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Aussie drank more than ten bottles of vodka before Bali drunken rampage

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    ali
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    I can not believe anyone is capable of drinking this much alcohol and is still able to walk around, crashing scooters, assaulting people? I mean, after drinking half a bottle I can not imagine...

    I can not believe anyone is capable of drinking this much alcohol and is still able to walk around, crashing scooters, assaulting people?
    I mean, after drinking half a bottle I can not imagine myself walking properly.
    I can't imagine this is not an exaggeration

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      Algernon_Asimov
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      At about 1:20 in the embedded video, the reporter says this: FYI: @Loire

      At about 1:20 in the embedded video, the reporter says this:

      Police say it was actually 20 small bottles of vodka that Carr admitted to drinking

      FYI: @Loire

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        1. Algernon_Asimov
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          I suggest you ask Mr Carr or the Indonesian police to supply that information. I, unfortunately, do not have it.
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          I suggest you ask Mr Carr or the Indonesian police to supply that information. I, unfortunately, do not have it.

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        cfabbro
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        I dunno about that, my raging alcoholic best friend (and I, though I could never totally keep up) would regularly go through a 24 pack of "tall boy" beers and a 60oz of vodka over the course of a...

        I dunno about that, my raging alcoholic best friend (and I, though I could never totally keep up) would regularly go through a 24 pack of "tall boy" beers and a 60oz of vodka over the course of a night all by himself. And ten "mickeys" (12oz) bottles of vodka isn't really that far off. So ultimately it really depends on the size of the bottle you're referring to and especially whether its a premixed cocktail or not.

        p.s. Want to know his (and my, at the time) trick for accomplishing such a seemingly superhuman feat of drinking? Cocaine, and a hell of a lot of it. I definitely don't recommend that strategy though, as I'm now sober but in rough shape, and he died in his late-30s last year 2 years ago... edit: time flies :(

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          1. cfabbro
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            I'm honestly not sure. Maybe? But I suspect you wind up just pissing and puking most of the alcohol out once you reach a certain point though... because we did both frequently when on a binge,...

            I'm honestly not sure. Maybe? But I suspect you wind up just pissing and puking most of the alcohol out once you reach a certain point though... because we did both frequently when on a binge, especially as the night dragged on into morning back into evening again. I think the coke mostly just keeps you conscious and able to move (if only barely) so you can keep pounding the drinks down.

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          2. imperialismus
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            Cocaine doesn't affect the metabolization of alcohol. It does, however, directly counter many of the effects of alcohol. Not perfectly: disinhibition and poor judgment are likely to synergize,...

            Cocaine doesn't affect the metabolization of alcohol. It does, however, directly counter many of the effects of alcohol. Not perfectly: disinhibition and poor judgment are likely to synergize, rather than cancel each other out. But the fact that you may lose consciousness or stop breathing can be (somewhat) countered by cocaine.

            The "speedball" (cocaine and heroin) is dangerous precisely because a strong stimulant can temporarily counter the effects of a strong sedative. Cocaine has a short half-life, much shorter than heroin, and the risk is that you overdose on heroin, but the cocaine temporarily prevents you from dying. Once the cocaine runs out while the heroin is still going strong, you may lose consciousness and die.

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