Sonia234,

I fully agree with Anita. I am not condoning underage drinking. However when my brother made the same kind of mistake his first year of college I gave him this advise in conjunction with Anita’s advice. I believe knowledge is power and the more you know the more you grow. Moving forward from this mistake you will have to revisit the event (in your mind) and identify all the mistakes that were made, learn from them and vow not to make the same mistakes in the future. A few things to remember for the future Never combine liquor and drugs, the two do not mix well and will make you sick (it’s actually how a lot of young people passageway). Also when drinking liquor responsibly (I am not condoning underage drinking) never mix colors of liquors (brown with brown, clear with clear) again the two do not mix well and cause drastic reactions. Also, drinking as much water as you drink liquor is always best and fatty foods.

This is a painful time for you. I imagine there is guilt and shame and sorrow at losing your friends and social support. Your mom thinks your friends are a bad influence and your friends parents very likely think you are the bad influence. Parents tend to want to blame the other kids!  I have never heard the advice about mixing colors of alcohol being the problem, rather I think you all had too much alcohol and got alcohol poisoning. So my advice is don’t drink. Period – because your brain is developing right now and alcohol and drugs on a developing brain can cause life long issues, including a tendency to addiction. The puking is the body’s way of trying to cleanse the poison out. Your passing out 4-5 times and hallucinating are other signs your body was not processing the drug and the alcohol well. Which scares me for you and I don’t even know you. Although no ones body will allow too much ingestion of these toxins. Drugs and alcohol are toxins. A little bit and maybe one feels good but keep going and one feels bad. Anyway, take this as simply a life lesson. Try to work through this and if you need counseling, please seek it. Consider starting a written journal where you hand write your feelings every evening. Learn to identify what you are thinking and feeling. It may seem trite but this too shall pass. Use it for good. All of us adults have had experiences growing up that were big life lessons. I wish you the best.

Rose of Yellow,

You said “I have never heard the advice about mixing colors of alcohol being the problem, rather I think you all had too much alcohol and got alcohol poisoning.” I totally agree with you on the alcohol poisoning; it’s very easy to consume to much liquor to fast. Most people take a shot and when they don’t feel immediate effects take another and so on until they feel it’s effects; that’s usually when the alcohol poisoning has occurred. As for the mixing of dark and light liquors, it’s a popular belief that “The amount of alcohol in the blood rises more quickly after drinking liquor than after drinking beer. … Clear beverages like vodka, gin, and white wine contain less congeners than darker drinks like brandy, whisky, rum, and red wine. Mixing the congeners may increase stomach irritation.” It’s also a unwritten rule in the bar service industry not to mix dark and light or you’ll be cleaning all night.

You brought up some very important medical advise and I’d like to thank you for adding that to the discussion.

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