"Blackout" Drunk

[Penneywize]

I have never been 'blackout' drunk. That is, I've always had a nearly perfect recollection of the preceding night's events, even when I ingest so much alcohol as to cause myself to be literally retarded and stumbling around like... well, like a retard.

One of my good friends blacks out on literally every occasion he gets super fucked-up. Which is, to say, quite often. He literally doesn't believe that in 27 years of life I've never blacked out. He even challenged me to go drink-for-drink with him recently. He blacked out after the 8th or 9th or whatever it was, I remember the entire evening. Let's just say I'm glad I live pretty close to the campus bar (I'm a grad student ldo).

Alright, so the question to you is: have you ever been 'blackout' drunk? If so, have any embarrassing / retarded events occurred, or have been related to you, after said retarded drunkenness?

Here's a link to get everyone started:

What is Blackout Drinking?

My personal favourite:

I'm a 25 years-old girl. I've been getting blackouts more and more frequently.

I often attend parties where everyone is trying to get drunk as fast as possible. I like being tipsy but I have problems with the speed in which the alcohol hits me. I'm going to have slow drinks and keep on drinking because I think I feel the effect. Then it's like a retarded effect, and all of a sudden I'm too drunk. Once I'm drunk, all I want is to drink more, even if it's not what I would normally want to do.



I used to forget some parts or details of my nights but now it's gotten to be full-on blackouts.



I'm a pretty girl but never hook up with guys because I'm shy or they say they're intimidated by me. Once I'm drunk, I'm the total opposite and will act desperate to sleep with guys. I'm even finding myself wanting to drink because it's the only way I'm going to have sex. I find that pathetic, but it's the reality.



I must have not remembered having sex at least 10 times. Once i woke up alone in my bed still wearing clothes, without my panties and there were three condoms on the floor. I felt like I've been abused, but that was probably not the case. I must have been wanting it.
Sometimes i have memory flashes of some stuff that happened. Like once I drove a car around while being totally wasted. I would never do that. I'm scared that some really bad stuff is going to happen while I'm on a blackout.



I don't want to stop partying, but I don't know how to control myself with alcohol. I also hate missing the party. I try to eat well, sleep a lot and not drink spirits, but it's not improving.



(...)

Once i woke up alone in my bed still wearing clothes, without my panties and there were three condoms on the floor.

loolollolololololo has to be true rite.

[grnydrowave2]

It's only happened a few times. Once was in New Orleans on Mardis Gras when I was already extremely shitfaced, and then took a bunch of shots in quick succession. The next few hours are blank. Fortunately I had a friend watching out for me.

Aside from that, my tolerance level for blacking out seems to be very high. The threshold lies beyond the puking, stumbling, overly emotional stages of failed moderation.

[jyms]

I'm exactly like you, and not from lack of effort. I have several friends that blackout quite easily and can only seem to binge when they drink anyway.

[DropTheBanana]

Never blacked out but JFC there are some nights I wish I would have.

I've participated in an open mic type freestyle rap contest, fucked numerous ogre-like women, and have tried fighting everyone from Marines to bartenders to best friends.

Remembering it sucks. Oh how I wish I could black out!

[Donachello]

For those of you trying to black out... two words...

4 Loko.

[WillburForce]

you're clearly all not drinking enough.

[StarGrinder]

Out of all the 40 hour weeks I used to put in at the bar I can proudly say I've never actually blacked out. I've definitely done some retard things though so I'm not innocent by any means. I have friends that black out and it's pretty much free reign... from sharpies to teabagging, it's been done.

[WillburForce]

Out of all the 40 hour weeks I used to put in at the bar I can proudly say I've never actually blacked out. I've definitely done some retard things though so I'm not innocent by any means. I have friends that black out and it's pretty much free reign... from sharpies to teabagging, it's been done.

blackout ain't the same as pass out.

[d0zer]

I never ever blackout.

Strangely, whenever I party with bigred -- I blackout and wake up next to 3 used condoms.

[bikes]

I've blacked out twice in my life. Never hope to do so again. =(

[boost]

I've grayed out a bunch of times, but I don't think I've ever blacked out. By gray out, I mean I either don't initially remember, or I do things that show that my judgment has been serious compromised. In the former case, I either put it all together in the first few hours of waking up, or a friend might jog my memory and then its pretty crystal clear.

[jyms]

I never ever blackout.

Strangely, whenever I party with bigred -- I blackout and wake up next to 3 used condoms.

I slept in the same room as Bigred for a 3 day weekend and I never blacked out, so I never had this experience. He does practice safe sex though. He stayed far away from me while drinking.

[Hawk]

I blacked out once. It was the night after I got married. We were drinking with some friends before we went on the honeymoon. There were 3 of us drinking a fifth of vodka that night, me, my wife, and one friend. We just went shot after shot until the bottle was half gone. That's when my wife stopped. The friend and I kept going until the bottle was empty. Then I went and jumped in the hot tub. The last think I remember was seeing some money and my bag of weed floating on the surface and realizing I hadn't emptied my pockets.

That was also my first hangover. Wow that sucked.

[couriermike]

Once, when i was trying to ride my bike home from the bar. Funny how you never think to just walk in these situations. Well, it took about four tries to even get on the bike and get rolling. Then everything was fine. Then I woke up in my apartment with the door open with the bike laying on top of me, my lock in hand, but no key. It easily took 30 minutes to get up because of the incredible shooting pains in my shoulder. Torn ligaments. Lotsa fun.

[BennyLaRue]

There were 3 of us drinking a fifth of vodka

The clues in the above story lead me to believe you are a midget.

[Hawk]

No.

[HarleyGuy13]

I've not been blackout drunk but what I have done is carried a body bag down a flight of stairs and through a living room where the 20 year olds brothers and friends were seated as we carried his dead body out and loaded it into a hurse. It was a real buzz kill if you know what I mean. I also sat in a ICU room for two days while my best buddy was in an alcohol induced comma. That one was a buzz kill as well!

[Penneywize]

I've not been blackout drunk but what I have done is carried a body bag down a flight of stairs and through a living room where the 20 year olds brothers and friends were seated as we carried his dead body out and loaded it into a hurse. It was a real buzz kill if you know what I mean. I also sat in a ICU room for two days while my best buddy was in an alcohol induced comma. That one was a buzz kill as well!

Sorry to hear. There is a line between drinking until you black out (some people 'black out' after a relatively tolerable 6-7 drinks) and drinking until you suffer from severe alcohol poisoning. One might beget the other, but the line exists imo.

So, thread over I guess?

[bikes]

way to buzzkill the thread imo

[a500lbgorilla]

Friend - "Hey guys, I had the best time at the beach last week."

Grandpa - "I had fun at a beach once. It was called the Invasion of Normandy and I was showered in pieces of Men who were 10 times more deserving of a vacation than you'll ever be. But hey, I'm glad the closest friends I've ever had exploded in front of me so you could sleep with a bunch of drunk college freshman."

[WillburForce]

Friend - "Hey guys, I had the best time at the beach last week."

Grandpa - "I had fun at a beach once. It was called the Invasion of Normandy and I was showered in pieces of Men who were 10 times more deserving of a vacation than you'll ever be. But hey, I'm glad the closest friends I've ever had exploded in front of me so you could sleep with a bunch of drunk college freshman."

at least Grandpa wasn't homophobic

[supa]

Blacked out twice that I remember. Once when I was 15 and left a party but don't remember the walk home. Apparently I got in a fight coz when I got home I was beat up pretty badly and was for some reason gripping someone else's tooth in my right hand.

About 10 years ago I was at friends house drinking. I don't remember leaving but I came out of it rounding a corner on my bike on the other side of town.

[Donachello]

Jesus, I feel like I have a drinking problem now. Seeing as I have blacked out probably close to 20 times and it takes a lot to get me there :S

[couriermike]

Friend - "Hey guys, I had the best time at the beach last week."

Grandpa - "I had fun at a beach once. It was called the Invasion of Normandy and I was showered in pieces of Men who were 10 times more deserving of a vacation than you'll ever be. But hey, I'm glad the closest friends I've ever had exploded in front of me so you could sleep with a bunch of drunk college freshman."

rofl, love grandpa

[manfredi]

I've got a useful little rhyme that can help prevent you from blacking out. You can also use it to your advantage if you want to get blackout drunk.

"Beer before whiskey, gettin' risky... Whiskey before beer, never fear"

It works for me. I remember a few years back drinking a couple of 40s while watching True Lies. When the beer was gone, I found a bottle of Evan Williams (lol) so I could keep drinking and watch a little more of the movie. Well, I got tired after a few drinks and went to sleep.

The next day after work I was all excited to get some pizza and finish what was left of the movie (which is pretty funny, considering how crappy that movie is). So I started up the movie again and fast forwarded to the part where I had left off. Every time I'd fast forward a bit and start watching, I'd remember that I'd already seen that part. I kept fast forwarding and watching until the movie was totally over. I had blacked out watching like the last hour of the movie and had no memory of it until I saw it on the TV.

The rhyme seems to work because once you've had several beers, you can easily drink enough whiskey to get to the blackout stage. But drinking a large enough volume of beer to get to blackout drunk is harder since beer take 8 times more volume that a shot of liquor. The size of your stomach prevents you from getting there with beer.

[rong]

I've had a tonne of blackouts. Here is my most recent experience:

Blacked out about 3 hours from last Saturday night. I remember my approx 6th shot of tequila, I remember gagging as some fucker thought it was funny to cover my piece of lemon in salt, this was in a bar at about 1.30am, and then I remember standing outside my house with my buddy at approx 5am smoking saying I can't remember what we we're arguing about anymore so can we please stop,and then proceeding to argue with people on the internet.

No idea what happened in the gap, but apparently I met up with some other friends, had a mini party back at my house, cleaned someone elses vomit out of my kitchen sink with my bare hands, kept playing under the boardwalk on youtube much to some of my friends annoyance (some apparently liked it), had an argument with one of my oldest friends about who could relate to blues music more and then told spoon to fuck off on the internet.

Total alcohol consumed:
1 pint of mead (wine made from honey, 14%)
6 to 8 beers
6 to 8 shots of tequila
unknown quantity of random other drinks including vodka and brandy
unknown quantity of fuck knows what between 1.30am and 5am.

[rong]

And regarding little rhymes to help with drinking, I swear by

"beer before wine, feeling fine, wine before beer, feeling queer".

Notice the first drink on my above list is the 14% honey wine. I rest my case.

[couriermike]

I've had a tonne of blackouts. Here is my most recent experience:

Blacked out about 3 hours from last Saturday night. I remember my approx 6th shot of tequila, I remember gagging as some fucker thought it was funny to cover my piece of lemon in salt, this was in a bar at about 1.30am, and then I remember standing outside my house with my buddy at approx 5am smoking saying I can't remember what we we're arguing about anymore so can we please stop,and then proceeding to argue with people on the internet.

No idea what happened in the gap, but apparently I met up with some other friends, had a mini party back at my house, cleaned someone elses vomit out of my kitchen sink with my bare hands, kept playing under the boardwalk on youtube much to some of my friends annoyance (some apparently liked it), had an argument with one of my oldest friends about who could relate to blues music more and then told spoon to fuck off on the internet.

Total alcohol consumed:
1 pint of mead (wine made from honey, 14%)
6 to 8 beers
6 to 8 shots of tequila
unknown quantity of random other drinks including vodka and brandy
unknown quantity of fuck knows what between 1.30am and 5am.

Just be happy you didn't see Harley.

[Luco]

I blacked out twice - the first two times that I ever got drunk. Never managed to repeat it

[Halv]

I've had drunken blackouts ranging from "I can't remember how I got home" to "can't remember the last four hours before passing out". Usually there are glimpses of recollection, most times I can remember all events if someone tells them to me. The really scary ones are when I don't remember anything at all even after being told the stories and shown pictures. Had a few of those, not fun.

[givememyleg]

I've had drunken blackouts ranging from "I can't remember how I got home" to "can't remember the last four hours before passing out". Usually there are glimpses of recollection, most times I can remember all events if someone tells them to me. The really scary ones are when I don't remember anything at all even after being told the stories and shown pictures. Had a few of those, not fun.

hahahahahhaaha, snip snip.

[Stacks]

hahahahahhaaha, snip snip.

Wat? He had a vasectomy while blacked out?

[Halv]

I was the (alleged) snipper, not the snippee.

[a500lbgorilla]

I was the (alleged) snipper, not the snippee.

WTF? This makes it worse!

[givememyleg]

or better?

[d0zer]

or sexier?

[boost]

less booze; more douja.

[a500lbgorilla]

There is nothing less sexy than an unliscenced physician performing any surgical procedure.

[Halv]

Sure there is.. for starters said physician could have minimal clothing and maximal body hair..

[Roco415]

Lets just say superbowl sunday here in pittsburgh got a little bit crazy...

[thelorax]

ocho loko!
guarantee blackout.

[kfaess]

Jesus, I feel like I have a drinking problem now. Seeing as I have blacked out probably close to 20 times and it takes a lot to get me there :S

lol I know what you mean


If anyone thinks you can't/don't blackout, I'd def bet you do if you just drink more and over longer periods of time (so you don't throw up first).

[a500lbgorilla]

Sure there is.. for starters said physician could have minimal clothing and maximal body hair..

WTF? This makes it sexier!

[d0zer]

can we hear the story about halvsame performing a vasectomy while blackout drunk already?

We'll probably need a new thread. and pics.

[swiggidy]

I never used to blackout, then got better at drinking and started graying out almost everytime, which resulted in a couple blackouts. No good stories, just a lot of me being a silly idiot.

I almost never blackout now, because I think I'm better at pacing. But if there was ever a shots + beer night I'm sure it would happen again.

If you blackout a lot I wouldn't worry about it as long as you're not the stupid annoying drunk.

[drmcboy]

I'd remember

you may not be very good at blacking out

"Beer before whiskey, gettin' risky... Whiskey before beer, never fear"


The rhyme seems to work because once you've had several beers, you can easily drink enough whiskey to get to the blackout stage. But drinking a large enough volume of beer to get to blackout drunk is harder since beer take 8 times more volume that a shot of liquor. The size of your stomach prevents you from getting there with beer.

But what about the X shots you did before starting the beer? I think you should start using the saying "Don't drink whiskey" instead.

[drmcboy]

once on a business trip I was hammered and apparently I had a problem with some guy at the bar we were at, which was in the hotel where this training was held. Not sure if we exchanged hateful glances or what, but he came up to the table and I said "What's up, baldy?" with a menacing look on my face. I can remember about the first two hours of the night but nothing after that.

It turned out he was in the same training classes so I saw him several more times after that, we did not become friends. But my colleagues gained a whole new measure of respect for me.

[ZwiFT]

I have like three phases:

1. I get very drunk, superretarded but can stand on my own feets (I remember everything).
2. I cant walk straight, i fall. (I black out for a cuple of minutes, I realize quickly after that i was gone for a cuple of minutes but i cant remember anything.)

2 is assosiated with alot of bruises that i cant remember where i got em from.

The third phase, is when i black out for good. Basicly this is me falling asleep while im doing something. Like the guys were making fun of me cus one time i was walking from the bathroom to the livingroom and suddenly i fell asleep while i was walking, just fell flat on the floor. I didnt think this was possible before it happend to me.

The third phase is very rare but the two above is very common for me. There is always parts i dont remember but i dont go blackout the whole evening like some of my friends

=) my2c

[BennyLaRue]

4. Beat my skinny turtle wearing a Full Tilt cowboy hat while my parents walk in on me.

Nice.