I noticed something interesting one night recently. Alcohol does not give me hang-overs. This is pretty awesome, if I were say, a party animal. But I'm not. However, it got me doing some research and eventually lead to experiments.
According to multiple sources, it takes the human body at least an hour to metabolize a single alcoholic drink (one shot of hard liquor, one beer, etc.) at the normal level of alcohol per volume percentage. I had a feeling that did not apply to me in the slightest.
I already know that my body tends to have trouble absorbing medication and nutrients via oral consumption. I have a bit more luck with liquid than solids, but it generally takes a consistent flow of injections for my body to really absorb what it needs. The main I know this is because I have experience in dealing with that particular issue and certain vitamins.
I also know that my stomach and all the other organs involved metabolise my food very quickly. I don't just mean moving the food from my stomach to intestines, etc. I mean doing all of that PLUS breaking it down and using it properly. That's part of the reason I don't absorb everything I need, because my stomach and organs do their work quickly, not efficiently.
So I've decided to start recording my tolerance, absorption and effects of alcohol, specifically with time so that I can see if my body truly does metabolise alcohol quicker than everyone else.
Currently, I can only go by what I feel and do as I don't have a way to test my breath or blood, but I have a feeling I will be able to figure out how to do that soon because my inane curiosity will get the better of me. The first recording is from earlier tonight as follows:
18:40 - start drinking Smirnoff Blueberry Lemonade (5.8% alc/vol) and eating a salad
18:50 - finish eating salad
19:00 - finish off Smirnoff Blueberry Lemonade
19:20 - start to feel alcoholy effects
19:35 - alcoholy effects start to wear off
19:40 - alcoholy effects are gone
I really hope that I don't have to explain what "alcoholy effects" are to anyone, if you've ever had alcohol, you know what I mean. It looks like it takes my body very little time to fully process one alcoholic drink. From the time of starting my drink to when the effects were completely gone, it was one measly hour of the night. That is nothing!
You may be thinking that sure, that's great, but you're probably a heavy drinker or something like that. Except I'm not. I can tell you for a fact (and have witnesses to prove it) that it only takes three shots of whiskey to get me fall over drunk. I'm pretty light-weight when it comes to drinking. That is one of the reasons why I'm so interested in how quickly my body processes the alcohol; because it would stand to reason that if I (or anyone) drank two bottles of wine, had 7 shots and then 9 beers over the course of a night, they would have blacked out and had a wicked hang-over in the morning. Except that didn't happen. Well, that consumption of alcohol did, but the morning after, there was a vague headache and some nausea, although that was more than likely caused by the concussion I had procured during the night rather than from the alcohol, but who knows? That party also happened quite awhile ago and we all know that body chemistry changes as you age.
Regardless, I want to find out how my body processes alcohol because if my body can regularly do as recorded earlier tonight, I will be damn impressed and also be able to help myself when it comes to getting the proper nutrition that I need.
It should be noted that a)All food from prior in the day had already made it past the point of no return and b)I should also record my output (peeing) and will do so in the future.
So cheers to science and discoveries and may the odds be ever in my favour!
