Were analogs and alcohol ever a bad combination for you?

[Guessologist]

This seems as good as any place to ask this, certainly with the highest concentration of (ex)smokers to question: Did cigarettes and drinking ever disagree with you?

I'm not sure whether this is a common issue, certainly not amongst people I've asked before. Often, while having a decent night on the grog, cigarettes will eliminate my sense of equilibrium, even if I'm not drunk yet, much to the delight of onlookers. As in, uncontrollable wobbling while trying to stand, which wears off after a couple of minutes. In extreme cases, it used to make me chuck, which fixed everything. Usually people tend to smoke more while drinking, so it can't be that common. I'd like to know how many people out there have this amusing trait.

Hopefully shouldn't be an issue any more with my new vaping gear. Already noticed within the first day that the smell of smoke no longer lingers around me...

 

[CaptJay]

Never had that happen lol I have - or USED to - noticed what seemed like a bigger nic hit when I drank alcohol. I don't drink alcohol either any more though (I don't really go out like i used to though and can't take much drink these days lol)

 

[ta2guy73]

I very rarely drink, but when I am around those who are drinking I tend to smoke more. It might sound strange, but I swear I can smoke to the point of waking up with a nicotine hangover. After a night out at the club with friends, I wake up with a headache, felling dizzy and nauseous and never have even touched a drop of alcohol.

 

[vinterchaos]

umm nope nothing like that for me

 

[jaded]

I smoked about a pack in the 4 or 5 hours when I was out drinking before the ban hit. I drink a lot when I am out too, but notice my hangovers ended once the ban hit and I would only smoke 4 or 5 while out. I never got the feeling you describe tho.

 

[Kurt]

This seems as good as any place to ask this, certainly with the highest concentration of (ex)smokers to question: Did cigarettes and drinking ever disagree with you?

I'm not sure whether this is a common issue, certainly not amongst people I've asked before. Often, while having a decent night on the grog, cigarettes will eliminate my sense of equilibrium, even if I'm not drunk yet, much to the delight of onlookers. As in, uncontrollable wobbling while trying to stand, which wears off after a couple of minutes. In extreme cases, it used to make me chuck, which fixed everything. Usually people tend to smoke more while drinking, so it can't be that common. I'd like to know how many people out there have this amusing trait.

Hopefully shouldn't be an issue any more with my new vaping gear. Already noticed within the first day that the smell of smoke no longer lingers around me...

When it was ok to smoke in bars, I would smoke far more than I drank. Sometimes I would just have iced tea, but I would smoke like a chimney with friends, who also smoked. Yes, I would get probably CO buzzed to the point of being unsteady on my feet, and one beer would really affect me.

But I have always felt smokers were more interesting than nonsmokers. Nic just makes conversation more fun and intelligent, it seems...actually it has been shown this is the case. Now I vape nic in a bar called ECF. Wish I knew people here that vaped...

 

[Guessologist]

When it was ok to smoke in bars, I would smoke far more than I drank. Sometimes I would just have iced tea, but I would smoke like a chimney with friends, who also smoked. Yes, I would get probably CO buzzed to the point of being unsteady on my feet, and one beer would really affect me.

But I have always felt smokers were more interesting than nonsmokers. Nic just makes conversation more fun and intelligent, it seems...actually it has been shown this is the case. Now I vape nic in a bar called ECF. Wish I knew people here that vaped...

Aha, so thats what was causing my issue, carbon monoxide intoxication! Reading up on it, ataxia (loss of muscle coordination) and nausea are common symptoms, interesting.

 

[kernowash]

Yes! In a big way. Drink, get trashed, smoke, puke!
Almost everytime if I am reallly messy, if I smoke its game over for the contents of my guts!

 

[splunge2112]

i loved smoking...i love the taste of a beer... but when i had a fer beers i could not stand the taste of a smoke...i had to eat a mint or something to drink another beer. i now realize, after alomst a month of vaping without a single analog, that is wasnt the beer... i can drink and enjoy a beer while vaping throughout. another reason to praise the vapor...

 

[warped911]

when ever i drank i smoked about 5 packs in 1 night. no joke

So last time i tried to quit smoking i had to stop drinking too....

That just wasnt makin me happy i love to try differnt beers. for example last year i tried 373 or so differnt beers..

so anyhow after i had tried to quit smoking i went out to a buds house and had 1 beer no biggie but after the second one i wanted a smoke bad.. i caved and went to the store and grabbed a few packs..

But now that i vape drinking is no issue. i just hit my nicotine crack pipe and im set to go ;-)

 

[NatureBoy]

Finally! Someone else that had the same negative reaction to the horrid combination of cigarettes and booze!

None of my friends or people I knew could understand how I hated to smoke while I drank... the exact opposite of just about everyone I knew. Every time without fail it'd make me sick... sometimes I'd be able to focus on my breathing and with enough concentration I could save myself the embarassment of puking. But sometimes, I couldn't.

Never could smoke when I drank. I wonder if that played any part in why I found it so easy to quit every time. Guess I didn't love smoking all that much.