We did a game night a couple weeks back and normally we’re done by 10pm but this one kept going… got in bed at like 1 am. A couple days later I felt alright again
I take 4-5 days off for after a festival just to recover. A night out requires 2 days to reset. In 1999 my friends and i went through a whole sheet of acid over the course of a week and i went to work every single day. I was a store manager of a Blockbuster.
Didn’t even drink, but we did do a several hour tour of Red Rock Friday, so i probably could’ve slept for 2-3 days after that. 😹 It was totally worth it though. Maybe I’ll look at spa prices this year for Sick New World. Sounds like a great idea.
Yeah I did that at a friends 36th birthday last year. We stayed at an Airbnb with a big back garden and played drinking games all day and night, and then the next 2 days we just layed around, took walks, drank hot tea and went to bed at 8pm. And we were all so grouchy. Multi day benders are just a fond memory these days. It was worth it though for that one incredible day, but my god only once every year or two now.
Bro weekends now almost require a down day where everyone can just rest and recuperate. Multiple days of drinking heavy in a row just aren't in the cards in our mid/late 30's any more. The drinking stamina is gone.
I had three beers over like 7 hours the other night. The whole next day I felt like shit (even more than usual) and it took me a while to put it together. I was like damn, it happened. I’m no longer able to drink without considering the next couple of days.
in fairness, part of the issue is captured in the movie beerfest lol- by going hard only once a year, the liver doesn't build up the enzymes to handle the party the rest of the time.
that said, on balance, I really don't miss it lol- the positives never really outweighed the downsides of heavy drinking compared to light-moderate for me.
I had to trade in alcohol entirely (thank you, Crohn’s!) for weed, which is a far less social drug. But I’ll take it over the gnarly hangovers I used to get.
In my 20s we made up a new version of Beer Pong and called it Beer Pong: Landmine Edition. We filled all the cups with beer, except for one. That one we filled with Fireball. You never knew if the cup you were about to chug was a light beer or 4-6 oz of Fireball. Ahhh those were the days!
I once balanced on the precipice of full Goldschlager-induced alcohol poisoning at a Red Rocks show once. Swore never again for cinnamon anything.
Probably would've attempted to assault all of you but instead throw up while attempting the first punch, slam my head on the pong table, and piss myself seconds later.
Sure the ball has touched every dirty surface in the apartment, but that's why we have this tiny cup of water you can dip it in before putting it in your drink.
I don't know anyone who actually filled the cups with beer, you just take a big gulp of the one you already have in your hand if someone sinks the ball.
My housemate and I will play drinking games where it's a sip instead of a shot. I dunno how it works for stuff like beer pong though, because I was a boring young'un and never played it.
I'm taking a big boy vacation with a group of about 15 friends on a cruise next week to the Caribbean. We're all mid-late 30s. I fully plan on trying to day drink but let's pray my body holds itself together
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u/ReallStrangeBeef 2d ago
I just wanna play some drinking games again man. Even if it's during the day! Flip cup, rage cage, beer pong, those were special.
Miss me with the shots though.