Everyone has their mixed views on alcohol consumption whether it's socially or to get totally blitzed, but there should be at least one point in someones life where they experience the latter. I'm not condoning getting blindingly drunk for the fun of it, but to give you a first hand experience of something that you may think twice about doing again if you're presented the opportunity.

Take for example this weekend. A few friends of mine got together at my place for a cookout with nothing but good intentions. Of course what's a cookout without a few brew-skis? Well when kicking back in lawn chairs sipping on some brew turns into doing cartwheels thinking you're Jackie Chan while drinking five Irish Car-bombs you're entering the point of no return.

It may seem like you're having the time of your life at first, but just wait till the next day when you feel as if Jackie Chan himself just killed you five times before you hit the ground. I can promise you this, it is no fun hugging a toilet while feeling like midgets are mining for gold in your head.

The last time I felt almost this sick before was when I got food poisoning from a seafood restaurant which I won't mention any names aside that it deals with Lobsters of the Red kind. After four glasses of water, a sprite, half a banana, a concentration camp ration of bread, a lemon, enough vitamin C and Zinc to supply Rhode Island and plenty of sleep, I soon won the battle over the hangover and was able to keep my bodily fluids from leaving my body via the hole in my face.

All I can say is that it's an experience I will never forget and an important lesson I will always think of when alcohol is present at any kind of function.