Being able to 'hold my liquor' is beginning to kinda suck

[Cruzan]

I always put my limit, somewhat arbitrarily, as the capacity of a standard 7 oz tumbler



Well I've now drunk enough straight, 80 proof rum that I'm able to fill the glass to it's brim, down all of it in a single gulp, and get hardly a buzz at all, even on an empty stomach. Again, because I've set this as my limit, I'm not about to simply drink more. But only getting a mild numbing feeling, particularly after I shorted Corning on a massive upturn, is simply not at all the palliative I was seeking.

I also find myself listening to Bob Seger's 'Still the Same' and Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'

[idgiehkt]

1. I understood all of it but this

"shorted Corning on a massive upturn"

All I know is when you start listening to Jimmy Buffet it's time for an intervention.

[Cruzan]

2. I bet Corning would go down at 19.32 but it kept going up

http://tinyurl.com/vsvqw

[idgiehkt]

5. okay, I gotcha

just needed a tad more info, lol. I didn't know if 'massive upturn' was the 2007 version of 'the technicolor yawn' or something....

:rofl:

[crim son]

3. Holding your liquor that well not only reduces its palliative

effect, but it makes getting drunk a very expensive hobby! Maybe you should stick to water for a couple of weeks, eh?

[Cruzan]

4. Yeah, I've been kicking around that idea though

a couple weeks might be pushing it. But clearly abstaining for a bit is the obvious way of reducing my tolerance. Does just add to the suckiness of it all, though.

[montanto]

6. couple weeks off is better than the alternative

let me tell you. I went ahead and upped.

and then I upped.

and upped again. Don't even ask what it takes to get a buzz.

truth is, well, yeah, two weeks, don't know if I could do it, probably can't.

good luck!

[Cruzan]

8. Point taken

That's the whole idea of setting some kind of limit. I've got enough first hand experience watching those who just kept upping it, DTs and all, that I well know I don't want to go there.

[Sequoia]

7. Here's a little game for you:

http://www.wagenschenke.ch/