[Closed] How long to get alcohol out the body??

And I love you, yes I do, 'cause I know that you love me too
And I love you, yes I do, gonna spend all my money on you

Sounds like a good weekend to me.

My list.

Fri
2 pints of lager
2 glasses of red wine

Sat
1 half pint of lager
2 glasses of white wine
2 glasses of champagne
1 G&T
2 glasses of red wine

Sun
1 glass of mulled wine
4 glasses of white wine
2 glasses of red wine

10 - get in!

OP - You'll be reet, doesn't sound that bad. Wouldn't make a habit of it though.

Now, where did I hide that gin?

I used to work on the railways, which has a very strict alcohol policy.

Rule of thumb is you are safe to work/drive 12 hours after your last drink.*

*This assumes you're not completely shitfaced.

annebr so basically 3 bottles (or near as equal) of wine over 3 days?

I'm NOT having a go. I'm having alittle bit of a crisis around my drinking. I'm starting to feel guilt and alittle worry over the combined units over the course of a week that I consume. Personally I feel that 'binge and over-consumption' are also linked to the word alcoholic. We don't like the latter word as its socially unacceptable and embarrasing but if are drinking a large volume of alcohol its because you NEED to drink alot of alcohol. I think many of us are functioning alcoholics and in denial. Could we do without it? I can't at the moment ergo I have an alcohol problem. Just bexause your not waking up and reaching for a bottle of spirits doesn't mean you are not on the road to being a proper alcoholic.

Scored a 1 on that test, but only because of the badly worded questions about having a reason for drinking heavily.

These days I drink so rarely I feel horrible after a couple of glasses of wine. That's assuming I haven't found a comfy chair in front of a fire and gone to sleep after the first glass.

i can go without easy enough. Just accept any reason for a drink lol

Am I Alcoholic?

Your Self-Test Score: 2

Understanding Your Score:

A "no" is scored 0, and a "yes" is scored 1. The score above reflects the total number of questions that were answered “yes”. A score of 2 or more indicates that you may be at greater risk for alcoholism.

I have a drink problem according to this. I must make an appointment with the clinic.
But, I haven't touched a drop of alcohol in 4 years.
What a shit test!!!

I think many of us are functioning alcoholics and in denial.

At uni (where 3 pints down the Student Union was a very quiet night, almost to rocking horse poo levels) and as a raver in the 90's my consumption was way beyond that... I have singularly failed to live fast and die young.

Err on the side of caution,hair of the dog should sort it!

[i]Personally I feel that 'binge and over-consumption' are also linked to the word alcoholic[/i]

I don't, I was out with friends on Friday from 8pm to 2am so had a fair few beers, I had friends round for dinner on Saturday night so again had a fair few beers. This would be considered 'binge drinking' or 'over consumption' I guess. I don't normally drink alcohol during the week and a normal weekend I have a couple of beers Friday/Saturday night. I didn't need to do it, I had a night out in a micro brewery and had some lovely beer and had a great time with friends.

Because you feel you consume too much alcohol doesn't mean everyone else is in the same category as you.

Only 3. I'm a real lightweight these days.
This weekend
Fri -
2 sherries
1/2 bottle white wine
Sat -
1.5 pints beer
2 sherries
3/4 bottle red wine
2 or 3 large brandys (lost count)
Sun
1 pint beer
2 large brandys.

I took the test that Peterfile posted a link to...

It says I am probably unconscious... 😯

Because you feel you consume too much alcohol doesn't mean everyone else is in the same category as you.

I see where you are coming from. However could you have a completely dry weekend and still feel like you've had a good time? Or missed something.

Sherry? you definitely have a drink problem. 😉

could you have a completely dry weekend and still feel like you've had a good time? Or missed something.

Depends what you were doing. Would there be lots of drugs involved?

[i]I see where you are coming from. However could you have a completely dry weekend and still feel like you've had a good time? Or missed something. [/i]

Yes I quite often have a 'dry' weekend and have a great time, but that probably wouldn't involve a night out in a micro brewery. If you're going to a micro brewery and not having a beer you're kinda missing the point.

Although I'm not so fascinated by alcohol that I think of it as a 'dry' weekend, if I don't have a beer it doesn't really register.

Depends what you were doing. Would there be lots of drugs involved?

I see where you are coming from. However could you have a completely dry weekend and still feel like you've had a good time? Or missed something.

Yes.

And I regularly do. More than half of the time probably.

And I almost never drink during the week.

However according to your earlier logic, I'm also an Alcoholic 😐

Sherry? you definitely have a drink problem.

Hora, it was a social weekend. Wouldn't normally drink quite so much.

But even so that isn't particularly bad. IMO 🙂

Would there be lots of drugs involved?

I got a 6 on that test, I know I drink too much & use it as a way of numbing out some of the bad things in my life.

Friday night 1 1/2 bottles of red wine
Saturday from 2pm till midnight 1 bottle of red wine & 4 pints strong beer.
Sunday 3pm till 11pm 2 bottles of red wine & 2 whiskys

I make that about 55 units 😳

Hora: [OP picks up a bottle of lighter fluid] I wouldn't drink that if I was you.

OP: Why not?

Hora: Because I don't advise it. Even the ****ers on the site wouldn't drink that, that's worse than meths.

OP: Nonsense. This is a far superior drink to meths. The ****ers don't drink it because they can't afford it.

[he pours the lighter fluid down his throat. He gags and gasps]

OP: Have we got any more?

[Hora shakes his head]

OP: Liar. What's in your toolbox?

Hora: No, we have nothing. Sit down.

OP: Liar. You've got antifreeze.

Hora: You bloody fool, you should never mix your drinks!

"Alcoholism is a disease, that kills people that haven't got it" 😉

21. Have you recently noticed that you can’t drink as much as you used to?

What a silly test. Apparently I should consider arranging a meeting with a professional because like most others here I only drink heavily when I have a good reason, and my aunt was an alcoholic (I answered no to the one about having higher tolerance levels - maybe compared to when I was 16, but I was assuming that wasn't what it meant).

Why would anyone want to get alcohol out of their body? if it's an issue, don't drink any in the first place.

More importantly, is muled wine some kind of donkey punch?

Anyone fancy a pint?

So starting from 9.30 (halfway through drinking) to 10am say 12 hours I processed about 2 units per hour.

Also, alcoholism is more like a litre of barcode vodka as soon as you come round from your previous period of alertness, passing out for a bit with a lit cigarette, then coming to and hoping that it's that part of the day when it's light outside and you can go get more vodka from the offy. Not a couple of bottles of wine and some beer, spread out over a weekend.

2. Can you handle more alcohol now than when you first started to drink?

Have you ever been unable to remember part of the previous evening, even though your friends say you didn’t pass out?

Well there's two questions which pretty much everyone will answer yes to, and the minimum score that you need to seek help (apparently).
This shit does more harm than good.
Friday
4 pints of ale, half glass of wine.
Sat
2 pints of ale
Sun
1 pint of ale
That was my lot for last week and included the works Xmas do. If I went to my GP with this, he'd laugh me out of the flipping clinic.

22. Do you sometimes stay drunk for several days at a time?

So starting from 9.30 (halfway through drinking) to 10am say 12 hours I processed about 2 units per hour.

No. The alcohol was processed from 7pm (start of drinking) until 10am - 15hrs. For 24 units. Roughly 1.5 hrs per unit. Perfectly possible if you are higher than average weight or have a faster than average metabolic rate. Or both.

Can you handle more alcohol now than when you first started to drink? Yes, you build up alcoholic tolerance, so of course I can handle it better than at first

We had something about this in a medicinal chemistry lecture. You don't actualy build up a tolerance, you're just as impaired after one pint as a 13 yr old the first time, as a student drinking every day at 19 and at any other time after that. All that actualy changes is your perception of drunkeness, and you get to a point where 10 pints in an evening is normal and you walk home feeling OK-ish. You'll be wavering all over the place, but your brains used to that so you feel rational and in controll.

That's compared to other drugs where you do build up a tolerance and have to continualy up the dose to maintain the same feeling.

I only got a 4 on that test, i'm very disappointed in myself so tonight i vow to try harder……..

For arguments sake since Friday night:
Bottle of red
1 pint of beer
2 bottles of prosecco
half a bottle of muled wine
8 measures of sloe gin

Lightweight.

[quote=The Flying Ox ]Also, alcoholism is more like a litre of barcode vodka as soon as you come round from your previous period of alertness, passing out for a bit with a lit cigarette, then coming to and hoping that it's that part of the day when it's light outside and you can go get more vodka from the offy.

Of course it's not possible to be an alcoholic if you're middle class 🙄

*Looks for test on previous page*
Will report back if I dare...

8.
Pfft! Over 2 and you need help?
Sure there's enough "counsellors"around to cope with that many +2 results.
I drink coz I enjoy it. If I'm driving anywhere I don't even have a half as what's the point.
I can easily drink 8 pints and will probably do so on Saturday night as we're out with a right bunch of piss heads, and then I'll have a few Sunday afternoon.
Am I an alcoholic, I doubt it.

Of course over in the ol' US of A you have to pay those councellors.

I think some people here would die if they came to a festival or rugby weekend with me. Not because they couldn't handle the drinking, they wouldn't survive for long with their nanny attitudes. 🙂
10 on that pish quiz, drink once a week in general but proper blow off steam. Will have 2-3 multi day sessions in a year at festivals or lads weekends. Probably the worst kind of binge drinking but it keeps me out of trouble 🙂

2 bottles of prosecco

why?

They were thirsty?