Why don't I get drunk????

Question

I've been partying a lot lately and people are amazed at how much i can drink ( i'm tiny)... but i NEVER get drunk... I was out with some guys the other night and i was drinking straight vodka then straight rum... then vodka again.. like right from the bottle... and then had beer... and everyone was like holy shes a tank!! buttt shes going to puke tomorrow.. but i didnt:S and to be honest, i never even felt drunk.. Like when i'm with drunk people and they're all laughing at nothing and stumbling, i copy them.. but its an ACT.... i go home and walk up the stairs perfectly fine and go to sleep and wake up fine the next day.. NEVER hung over.... WHY!?

Answer 1

LUCKY , though you have to feel a little bit tipsy, and sometimes you think your not drunk when you are , you might just be really good at holding it back

Answer 2

Thats crazy... I have no idea why that would happen.. BUT at least you don't ever have to deal with hangovers!

Answer 3

That happens to me I have wine almost every night and then when I don't have it for a while I get buzzed from the one cup I drink... Your body just gets accustomed to it ithink

Answer 4

Do you eat something before going out? Eatting seems to help slow the getting drunk process.

Answer 5

Yeah I'm guessing you drink quite a bit. After a while your body will learn to function at a higher blooc alcohol level.

Sounds like you should be extra careful in terms of drinking and driving. I've read that people who have built a great tolerance for alcohol can function at a BAC well above the legal limit.

So you might not feel drunk at all, but it's your BAC that matters. You'll still get a DUI though if caught.

Answer 6

Honey you need the hard stuff, not the light American beer. Try liqueur instead, you might get a buzz that way.

Answer 7

why do you even WANT to get drunk? You shouldn't drink either. It really does take 11 years off you life.

Answer 8

stop drinking for a month or so...then see how you feel. your body is building up a tolerance.  if you want to see how drunk you are, get one of those hand held breathalyzer machines.  if you drink as much as you say, you're drunk.

Answer 9

Odds are, if you drink a lot quite frequently, you're not getting drunk because you are a drunk.  I'll go months without drinking, when I pick it back up after 6 beers I feel pretty drunk. When I drank a lot, I'd go through a 24 pack without being too drunk.  Your body learns to "efficiently" process alcohol after a while.  Also, you sound relatively young, so the hangovers will start kickin in after a few more years.

Answer 10

I heard of this happening to people who have the genetics of an alcoholic. Is one of your parents an alcoholic?