you can pump the bilges so to say.

i dont know how many times i went to bed muttering these words..... its really bad when i start praying and making deals with God.. for example if you let me live through this night i will never ever drink again.... for a couple days" Ehhh i have had some bad bad nights..... its bad when you close your eyes and can still see the room spin.....

Just have fun but if you feel like you cant drink anymore, dont let your friends shame you into doing it. It takes a bigger man to say no more than it does to say ok , ill do it to impress you chumps

Oh and happy birthday!

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

Do they have stuff like this in Canada (18 run)?
Any tips so I won't die (beyond drinking less which is frowned upon)?
Any stories?

I made one of my buddies do this one year, if I remember correctly it was his 23rd.

Eat bread and try to sneak out for a piece of pizza around drink 5.

My story would be too long to type but lets just say it ends badly, and I can gaurantee yours will too but enjoy the hell out of it!

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

^^^

Ya good point, water at the end of the night is crucial. One almost foolproof trick I learned way too late(I was 20 before I figured this one out) is have FOUR glasses of water before you go to bed. You'll probably feel like puking when you're doing it, but trust me, it'll all be worth it the next day. Not sayin you won't be hung over, but it really helps.

But considerin its your first bday as bein legal, I have a feeling you'll puke. It just comes with the territory, embrace it.

Yeah, I got the water thing down. Usually have 4 after a night of boozing. I didn't mean to imply I don't drink, I do but never reached 21 and never with other people choosing my drinks. And I'm kind of resigned to puking, haha.

Originally Posted by Daradon

I've heard of this run done in a certain time limit (2 hours for instance) with deadly consequences. There was a write up on it on CNN.com recently. Something like 50+ alcohol poisoning deaths in the country, many attributed to birthday games for 21 year olds.

Over the course of a night, something like this shouldn't be too bad, but don't try to attempt it in 1-3 hours (heck even 4). Eat before hand, and make sure you always have water, you'll want it to ease the next day, and keep yourself from getting sick.

I've had some crazy nights and some huge amounts of drinking, so I'm definitely not here to scare you OR play the saint. But trying to finish anything in a certain time frame is just asking for trouble. 21 over the night should be fine, some people will get sick, some will not. Have fun, but be smart.

And happy birthday!

An yeah, we have stuff like that in Canada. It may only be 18, but our beer is stronger so it probably all evens out I'm sure they have stuff like this all over the world.

Yeah, my buddy went to emergency after his 21 run (didn't have alcohol poisoning but close) and I have been to the hospital for alcohol related injuries in the past (story involves me puking on the floor and then immediately slipping in the puke and faceplanting).

And thanks for the happy birthday. Frankly, it can't come soon enough. I've become quite the designated driver lately.

Originally Posted by nickerjones

Just have fun but if you feel like you cant drink anymore, dont let your friends shame you into doing it. It takes a bigger man to say no more than it does to say ok , ill do it to impress you chumps

Oh and happy birthday!

Thanks!

And yeah, I don't let anyone without boobs feed me drinks when I know I can't take it.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

i dont know how many times i went to bed muttering these words..... its really bad when i start praying and making deals with God.. for example if you let me live through this night i will never ever drink again.... for a couple days" Ehhh i have had some bad bad nights..... its bad when you close your eyes and can still see the room spin.....

Just have fun but if you feel like you cant drink anymore, dont let your friends shame you into doing it. It takes a bigger man to say no more than it does to say ok , ill do it to impress you chumps

Oh and happy birthday!

Yeah, I remember sleeping with one foot on the floor many a nights, it seemed to stop the spin.

Whats with the choreographed parties. 18 run, or 21 runs.

On my last night in the army, we had the race to the bottom. Everyone started with a full 26 of dark rum in front of them, and the first one to the bottom won.

I don't remember much about that night, except according to my friends, I punched out my best friend, fell down a flight of stairs, and woke up in the hospital with a killer hangover and charcoal breath.

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by fotze

Doesn't counting drinks go against the whole point of drinking? IF you don't want to do some gross shot then don't, tell the guy that he'll have a great fun night carrying you on his back with vomit down his chest. Tell them you want to last the night and not be asleep by 8. Tell them you'll go Andy Dick on them

This might surprise you, but that's kind of the idea. I'm kind of their entertainment for the night. The trade-off is they buy all the drinks.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

Yeah, my buddy went to emergency after his 21 run (didn't have alcohol poisoning but close) and I have been to the hospital for alcohol related injuries in the past (story involves me puking on the floor and then immediately slipping in the puke and faceplanting).

Perhaps we shouldn't be encouraging you guys then?!

Slipping in your own puke to cause an injury, thanks for the story, that's a good one!

Again, Happy 21, just be safe! Should be a great night.

[metallicat]

Just don't drive home. Don't be stupid.

Happy birthday.

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Perhaps we shouldn't be encouraging you guys then?!

Slipping in your own puke to cause an injury, thanks for the story, that's a good one!

Again, Happy 21, just be safe! Should be a great night.

Well here's the full story (really gross):

After drinking 10 shots of Stolly's in about 30 minutes (very stupid, never doing that again) I was drunker than I ever have been in my life. Immediately after being walked home by a buddy I knew I was going to vomit so I went into the bathroom, as I was puking over the toilet bowl I realized I was about to crap my pants but I could not stop puking. I was resigned to crapping myself until I remembered something someone posted on CalPuck, "it's always better to puke on the floor and crap in the toilet". So following that advice I switched positions and began puking all over the floor. Once I was finished both pooping and puking, I tried to get up, slipped and hit the floor with a resounding thud putting a tooth through my lip. My roommates run in to the bathroom to find me with my pants around my ankles lying in my own puke and blood. They take me to the hospital.

Needless to say, that's not the story I told my mom.

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

Just don't drive home. Don't be stupid.

Happy birthday.

Never have and never will.

[Five-hole]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

And try to get a friend to make you drink a glass of water and 2 aspirins before you go to bed/pass out (it helps with the hangovers)

Combining aspiring with heavy drinking is really, really bad for your liver. Especially before sleep.

It makes you feel better the next day but I don't recommend it.

(Sorry to be a debbie downer.)

Keep hydrated (especially earlier in the day) and well-fed and you'll be fine.

[RougeUnderoos]

Throw shooters over your shoulder or do spit takes if you do drink them, "chug" your beer and spill it all over your chest, refuse drinks if you can, put them in front of someone else when nobody's looking, spill them, knock them over, do whatever you can to avoid drinking everything they put in front of you that you don't want to drink.

Or do what fotze said and flat out refuse to drink it. Take the abuse you might get from doing so, you won't regret it, and they won't care.

If it comes right down to it, go to the can and make yourself puke.

Drinking is fun, it's not a challenge or a race. Getting drunk ish fun. Getting so liquored that you can't see straight and you mess your trousers and shirt is not fun. Drinking 30 or 40 ounces on your first night of legal drinking will not be fun.

[ResAlien]

If at any point during the night you even think you hear the words "Cement Mixer" try to inspect any shots they give you. Unless you've got a stomach of steel it will make you puke almost instantly. Baileys and Rose's lime juice. Looks like Baileys, but curdles instantly.

Unless you're a heavy drinker already, expect to at the least pass out and puke. Keep in mind you're basically trying to drink a case of beer by yourself in a few hours.

Good luck rookie.

[McMack]

Originally Posted by Five-hole

Combining aspiring with heavy drinking is really, really bad for your liver. Especially before sleep.

It makes you feel better the next day but I don't recommend it.

(Sorry to be a debbie downer.)

Keep hydrated (especially earlier in the day) and well-fed and you'll be fine.

It's actually tylenol + alcohol that can cause liver damage.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...l+tylenol&meta=

However, alcohol + aspirin can cause or aggrevate internal bleeding and hemorrhaging.

[BuzzardsWife]

Just be careful. My son went on his 18th and ended up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. He went temporarily blind and unconcious and if his friends hadn't taken him to emergency when they did he would have died very quickly. I don't think you should have 21 drinks. Find a way to dump a few if you can!