Drunken memory loss, anyone else?

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Does anyone else suffer badly with this?

I had a lovely night with my husband & my brother & his wife last night but I've woken up and have no memory whatsoever of the last part of the night. In fairness, I did drink a bottle and a half of wine!

Does anyone else get this? Really puts me off drinking!

Happened to me before. Generally means I fell asleep in taxi.

It's horrible, I used to imagine I had been awful to people. Never was the case though but always worried me.

This happens to me every single time I drink and I actually didn't realise it wasn't normal until I read The Girl On The Train

Really frightening but as you were out with people you trust I wouldn't fret too much, had you eaten much during the day?

Seriously, often the first sign of an alcohol problem. And a bottle and a half of wine is possibly another sign.

Glad it's not just me.

Yes, i had a big dinner.

It basically always happens to me if i drink to excess. Scares me and makes me really worried that I might have been an idiot.

No. I have never experienced memory loss as a result of drinking too much alcohol.

I should add I drink once in a blue moon so no alcohol problem/addiction here.

There is a scientific reason for it. Once you reach a certain level of drunk the part of your brain responsible for recording short term memories stops working. It’s happened to me so many times even when I’ve felt like I haven’t even had a huge amount to drink and the next day I suffered with the worst beer fear and assumed I’d done something terrible and hence couldn’t remember as I’d blocked it all out.
It would seem a bottle and a half of wine is a bit much for you. Once I stopped drinking as much it stopped happening. I’m not trying to be sanctimonious, I know how horrible it feels and the only way to prevent it is to not drink to excess. Or wear a go pro and watch the footage the next day 😂

It happens to me every time I drink too much - horrible isn’t it? It’s the paranoia that comes with it too.

Oh yes.. part of the reason I don't drink at all any more. Whats the point of social events you don't remember?

There is a fab book called "Blackout, remembering the things I drank to forget" by Sarah Hepola which goes into the mechanisms which cause blackouts. But it is a getting sober memoir too, so if you don't think you have any issues yourself it may not chime with you.

Happened to me twice.

Used to happen to me all the time when I was younger. I quite often didn't remember how I got home. I rarely get that drunk before falling asleep these days!

It's horrible though isn't it.

I hate it! Genuinely considering not drinking again!

I stopped drinking that often to rarely.. It's not knowing if you gone and done something stupid and having to rely on other people's feedback.. Fills me with anxiety. I don't even drink that much 2 vodka lemonades can black me out

The fear is even worse today 😩

I have had this only on nights where I have drunk far too much. Since reducing how much a drank it's never happened again.

Drink water in between alcoholic drinks and make sure.you have a good meal BEFORE you start drinking. Once you start drinking, its too late

This happens to me too, but weirdly only when I drink wine. I can drink the same units in G&T or V&DC and although I still get pissed, I don't lose my memory. I use this to my advantage if I am worried I might have a memory loss at a specific event.

It's not happened to me; it would be enough to stop me drinking as I hate a loss of control.

No. But then I don't drink a bottle and a half of wine.

No. But then I don't drink a bottle and a half of wine.

Point taken, I appreciate this is definitely over indulging. It's just frustrating that I know many others who drink that and are fine.

This happens to me too, but weirdly only when I drink wine. I can drink the same units in G&T or V&DC and although I still get pissed, I don't lose my memory.

That's interesting... I actually drank lots of gin at new year come to think of it, with no memory loss! Maybe wine could be the issue for me.

It happened to me when I was young. I woke up next day with a pounding headache and a strange man next to me in bed. I remembered absolutely nothing about it and was totally horrified with myself. Had a boyfriend who was even more horrified though we did patch it up for a while (relationship wasn't really for keeps but I certainly hadn't wanted to do that to him, all his friends knew and he was humiliated).

Never again!