If you drink alcohol, it's important to know how to keep yourself from getting drunk and to keep your alcohol level within your tolerance. Otherwise, you could harm your friends and family as well as put yourself in danger that could result in death. If you want to know how to drink alcohol without getting drunk, whether at a bar, at a party, or in any other place where there's drinking, then you have to strategize, know your body's tolerance limits, and know how to detect and avoid it. dangerous situation. If you want to enjoy alcoholic beverages without letting them control you, just follow the suggestions starting in Step 1 below.
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Part 1 of 3: Strategy
Step 1. Have a drink with a group of friends
If you want to avoid getting drunk, the first thing you should do is avoid drinking alone, or drinking with people you don't really know or trust. If you drink alone with no one else watching, you can get into a lot of trouble without anyone knowing. Whether you're heading to a party or a bar, always make sure you're drinking with a group of people you feel comfortable with and you can trust.
- Don't drink with people who tend to encourage you to keep drinking without stopping or who make fun of you if you don't drink or if you're not "solider" by drinking heavily. You should feel comfortable drinking at your own pace and at your own pace.
- Don't go out drinking with people who have a reputation for easily leaving the group in favor of making out with other people they've just met or often disappearing when the night isn't over. Make sure that you go out for drinks with people you can count on.
Step 2. Create a lookout system with at least one of your friends
When you're out drinking with friends, at least one of the people should be someone who knows his own body's alcohol tolerance, or even doesn't drink much, and is willing to watch over you and warn you when you're showing signs of drinking too much.. At times, you may be drinking too much and be too stubborn to admit it, and a friend like this can warn you to stop drinking and drink water instead.
- This friend can warn you if you've had too much to drink, keep you from driving when you're drunk, and be ready to take you home if you're too drunk.
- Never violate this mutual care system. If you keep breaking this system, no friends will be willing to go out for drinks with you. You have to be able to be a friend who looks after you, after other friends also take care of you.
Step 3. Know your body's tolerance limits
Before anything else, first you need to know yourself and know your own body's tolerance for alcohol. It doesn't take you long to figure out how little or how much alcohol your body can tolerate, and everyone has a unique and different body condition, so everyone's body's ability to tolerate alcohol is different too. Pay attention to your body's signals and do things that are good for your body, not harmful. The first time you drink alcohol, you should drink with close friends in a comfortable place, for example at your house or at their house, so that you are not overwhelmed by the pressure of uncomfortable associations. This will help you to identify what you can and cannot accept.
- You can define this tolerance limit very clearly. This limit is for example “four glasses of wine in six hours”, “four beers in a night”, or “two cocktails mixes in a night (depending on the mix)”. set your own tolerance limit before you go out for drinks, to make it easier to stick to it throughout the night.
- If this is your first time drinking, it's important to maintain a low, constant rate of drinking, so that you can identify your body's tolerance for alcohol.
Step 4. Make sure that you know your way home
If you're out drinking with friends, you should know exactly how you got home from the night before. There are several options: the easiest is to get someone to drive for you, who won't drink alcohol that night and will drive you safely to your house. You can also take the bus or other public transportation home, or call a taxi, or walk if your house is close enough to the bars. Any plan you can implement.
- What you shouldn't do is drive yourself to a bar and hope a friend will help drive you home, or get in the car of someone you know is going to drink a lot hoping someone else will drive and drive you home later.
- If you can't drive or don't own a vehicle, in any case, never get in a vehicle driven by someone who's been drinking too much.
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Never ride in a vehicle with a stranger if you are under the influence of alcohol. Alcohol affects your senses and the way you judge situations. If you like someone you've just met, just ask for their number and wait until you're fully awake, then approach them again afterwards.
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Never drive while drunk. Don't drive either, even if you're only half drunk. Just one alcoholic drink per hour can put you beyond the legal limit for driving a vehicle. Even if you feel fine, your alcohol test results may show different results.
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Step 5. Drink alcohol only if you are of legal age
In many countries, the legal age for drinking alcohol is usually between the ages of 16-18, while in the US it is 21. Don't use a fake ID or drink on campus if you're under that age, unless you're prepared to deal with the legal consequences. Breaking the law is not a responsible act.
Step 6. Don't drink if you're not feeling positive
Alcohol is a mood-depressant (depressant), so if you're feeling angry, sad, or unstable, it's more likely to make you feel worse. Even if you think that drinking alcohol can help you have fun and forget all your problems, it actually makes your mood worse. You may feel cool and relaxed at first during your first drink or two, but you're actually making yourself feel worse than when you haven't started drinking.
- You should enforce the rule to only drink when you are happy, not when you are trying to fight sadness.
- Never use drinking as a way to solve problems. You have to tackle the problem in a conscious state.
- Don't go out drinking with the person you're angry with. The alcohol will bring out the anger, and you will be in a much better situation if you resolve the conflict with a clear mind.
Step 7. Do not drink on an empty stomach
You'll feel the effects of alcohol much more quickly if you drink on an empty stomach, so you're more likely to feel nauseous. Most foods are better than no food at all, but you're better off eating a main meal rich in carbohydrates and protein, which can help your body absorb alcohol, instead of eating fruit or salad. Eating before you go out for a drink will make you much slower to go over the limit when you drink alcohol.
If you've been at the bar and just realized you haven't eaten, order some food and eat before you start drinking. Don't worry that it will be a hassle or that you will be late to start drinking. This is a decision worth making
Step 8. Consult with your doctor to see if you can continue to take his prescribed medication while drinking alcohol
If you are taking a prescription medication, talk to your doctor to make sure you can drink alcohol on the same day you take the drug. This can vary from drug to drug, so you need to make sure you know if the medication on your prescription has a negative effect when combined with alcohol before drinking alcohol.
Step 9. Don't drink if you're not getting enough sleep
If you only get two or three hours of sleep a night, you're better off going back to sleep than going to the bar. Alcohol will have a much stronger effect if you are feeling tired, sleepy, and unable to control your mind and body because you are tired.
- The night before, you might have stayed up late studying for the exam and really wanted to go out for drinks with friends to celebrate the end of the exam, but you'll need to hold back on that urge until the next night so you can rest well first.
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Don't think that consuming large amounts of caffeine, for example by drinking three cups of coffee or an energy drink, will make you feel better. In fact, mixing a lot of caffeine with alcohol will make you feel much worse and increase your risk of falling even higher.
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Part 2 of 3: Managing Your Drinking Way
Step 1. Meet the body's fluid needs
Alcohol dehydrates and depletes the levels of vitamins and minerals in your body. Drink water, sparkling water, or water containing vitamins to restore vitamin levels in your body.
Drinking a 1:1 ratio of non-alcoholic to alcoholic beverages is a good rule of thumb. This means drinking one glass of water after drinking one alcoholic beverage. However, the always better rule is to apply a higher ratio for non-alcoholic drinks
Step 2. Know what you are drinking
While it's certainly okay to try a drink for the first time, such as a “Sex On The Beach” cocktail or a beer you've never tried before, be careful about the alcohol content before drinking more than one drink. You may not always be able to detect how strong the alcohol is in your drink because of the sweetener, milk, cream or other ingredients that mask the alcohol taste. In addition, your body's reaction to a drink you're not familiar with may appear more quickly than it does to a drink you're used to.
- Some types of dalat cocktails raise the level of alcohol in your blood more quickly than other drinks, depending on your weight. Contrary to what many people think, your body's tolerance for alcohol does not determine the level of alcohol in your blood, even if you have a higher tolerance limit than other people.
- Beer is a safer option than cocktails, but you should know the alcohol content in the beer before drinking it. While most beers have an alcohol content of 4-5%, some types of beer may have an alcohol content of 8-9% or more, which can greatly affect the effect.
Step 3. Don't drink more than one drink per hour
If you want to drink without getting drunk, don't drink more than one drink per hour. “One drink” means a bottle of beer with a volume of 340 milliliters, or a glass of wine with a volume of 142 milliliters, or a shot of 40% alcohol at a volume of 42 milliliters. You might have a hard time sticking to this limit if your friends drink a lot more, but it's a way to stay safe. Sipping beer or wine slowly will take a longer time than drinking straight a shot of a high-alcohol drink, and is recommended because the alcohol content will not have an effect on your body all at once.
Many people often consume more than one drink per hour, because they are not doing anything and their hands feel uncomfortable if they are not holding a drink. If this happens to you, just hold a glass of water or sparkling water between alcoholic drinks, so that you always have something in your hand
Step 4. Keep your drinking pace
It is very important that you maintain a constant pace when drinking alcoholic beverages. Alcohol takes time to take effect. You may feel up to another shot after a few minutes have passed, but remember that you may just not be feeling the effects yet. Eat some snacks and drink water, so that the alcohol is absorbed properly in your body.
Step 5. Avoid games that involve drinking
While games like " bullshit ", " kings ", " beer pong ", and " glass slide " are fun ways to spend time at a party and have fun with new friends that you'll soon forget, games this kind of pushes you into a non-stop drinking behavior and is sure to get you completely drunk in a matter of minutes.
You can also participate in this kind of game by secretly throwing away the alcoholic drink you "should" have finished, or giving it to a friend who hasn't had much to drink
Part 3 of 3: Avoiding Dangerous Situations
Step 1. Make sure that you are comfortable with your surroundings
If you are in the middle of a party in a house, get to know the owners of the house and know all the amenities in the house. Know where the bathroom is. Find a more hidden location and put your shoes or jacket there (but never put your wallet or valuables there). If you're starting to feel out of control, just say an excuse (such as "I left my phone in my jacket pocket!") and head to that hidden location to cool off and dump your drink. If you need to go home, find the landlord and ask them to help you book a taxi or arrange for someone sober to drive you home.
- If you are in a public place, pay attention to any exits as soon as you arrive at the location. You have to do this instinctively, because an emergency (for example, a fire) can happen at any time and you need to know where the nearest exit is. Also useful is knowing the location of the taxi queue or the nearest public transport stop from where you are drinking. Don't make it difficult for yourself, always have a quick strategy for you to leave the place.
- Make sure that you know your way home by heart. If you're so drunk you don't remember anything, your defenses will be crippled, just like your consciousness, and you'll easily get lost. If you don't know your way home, you better not go out drinking.
Step 2. Avoid social pressure
Always remember that you drink to have fun and have a good time, not to show off. The purpose of drinking is to enjoy the drink, enjoy the company of friends, and enjoy the feeling of freedom. You don't have to follow other people's drinking, or enter a silly race that could ruin the evening or even destroy your friendship. If you go out drinking with people who encourage you to drink more than you want, it means that you are friends with the wrong people.
If you really want other people to stop bothering you so you drink more, hold a sparkling water or soft drink in your hand and put a lime wedge in it, so people think you're going to be driving and so don't bother you anymore. This is a good short term solution, but the long term solution is to stay away from people who put unwanted pressure on you
Step 3. Stop drinking if you start to feel drunk
Symptoms of a hangover include feeling out of control of your mind, blurry vision, slow and slurred speech, and difficulty maintaining balance.
Step 4. Stop drinking if you vomit
While this is usually the tendency for some people, it is still important that you never try to drink alcohol again, even if you feel "better" after vomiting. Vomiting is a sign that the body can no longer hold the level of alcohol that has been consumed and the body must now resist the entry of alcohol as a last resort. At this point, you really have been drinking too much and it's time for you to prioritize your health over fun.
If you feel like throwing up, go to the bathroom and throw up there. Vomiting is the body's way of expelling excess alcohol levels that are unacceptable to the body's system. You shouldn't force yourself to vomit, but you shouldn't hold it in either
Step 5. Lie on your side if you feel nauseous
If you have vomited, feel like throwing up, or just feel nauseous, you should lie on your side to prevent yourself from choking on vomiting (which may happen if you lie on your back). Place a bucket or basin near your mouth and be prepared to throw up if you do. If you are in this uncomfortable situation, don't go home alone, but invite a trusted friend to stay at your house to watch over you if you ever need help.
- If you feel nauseous, have a headache, or other discomfort, tell someone. You need someone in charge to watch over you if you find yourself having alcohol poisoning and need emergency medical help.
- If you see a person lying down and feel nauseous, position them so that the person is lying on their side as well.
Step 6. Don't make any sexual decisions while drinking
While you may think that alcohol makes you speak up, or take a physical approach to your crush, it actually cripples your ability to make the right decisions and pushes you to do something you'll regret later. It's okay to flirt a bit, ask for her number, then approach her back when you're not drinking, but you should avoid spending the night with someone you just met, or having sex in a bar. This is dishonorable behavior, and you will feel ashamed of it afterwards.
Step 7. Don't accept drinks from people you don't know
If you're at a party and a guy offers you a drink right away, don't accept it unless you've seen the guy drink it himself or have observed that he's getting it for you, so you know exactly what it is. If the guy was just getting some beer still sealed from the fridge, it was fine. However, if he goes to the kitchen and comes back with a mysterious drink that may contain alcohol or even certain drugs that can paralyze you to the point of being easily raped, this means you are in a very dangerous situation.
You don't have to be rude when you refuse the drink. Be honest about why you turned it down. It is better to appear unfriendly than to be in danger
Step 8. Don't leave your drink unattended
Your drink should be in your hand or at least visible to you at all times, whether it's a party or a bar. If you put your drink down and walk away, someone could mix it with something, or you could go wrong and take something stronger thinking it's your own drink.
If you must go to the restroom, ask a close friend to hold your drink, or take your drink to the restroom. This will help you to prevent the risk of someone messing with your drink
Tips
- If you get drunk and do silly things every time you drink, or your friends have to drive you home because you can't stand up anymore, eventually no one will want to go out drinking with you anymore and you can be sure that you it has crossed the line. You may have a serious problem. Seek immediate help.
- Remember, drinking is NOT the answer to your problem, and can even add to the problem in your life. If you like to drink alcoholic beverages, try to only consume one or two drinks. If you are light enough, eat less than that. Drinking and being drunk is not good for you, not only because it results in the loss of your brain cells, but also because being drunk and being under the influence of alcohol is a really dangerous situation. You don't have to get drunk every time you drink, you can drink in moderation. If you get drunk too often, make sure that you're with someone and in a safe location so you won't harm anything other than things that are within your reach.
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Alcohol is a depressant substance. So, mixing alcohol with substances that are stimulants (stimulating), especially caffeine, for example in the form of coffee or energy drinks. Stimulant substances can trick your body into feeling more alert and more awake, which can make you think you can have a few more drinks. Always keep in mind the number of drinks you have consumed that night.
Stimulant substances can also speed up the heart rate, which, in combination with alcohol, can promote short-term heart block and other serious heart problems
- Do not take sleeping pills, or any drugs (prescribed or over-the-counter drugs) with alcohol, if these drugs are known to be contraindicated with alcohol.
Warning
- Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages after taking painkillers.
- If you see someone who has fainted or hasn't regained consciousness and hasn't vomited after consuming a very large portion of alcohol, take that person to the hospital. The person may have alcohol poisoning. Unconsciousness is a life-threatening condition.
- Note that alcohol, in any amount, can have a risk of affecting your mind and body coordination. The degree of this effect depends on the type of drink you drink, your age, your body mass, and how fast you drink. Drinking responsibly includes knowing your body's tolerance limits, drinking moderately, and being mature.
- If you drink, never think that you can drive. Just walk home, or order a taxi, or ask someone else for a ride.
- Don't run to drinking when you're in trouble. Going to a bar with friends to watch a football game and have a drink together isn't a problem, but finding a bottle of whiskey when you've just broken up with your boyfriend is a different matter.
- The US death toll from alcohol, excluding alcohol-induced accidents and homicides, is 23,199.
- Don't mix energy drinks with alcohol. A hangover disguised by energy drinks is dangerous, as it limits a person's ability to recognize his or her body's tolerance limits and increases the risk of alcohol poisoning.
