Why can't I drink anymore?

So anyway, I can barely drink any more. I used to like drinking all the time, but within the last 3 or 4 months, I've not really been able to. Like, I start drinking, but I can't make it anywhere NEAR what I used to drink. Like, I start drinking, then I start feeling sick after a couple of beers or one rum and coke. And if I somehow manage to drink what I used to drink, I wake up sick as a dog, with a HORRIBLE hangover.

Even worse, I can't even get drunk any more! I start drinking and then have to stop because I feel sick, but I don't manage to drink enough to get drunk. And that's the worst part really. I mean, we've all gotten sick off of alcohol before, but at least you expect to get drunk out of it. If you somehow end up skipping the drunkenness and go straight to being sick, what's the point of drinking at all?

Anyway, this has happened before, but the problem has always gone away after about a week or two. Not this time though. This time it's been at least 3 months since I've been able to drink like I'm supposed to, and I'm starting to get concerned. What if I NEVER get to go back to my usual drinking habits?

Anyway, does anyone have any idea what's going on here? If I drink a lot on a regular basis, so much that it's almost routine, why would I suddenly start to get sick after drinking just a little bit of alcohol?

That's strange, I don't think I've ever heard of that happening before. Maybe you should see a doctor. It could be a sign of a larger problem you're not aware of.

Your liver might be catching up to you or something.honkyjoe

I wondered that at first, but I think I'm a little bit young to have a failing liver.

[QUOTE="honkyjoe"]Your liver might be catching up to you or something.MrGeezer

I wondered that at first, but I think I'm a little bit young to have a failing liver.

If you drink to get drunk then you could be 21 with a 75 year old liver.

[QUOTE="honkyjoe"]Your liver might be catching up to you or something.MrGeezer

I wondered that at first, but I think I'm a little bit young to have a failing liver.

I would say it's worth checking out though, because it'd be rather important to find out if something was the matter, and if not, the doctor will just say nothing's wrong.

How often did you drink before you got sick like this? Eitherway see a doctor.

[QUOTE="honkyjoe"]Your liver might be catching up to you or something.MrGeezer

I wondered that at first, but I think I'm a little bit young to have a failing liver.

Maybe you should go to a doctor and see if you still have a liver.

That sucks though, hopefully I will still have my drinking capacity until the end of college.

well, i probably know the answer to your question. I'm not going to tell you. Just stop drinking. It makes you stupid.Sushimaster

I think if he wanted to stop he wouldn't have made this thread.

[QUOTE="Sushimaster"]well, i probably know the answer to your question. I'm not going to tell you. Just stop drinking. It makes you stupid.Sajo7

I think if he wanted to stop he wouldn't have made this thread.

That's also why I don't want to see a doctor. If I go to a doctor, I know exactly what he's gonna say.

"MrGeezer, you need to stop drinking."

See, I want to keep drinking, I just want to know how to stop getting sick from it.

[QUOTE="Sajo7"]

[QUOTE="Sushimaster"]well, i probably know the answer to your question. I'm not going to tell you. Just stop drinking. It makes you stupid.MrGeezer

I think if he wanted to stop he wouldn't have made this thread.

That's also why I don't want to see a doctor. If I go to a doctor, I know exactly what he's gonna say.

"MrGeezer, you need to stop drinking."

See, I want to keep drinking, I just want to know how to stop getting sick from it.

[QUOTE="Sajo7"]

[QUOTE="Sushimaster"]well, i probably know the answer to your question. I'm not going to tell you. Just stop drinking. It makes you stupid.MrGeezer

I think if he wanted to stop he wouldn't have made this thread.

That's also why I don't want to see a doctor. If I go to a doctor, I know exactly what he's gonna say.

"MrGeezer, you need to stop drinking."

See, I want to keep drinking, I just want to know how to stop getting sick from it.

Your options look pretty slim then, you might as well try your luck with the doctor.

That's also why I don't want to see a doctor. If I go to a doctor, I know exactly what he's gonna say.

"MrGeezer, you need to stop drinking."

See, I want to keep drinking, I just want to know how to stop getting sick from it.

MrGeezer

That's also why I don't want to see a doctor. If I go to a doctor, I know exactly what he's gonna say.

"MrGeezer, you need to stop drinking."

See, I want to keep drinking, I just want to know how to stop getting sick from it.

MrGeezer

Well if you can't drink anymore, that's the case regardless of whether or not a doctor tells you so, so you might as well take the step not to get liver failure as well.

Alcohol is incredibly overrated.MM87

[QUOTE="MM87"]Alcohol is incredibly overrated.PBSnipes

I have that poster in my room.

Maybe you need a new liver? :P I don't know what to tell you. I haven't gotten drunk in 2 weeks and to celebrate it I took a controlled substance friday night and ended up in the hospital because I had foam and blood puke sort of.Tiefster

Okay, here's another question.

Let's suppose that my liver is damaged. Is there any way to fix it without getting medical help?

After all, it's well-known that the liver has startling regenerative properties. That's been known for thousands of years, and is the source of the myth about Prometheus's liver getting eaten by an eagle every night and then regenerating every morning as punishment for him giving fire to mankind.

So like, is there some diet or something I can go on to fix my liver? What about eating liver? Does eating liver (beef/pork/chicken/etc) contribute to one's overall liver health? After all, if you were to fix a liver with food, it stands to reason that you would have to eat things that make up a liver. And what better way to eat such things than to eat ACTUAL livers?

The only advice I can give is to at least stop drinking for a little while and maybe go back onto it after a break ...

Either that , or go and see a doctor.You never know ... You might end up like my dad did ... he used to drink a lot.Did'nt really stop ... and ended up with a severely damaged liver (Internal bleeding in it and everything).He was never able to drink again.

[QUOTE="Tiefster"]Maybe you need a new liver? :P I don't know what to tell you. I haven't gotten drunk in 2 weeks and to celebrate it I took a controlled substance friday night and ended up in the hospital because I had foam and blood puke sort of.MrGeezer

Okay, here's another question.

Let's suppose that my liver is damaged. Is there any way to fix it without getting medical help?

After all, it's well-known that the liver has startling regenerative properties. That's been known for thousands of years, and is the source of the myth about Prometheus's liver getting eaten by an eagle every night and then regenerating every morning as punishment for him giving fire to mankind.

So like, is there some diet or something I can go on to fix my liver? What about eating liver? Does eating liver (beef/pork/chicken/etc) contribute to one's overall liver health? After all, if you were to fix a liver with food, it stands to reason that you would have to eat things that make up a liver. And what better way to eat such things than to eat ACTUAL livers?

[QUOTE="Tiefster"]Maybe you need a new liver? :P I don't know what to tell you. I haven't gotten drunk in 2 weeks and to celebrate it I took a controlled substance friday night and ended up in the hospital because I had foam and blood puke sort of.MrGeezer

Okay, here's another question.

Let's suppose that my liver is damaged. Is there any way to fix it without getting medical help?

After all, it's well-known that the liver has startling regenerative properties. That's been known for thousands of years, and is the source of the myth about Prometheus's liver getting eaten by an eagle every night and then regenerating every morning as punishment for him giving fire to mankind.

So like, is there some diet or something I can go on to fix my liver? What about eating liver? Does eating liver (beef/pork/chicken/etc) contribute to one's overall liver health? After all, if you were to fix a liver with food, it stands to reason that you would have to eat things that make up a liver. And what better way to eat such things than to eat ACTUAL livers?

So like, is there some diet or something I can go on to fix my liver? What about eating liver? Does eating liver (beef/pork/chicken/etc) contribute to one's overall liver health? After all, if you were to fix a liver with food, it stands to reason that you would have to eat things that make up a liver. And what better way to eat such things than to eat ACTUAL livers?

MrGeezer

Given that the liver is also the place where all of the toxins (like alcohol) go and get processed, no, that probably wouldn't be a good idea.

To be perfectly frank, your best bet to help a damaged liver - although I still say it couldn't hurt to see a doctor about this - is to stop feeding it damaging toxins in the form of consumed alcohol. If you're harming something, the obvious solution is to stop harming it. But I'm aware that that isn't the solution you'd prefer to hear.

As others have said, though, it might not be a damaged liver. It could also simply be that something has caused a lack of tolerance to alcohol. I myself can't drink nearly any alcohol without getting a bad headache, which... again, ought to be a sign to stop drinking alcohol.

My #1 recommendation is trying new alcohol.

Tiefster

I think there may be some truth to that. MAYBE.

Like, I usually have a couple of beers after work. Then I go home and start drinking liquor. Only that recently, I've had to stop VERY soon after drinking liquor since I start to get sick.

Tonight though, I had my 2 beers after work. I was really thirsty and hot, so I thought that a couple of beers would really hit the spot. Not so. I started feeling bad, and got even thirstier. So I figured that I'd stop by the store on the way home and buy some orange juice. Drank a little bit of it on the ride home, but saved most of it for mixing with booze. Got home and mixed it with some vodka. And I've downed more booze tonight than I've managed to do in at least a week, and I don't even feel the slightest bit sick yet.

The thing is, I RARELY drink booze and orange juice. I almost always mix my booze with coke. Could the fact that I've been feeling sick simply have to do with the TASTE? Could it be that the alcohol isn't making me sick, but that I've been drinking booze and coke for so loing that I'm completely and utterly sick of the taste?

Is it a simple matter of just finding other alcoholic beverages to drink? Maybe I'm not feeling sick because of alcohol, maybe I'm just feeling sick as a nauseated response to drinking something that I've grown to dislike?

[QUOTE="Tiefster"]
My #1 recommendation is trying new alcohol.

MrGeezer

I think there may be some truth to that. MAYBE.

Like, I usually have a couple of beers after work. Then I go home and start drinking liquor. Only that recently, I've had to stop VERY soon after drinking liquor since I start to get sick.

Tonight though, I had my 2 beers after work. I was really thirsty and hot, so I thought that a couple of beers would really hit the spot. Not so. I started feeling bad, and got even thirstier. So I figured that I'd stop by the store on the way home and buy some orange juice. Drank a little bit of it on the ride home, but saved most of it for mixing with booze. Got home and mixed it with some vodka. And I've downed more booze tonight than I've managed to do in at least a week, and I don't even feel the slightest bit sick yet.

The thing is, I RARELY drink booze and orange juice. I almost always mix my booze with coke. Could the fact that I've been feeling sick simply have to do with the TASTE? Could it be that the alcohol isn't making me sick, but that I've been drinking booze and coke for so loing that I'm completely and utterly sick of the taste?

Is it a simple matter of just finding other alcoholic beverages to drink? Maybe I'm not feeling sick because of alcohol, maybe I'm just feeling sick as a nauseated response to drinking something that I've grown to dislike?

Whatever the case, you really should go to the doctor. I mean, not as if your situation will change, regardless of what he or she may or may not say.

My #1 recommendation is trying new alcohol.

Tiefster

You're not a real doctor are you...

I think there may be some truth to that. MAYBE.

Like, I usually have a couple of beers after work. Then I go home and start drinking liquor. Only that recently, I've had to stop VERY soon after drinking liquor since I start to get sick.

Tonight though, I had my 2 beers after work. I was really thirsty and hot, so I thought that a couple of beers would really hit the spot. Not so. I started feeling bad, and got even thirstier. So I figured that I'd stop by the store on the way home and buy some orange juice. Drank a little bit of it on the ride home, but saved most of it for mixing with booze. Got home and mixed it with some vodka. And I've downed more booze tonight than I've managed to do in at least a week, and I don't even feel the slightest bit sick yet.

The thing is, I RARELY drink booze and orange juice. I almost always mix my booze with coke. Could the fact that I've been feeling sick simply have to do with the TASTE? Could it be that the alcohol isn't making me sick, but that I've been drinking booze and coke for so loing that I'm completely and utterly sick of the taste?

Is it a simple matter of just finding other alcoholic beverages to drink? Maybe I'm not feeling sick because of alcohol, maybe I'm just feeling sick as a nauseated response to drinking something that I've grown to dislike?

MrGeezer

1. Beer is'nt really good for thirst anyway.Always does make you thirstier ...

2. And it could be to do with taste of what you're drinking aswell.For example , I myself could handle a whole litre of whisky and be fine.Yet , a few glasses of wine would make me as sick as a dog simply because I despise the taste, and even the smell of it.

[QUOTE="Tiefster"]
My #1 recommendation is trying new alcohol.

MrGeezer

Is it a simple matter of just finding other alcoholic beverages to drink? Maybe I'm not feeling sick because of alcohol, maybe I'm just feeling sick as a nauseated response to drinking something that I've grown to dislike?

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="Tiefster"]
My #1 recommendation is trying new alcohol.

Tiefster

Is it a simple matter of just finding other alcoholic beverages to drink? Maybe I'm not feeling sick because of alcohol, maybe I'm just feeling sick as a nauseated response to drinking something that I've grown to dislike?

Okay, here's what I'll do. I won't see a doctor YET. I'll give it a week or two. In the meantime, I'll switch up my drinks. TRy new drinks and see if I start feeling better. If in two weeks I am still getting sick off of miniscule amounts of alcohol, THEN I will see a doctor.

Way I see it, if it's really a problem with my liver, another two weeks of drinking won't make much of a difference. So I'll give it two weeks, try out new drinks, and see if that solves the problem. And if at the end of two weeks I'm still getting sick, then I'll go to a doctor.