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How would you feel after 3 cocktails and a beer?

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Fuckthecostofliving · 22/04/2023 20:04

I've not had this much to drink for a while (guessing the cocktails were actually bloody strong, I'm wondering if they had 2 shots each?) and my god I can feel it mentally! Obviously alcohol is a depressant, but I'm not depressed, just a really distinctive feeling - almost like the alcohol puts a filter on my general mood?

Drank about a litre of water last night before sleeping, so no headache and didn't feel sick, although worried last night that I'd be sick as a dog this morning. But nope! Physically all good, yet mentally just noticeably different.

It was only supposed to be two cocktails but the barman gave us a freebie, and I really should know better than to drink something cos it's free Grin

How would you feel, physically and mentally, after drinking this sort of amount?

OP posts:
AnyFucker · 22/04/2023 23:09

I am just home after a bottomless brunch for mate’s birthday

Had several “cocktails” in the venue (supposed to be alcoholic but they are pretty weak, tbh). I did hold back a bit compared to others like I always do

Then went on to another place for a drink and a dance. Had two further “proper” cocktails and I am merry now

if I take a pint of water and 2 paracetamol to bed I will be fine in the morning though

RunningUpThatMill · 22/04/2023 23:12

3 cocktails and a beer? I would be absolutely fine the be next day.

WhatHoMarjorie · 22/04/2023 23:14

I haven't seen a Long Island Iced Tea on a cocktail menu in yonks. They seem a bit uncool retro, along with a Slow Comfortable Screw and all those other naffly named ones.

RunningUpThatMill · 22/04/2023 23:14

the be was meant to say by the

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 22/04/2023 23:17

I would feel the life and soul of the party - happy BUT I would then be changing to non alcoholic drinks as that would be my limit and I'd feel really rubbish the next day . That is pretty much my maximum alcohol limit - drunk on a few nights out a year only .

I'm not a depressive drinker and no longer drink until I'm sick or sleepy .

RichardHeed · 22/04/2023 23:17

guessing the cocktails were actually bloody strong, I'm wondering if they had 2 shots each
What kind of cocktails only have one shot in? Sounds more like a single and mixer tbh.

Okunevo · 22/04/2023 23:17

I'd feel anxious and generally not quite right the next day. My limit would be two cocktails as I don't want a wasted day.

misslooloo · 22/04/2023 23:31

How would I feel? Pissed.

Don’t read too much into it.

Phoebo · 22/04/2023 23:34

Probably fine. If anything cocktail don't do anything for me became most of it isn't alcohol. Even 4 wines probably wouldn't do anything.

DiscoBeat · 22/04/2023 23:34

I'd be feeling very drunk - a cocktail is usually 2-3 drinks in one and the beer would be a bad mix for me too!

RisingSunn · 22/04/2023 23:46

Sick to my stomach and ready for bed 😵‍💫

Original poster
Fuckthecostofliving · 23/04/2023 00:06

RichardHeed · 22/04/2023 23:17

guessing the cocktails were actually bloody strong, I'm wondering if they had 2 shots each
What kind of cocktails only have one shot in? Sounds more like a single and mixer tbh.

Not a single and mixer...

Gin, some kind of apricot liqueur thing, orange bitters and I think lemon juice perhaps?

That was one. The other kind we had was something like an old fashioned, but with some variation that made it different, I forget the exact ingredients.

OP posts:
LondonQueen · 23/04/2023 00:26

Probably relaxed, I have quite a high tolerance for alcohol.

StrawberryWater · 23/04/2023 00:30

I’d be wrecked.

I can count on one hand how many events in my life I’ve been to where I’ve drunk alcohol. I’m just not an alcohol fan. I don’t like beer, wine or spirits.

ComputerWifeKaren · 23/04/2023 00:42

In a word: "buggered". That'd be me done for the night. I’m a fairly heavy drinker but mixing would have me done for the night.

fliptopbin · 23/04/2023 00:45

On the night I would be pretty drunk and enjoy myself, but I would spend the next day in shame and regret, obsessively going over every interaction I had with anyone and worrying people would hate me.
However, I do that when I am sober too -this is why I don't socialise much.

SisterAgatha · 23/04/2023 00:47

Three cocktails would be my nice spot, one more over that and I’d be on the floor. My tolerance is low as I’ve lost a lot of weight and am on medication.

SisterAgatha · 23/04/2023 00:47

Oh and the day after, fine, I’ve never had a hang over

Dithyramb · 23/04/2023 00:54

Mildly buzzed. If I had a glass of water before bed and a reasonable night’s sleep, I’d be pretty much unscathed in the morning.

NerrSnerr · 23/04/2023 07:29

Over the last few years those drinks would have made me feel flat the next day, any more and I'd be really bad.

I have recently stopped drinking all together, the bad affects were out stripping the good on any rare night I had a few drinks.

StupidFaces · 23/04/2023 07:41

Absolutely fucked but I’ve been teetotal for 2 years

Iamblossom · 23/04/2023 07:51

powershowerforanhour · 22/04/2023 20:06

Like I was an amazing dancer (I'm not). Possibly even that I could sing (I can't).

LOL

NellePorter · 23/04/2023 07:52

Oh my days I'd probably be dead

Iamblossom · 23/04/2023 07:54

Kyse · 22/04/2023 20:29

Although the last time I went out I had 2 bottles of wine, 6 tequilas, couple of Malibu, some Prosecco and a cocktail
(Works do, £1000 behind the bar and we drank the lot by 11pm) Blush
I was disgustingly ill the next day and the room was still spinning at lunch time

You drank this amount yourself personally?

No judgement here, I spent yesterday vowing never to drink again, ate my fridge, and felt like shit on a stick due to alcohol consumption Friday night and I have never been so happy to go to bed last night, but I am fascinated by the sheer volume of your list...

I reckon I had one bottle of beer, and most of a bottle of prosecco and 2 shots...

StupidFaces · 23/04/2023 09:01

Kyse · 22/04/2023 20:29

Although the last time I went out I had 2 bottles of wine, 6 tequilas, couple of Malibu, some Prosecco and a cocktail
(Works do, £1000 behind the bar and we drank the lot by 11pm) Blush
I was disgustingly ill the next day and the room was still spinning at lunch time

I felt sick just reading that 🤮