Health - Alcohol Tolerance

[soer]

i drank 5/7 days for 3 months straight then stopped for 3 months .. my tolerance dropped back to that of a girl .. 3 beers would gimme a nice buzz. . TRY IT, this way u save money cause you need to buy less to get fuct up


also for you potheads refer to my post in the MJ forum

[john_iowa]

No much sense at all. The maximum amount of alcohol in beers is less than 20 cl per day and 20 cl is less than a glass of beer. And it is of no point at all not to drink at all in a week and drink 7x20= 140 cl in a single day


John
Edited by: BA

[joevette]

I stopped drinking for 6 months one time, but it really didn't effect my tolerance.

[depter]

Hi guys,

1. Is some way to reduce my tolerance, because I have to drink about 3x more than I used to before 2 years.. I have no addiction problem (I drink only on weekends)..

2. I found that when I mix Avil and Alcohol the effects are much bigger and I have to drink less (I did this yesterday).. Is this dangerous or I can do this every weekend?

Thanks alot!

[Micklemouse]

1) Tolerance may go up or down. Some people's tolerance rises as they get older, some people's tolerance lowers. The only sure-fire way to lower tolerance is to take a break from it, even if you're only a weekend drinker.

2) The patient information leaflet for Avil clearly states that mixing Avil with alcohol will increase the effects of alcohol. so yes potentially dangerous as you will increase the sedative effects of both (forgot to put this, hence edit!). Always read the patient information leaflet that comes with any medicine, or ask yer doctor or, even better, your pharmacist about any known interactions. Common sense that could save you a lot of trouble.

http://www.appco.com.au/appguide/dru...00070419&t=cmi

[Micklemouse]

Originally Posted by Micklemouse

2) The patient information leaflet for Avil clearly states that mixing Avil with alcohol will increase the effects of alcohol. so yes potentially dangerous as you will increase the sedative effects of both. Always read the patient information leaflet that comes with any medicine, or ask yer doctor or, even better, your pharmacist about any known interactions. Common sense that could save you a lot of trouble.

http://www.appco.com.au/appguide/dru...00070419&t=cmi

Sorry to repeat myself, but there's yer answer regarding Avil and alcohol. Dangers of over-sedation - respiratory depression, choking on your own vomit, falling over lots, memory loss, being a dick, possibly death.

From www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
Dear Alice, I've heard that combining antihistamines and alcohol is a bad thing to do. Can you tell me why this is and what effects it has on a person? Also, how long after consuming one should I avoid the other?
Thanks,
A drinker with hayfever

Dear A drinker with hayfever, Antihistamines relieve the runny nose, itchy eyes, sneezing, and other annoying symptoms associated with allergies and colds. Many antihistamines, however, cause drowsiness, so when combined with the sedating effects of alcohol, feelings of drowsiness are magnified. Recently, scientists have developed antihistamines, such as loratidine and certrizine, that cause less drowsiness than their predecessors. However, people who use these non-drowsy antihistamines need to be aware of possible incidents of low blood pressure and physical falls among the elderly. Keeping this in mind, one may want to refrain from or limit any alcohol use while taking antihistamines.
Alcohol changes how medications, including antihistamines, become accessible to the human body. For example, if a person takes an antihistamine while drinking one to several alcoholic drinks over the course of four to five hours (acute drinking), the same metabolizing enzymes that process the antihistamine will attempt to metabolize the alcohol, as well. This exchange could reduce the progression of antihistamines being absorbed into the bloodstream, making the antihistamine less effective. On the other end of the spectrum, long-term drinkers may constantly activate the same enzymes used to metabolize antihistamines that also process alcohol. A chronic drinker, in this case, could develop a tolerance to antihistamines, and it would take more of the antihistamines to be effective.
Most warning labels on antihistamines state not to take them if one imbibes more than three alcoholic drinks daily. Having said this, there is no available research stating exactly how long one needs to avoid alcohol after taking an antihistamine or vice-versa. User information warns about respiratory arrest and death caused by an overdose of antihistamines. Warning labels on antihistamines also caution against the possibility of toxic chemical build-up in the liver as a result of the chemical by-products from mixing antihistamines and alcohol.
Similarly, it is important not only not to drive when you drink alcohol, but also not to drive or expect your body to respond with quick reflexes if you drink and use antihistamines.
To be safe, it's healthier and less risky not to mix antihistamines and alcohol. Interactions of alcohol and medications are estimated to be involved in possibly at least 25 percent of emergency room admissions.
It's in your best interest to discuss your concerns with your prescribing medical provider.
You can also check out the following resources for more information:

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism — Alcohol-Medication Interactions
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism — "Alcohol and Medication Interactions" Alice That do ya?

[Nature Boy]

Smoking a joint of good weed before drinking will let the alcohol kick in more powerfully so you can get drunk without having to have many drinks. As long as you don't over-do it, pot and alcohol mix well.

[ramjet]

you read my mind Nature. Yep, pot massively increases the effects of alcohol. It has other, less pleasant, side effects if too much is consumed though ;-( Do you find that your memory of the night before is a lot worse (often non existent) when booze is combined with pot? Happens all the time to me.

[a4stringedwonder]

If you wish to get drunk just for the sake of being drunk... Than I recomend drinking a small cup of kava kava along with your booze. Kava kava is a OTC product normally sold in tea bags. It is often marketed as stress-releiving, and is very good at just that =)... Kava may increase the possibility of liver and kidney damage, but most likely no different than the damage Avil will cause...

I really enjoy mixing alchohol and kava, it makes being drunk a little more clear minded. A very nice change.

Just another suggestion... You decide what you want to do, and keep in mind the problems it might bring up. If you try kava and dont like it as much, I recomend simply stop drinking.

If stopping drinking is something you really dont want to do, but you still want to lose that pain in the ass tolerence... Kava kava again =)... Kava is also a nice replacement for alchohol, in high doses or a stronger mixture than simple tea bags. Providing a relaxed, clear minded, sociable, and stress-free state of mind.

If this is what you want to try than i recomend buying the kava kava root powder or raw kava root...

Here is a link that might give you some ideas about how to prepare kava:
http://www.kickbackwithkava.com/Kava_Recipies.htm

This is, in my opinion, the most effective one... It gets the job done, just doesnt really taste all that great. A couple scoops of vanilla ice cream in it really helps that:
http://www.erowid.org/plants/kava/kava_recipe1.shtml

Hope you enjoy kava =)

peace,
a4stringedwonder

[depter]

Thanks alot for the help, but I am still interested about *Alcohol+Avil* or *Alcohol+some other Antihistamin* (if somebody have experience), also please don't specify any other ilegal drug except pot since I have not tried anything else and don't want to..

[Nature Boy]

Originally Posted by depter

Thanks alot for the help, but I am still interested about *Alcohol+Avil* or *Alcohol+some other Antihistamin* (if somebody have experience), also please don't specify any other ilegal drug except pot since I have not tried anything else and don't want to..

Most legal pharmaceutical drugs don't mix well with alcohol.

[Senor Gribson]

one time i found some damiana flowers at a shop, i heard u could get a nice buzz from it similar to pot i figured what the hell, bought a bit and smoked about a gram of it that night. tasted like crap and i felt nothing, so i started on my beers. long story short i now smoke damiana nearly every time i go out drinking. i can get almost twice the buzz i'd normally get from alcohol alone

edit: maybe it was dagga, i can't remember now... both had zero effects alone, one potentiated alcohol...

yeah its damiana, dagga did nothing i still have this bag of it i got like a year ago.

[Dopamine]

Yea Definetly if your doing pharmacuticals then u might as well be doing illegal drugs juss cus there legal doesnt make them safer

[depter]

one time i found some damiana flowers at a shop, i heard u could get a nice buzz from it similar to pot i figured what the hell, bought a bit and smoked about a gram of it that night. tasted like crap and i felt nothing, so i started on my beers. long story short i now smoke damiana nearly every time i go out drinking. i can get almost twice the buzz i'd normally get from alcohol alone

edit: maybe it was dagga, i can't remember now... both had zero effects alone, one potentiated alcohol...

This looks interesting, I'll try to find damiana next time I go to the flower shop..

Yea Definetly if your doing pharmacuticals then u might as well be doing illegal drugs juss cus there legal doesnt make them safer

Yes, but it's different when you buy something and you don't know who made it, what he added in it, if it's poisoneous, maybe the police is following you, etc., and when you go to pharmacy and buy the exact thing that you wanted to..

[WrtngCocaineTutorial]

wrong thread

[Jimmeh]

Does one build up a short term as well as long term tolerance to alcohol?

SWIM has been out drinking 3 of the last 4 nights and drinking about the same amount. SWIM was quite drunk the first night, but last night he barely felt tipsy, which was odd....

[robertone]

Not that SWIM is an expert, but SWIM has seen different tollerance build up times for alcohol, completely depending on the resistance of the person in question. In general a day to day build up can occure because the liver and the compensating mechanisms of the brain are still active. This kind of 'tollerance' won't occure if there are more then two days between the consuming occasions. Besides that, building up tollerance after consuming alcohol on regular basis for a period of time means that SWIY is consuming to much alcohol and made his first step to become alcoholic!!! As soon the tollerance for alcohol drops while consuming alcohol on regular basis, the final step of becoming alcoholic is made.

This may be not the kind of reply SWIY looked for, but is factual!

[Jimmeh]

Well SWIM's Irish and it's the Christmas holidays so he's drinking more regularly than usual. SWIM usually only drinks maybe twice a month.

[chAos]

Swim can tell you that this is true, at a vacation he drank for about a week, every day more as the last to get as drunk, the last day he did ended in a hospital.

The increased "short-time" tolerance from such a drinking spree is also gone rather fast.

[Love_N_Bruises]

yeah I beleive so..because if i stop drinking for a while and go back i get drunk alot easier..

[monkeygone2heaven]

this most definitely happens to swim.

[Destiny_JL]

SWIM was curious how long would it take of no drinking whatsoever for tolerance to return to what it was before he had ever drunk alcohol?

After a period of quite heavy drinking it takes silly amounts of alcohol to even feel anything at all, and also fancies a break.

If anyone has any idea he will be very grateful.

Thanks

[bcubed]

Well, lizard was but a young reptile when he had his first, so bodyweight issues prevent him from knowing if he ever returned to a true "alcohol naiive" state, but he'd say his tolerance takes at least a few months of no drinking at all to bottom out.

Tolerance will, however, drop considerably after a couple of weeks for him.