Alcohol tolerance change?

[thinkingaboutit]

This is really strange to me...but it's happened a couple times in the last two weeks.

My gf and I will just hang out and watch a movie and have a few beers. Nice relaxing night. I seriously didn't even get a buzz from six beers in the past...now I seem to get affected. Is there something aside from nic in a cig that helped process it differently?

I guess it isn't a problem, I just save more money by being a cheap date I really am just curious if anyone else experienced similar.

 

[M1k3]

yes, though I don't know why...

 

[thinkingaboutit]

Whew-I thought I was alone!

Something is weird with two of us at least

 

[HawkeyeFLA]

Hmmm, less constricted blood flow allowing alcohol to get to the brain faster? That's one thought?

 

[Bullette the Cowdog]

Hmmm
I had a similar problem.
I had a change in the way alcohol affected me about 27 years ago. It caused me to make stupid decisions. So I changed my drink of choice to diet Pepsi & black coffee. Life has gotten better since then.

vape on

 

[Medieval Barber]

Nicotine restricts blood vessels though. I haven't noticed a change at all except the beer tasting better. maybe less toxins in your system because thats what medically and scientifically thats what we are doing. Think it depends on how much you drink too, I normally go to 4 and stop nice little buzz and no hangover the next morning.

 

[Kemosabe]

although its generally the same effect, i think that the way vaping affects you with alcohol is different than the way cigarettes affect you with alcohol. the difference is that with vaping, its so clean and pure- you can just vape away. but with cigarettes, youve got all the irritants. i think you might end up vaping more than you would have smoked. i know i do. when nicotine and alcohol mix, you get an increased effect. and when youre vaping, there is virtually no limit to the amount of nic you can ingest. the same is true for cigarettes, its just that you have to wade through all the irritants, and that might be a sort of roadblock.

 

[thinkingaboutit]

although its generally the same effect, i think that the way vaping affects you with alcohol is different than the way cigarettes affect you with alcohol. the difference is that with vaping, its so clean and pure- you can just vape away. but with cigarettes, youve got all the irritants. i think you might end up vaping more than you would have smoked. i know i do. when nicotine and alcohol mix, you get an increased effect. and when youre vaping, there is virtually no limit to the amount of nic you can ingest. the same is true for cigarettes, its just that you have to wade through all the irritants, and that might be a sort of roadblock.

Good polint, plus, I don't have to get off my ...., pause the TV and go outside...

Looks like a lower nic juice for beer nights is in order.

 

[Medieval Barber]

The lower nic is a good idea, last time I chain vaped and drink I had horrible heartburn, which nic contributes to that. maybe if I went lower in the mg amount I would not get that.

 

[RichardV]

I had never thought about this, I don't drink often now so I get a good buzz with 1 beer. In my younger days I needed a funnel!! Guess now I'll get plastered on 1 beer.

 

[Medieval Barber]

@ thinkingaboutit I have been noticing that ever since you mentioned it, and I think you are right, I used to smoke in my house, and I could drink more, with out feeling it. Now after drinking less I feel it more.

 

[Medieval Barber]

Another reason is because alcohol is an diuretic, pv drys one out and alcohol adds to that, so it would increase the feeling.

 

[thinkingaboutit]

Another reason is because alcohol is an diuretic, pv drys one out and alcohol adds to that, so it would increase the feeling.

Yea, dehydration probably doesn't help. I did adjust, and I think I am back to normal.

 

[Cuando]

I think the dehydration related to vaping is definitely the big culprit. Your body is thirsty, so you end up taking more alcohol into your bloodstream. Good theory, makes total sense. That, coupled with increased bloodflow, would definitely make one drink feel much more potent than normal (when smoking). Another great reason to vape, if you ask me. Alcohol isn't exactly cheap, unless you are, of course.

 

[mostapha]

My tolerance has plummeted in the last few weeks, but I assumed it was from drinking less often.

Apart from the blood vessel thing mentioned above, vaping dehydrates you……your body might be processing it faster somehow as a result of that? IDK. I'm going to go do some research and report back in a few hours. Good luck reading it.

 

[rondasherrill]

I noticed this myself! I used to be able to put down half a fifth of vodka over the course of a night(~4 hours) and still walk a straight line. These days, I start to feel a real good buzz after only 2 Whiskey sours, and I sip on them. I'm talking about 1 Whiskey sour in a highball glass lasting like 45 minutes.

 

[infusion22]

I have noticed that I also get an effect from the beer quicker now that I am vaping. I also noticed this change more when I quit nicotine altogether for a brief spell.

I think that Alcohol actually eliminates the nicotine from the users system quicker than normal and this is why people who smoke/vape find that they do so far more when partaking in the consumption of alcohol.

 

[FranC]

I don't drink much anymore but when I do I don't notice any difference and I vape alot.

 

[thinkingaboutit]

My tolerance has plummeted in the last few weeks, but I assumed it was from drinking less often.

Apart from the blood vessel thing mentioned above, vaping dehydrates you……your body might be processing it faster somehow as a result of that? IDK. I'm going to go do some research and report back in a few hours. Good luck reading it.

Always good to get a laugh in the morning just as work got frustrating. Thank you.

 

[Medieval Barber]

@ infusion22, I think that comes with drinking, Everyone I have know who either smokes whether social or or not or vapes tends to do it more when they drink, don't know what causes it, could be because alcohol reduces nic levels, have not looked in to that.