getting too drunk

[phae]

i used to be able to drink a fair amount of alcohol and still hold myself together. lately, just a couple of glasses of wine can have me almost passing out! Would there be a medical reason for a sudden low resistence to alcohol effects?

its not everytime i drink. i dont drink every day (about once a week). sometimes i can drink several spirits (between 6 and 8), and be fine. Other times just 2 or 3 can have me blotto. I end up taking myself to bed and 'passing out'.??

Any ideas?

[tellboy]

Sounds good to me !

Not taking any other medication are you ?

[tellboy]

And cheaper of course

[Sherry1]

Help to know what sex and age you are... could be menopausal ?

[qapmoc]

You don't say if any other symptoms and/or changes have accompanied this but if you are female this might be of interest, Otherwise it might that you are deficient in ZINC which the liver requires to process alcohol.

[phae]

i am female. 32yrs. no medication. if i was deficient in zinc, would i only sometimes get so drunk i pass out? do zinc levels go up and down?

do you think it could be depending on my emotional state. the worse case scenario is when i have a bit of an emotional event, then have a drink? But not all the time. sometimes im just on my own at home... have a few glasses of wine and im off my head!

[WendyS]

Perhaps your liver has been damaged by previous excesses and is just telling you it can't cope with alcohol any more by reacting violently. I don't think the lesson of George Best will be lost on anybody.

I believe I read once that the herb Milk Thistle (or something similar) helped ease the after-effects of drinking too much alcohol but it's probably best not to go that route in the first place. Life is too precious to ruin it.