LOL Man, that is crazy...I remember doing like 7 Flaming Dr. Pepper's in about an hour and I was sick all night...I didn't drink Dr Pepper for about a year..
Co-sign. Before the only power hour I've ever done I made the mistake of eating a whole pizza beforehand. At about minute 45 or so, I walked outside, and proceeded to throw up the entire pizza (not because I was drunk, but just because there was no possible room left in my stomach). With the newfound room left vacant in my stomach, I finished off the remaining 15 minutes. I figured I better finish what I started.
Why are you reading Dear Abby? Dec. 1, 2005, 1:02AM DEAR ABBY Binge drinking can be fatal Dear Abby: I'm writing regarding "Worried Mom" from Montana, who is frightened about her children drinking "21 shots" on their 21st birthday. She is rightfully concerned about this so-called "rite of passage." We lost our daughter, Kim, to binge drinking two years ago. She consumed between 22 and 24 shots in a four-hour period and died in her dorm room. She was only 18. Did she know the danger she put herself in? No. We now have a Web site that lists the signs of alcohol poisoning and what to do: www.kimsawareness.net. To lose a child over a senseless mistake causes pain that never goes away. Young adults must realize that if they indulge in any kind of binge drinking, they could never see tomorrow. MOTHER WHO'S BEEN THERE, Upper Darby, Pa. Dear Mother: Please accept my deepest sympathy for your loss, as well as my thanks for reaching out to warn parents and young adults about this practice. If your letter saves even one life, your effort will have been worth it. After "Worried Mom's" letter appeared, I was deluged with mail. Read on: Dear Abby: In Minnesota, the practice is called "Power Hour," and the person turning 21 tries to drink 21 shots between midnight and 1 a.m. of his or her birthday. We begged our son not to do it. We told him the danger. He, too, insisted, "It's fine!" At 1:30 a.m. we got a phone call from the hospital where he spent the next 12 hours on life support. We were lucky. Our son nearly died. This foolish, dangerous practice can lead to tragedy. Beware! MINNESOTA MOM Dear Abby: I work on a military base. Several months ago, we heard the tragic news that a service member had died after "celebrating" his 21st birthday by drinking 21 shots. It turned out to be his last birthday. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning. Despite all the warnings and lectures, it still happened. Please, parents, tell your children it is not "fine." It's deadly. My heart goes out to the parents of that young man. READER in Knob Noster, Mo. Dear Abby: Twenty-one drinks is over the lethal dose for alcohol. A local man bet he could drink 21 martinis in one hour. He won the bet and expired immediately. That mother is right to be worried. DR. LEWIS R. Dear Abby: In my hometown, a man took his son to the local bowling alley on his 21st birthday and proceeded to buy him 21 shots of liquor. Two hours later, the "birthday boy" was dead, and his father was in jail. There's no way the human body can process that much alcohol in a few hours. DOUG, Sacramento, Calif. Dear Abby: If my daughter hadn't had a friend who brought her home to me, she would have died from binge drinking. Luckily, I was able to get her to the ER on time. Literally hundreds of kids die every year because of this. A college Web site — www .collegedrinkingprevention.gov — addresses this issue in a fact-based, peer-run, straight-forward forum. Let "Worried Mom" and other concerned parents know about it. This is a plague among our children. Knowing the facts is the only way to keep from dying. THANKFUL MOTHER, Ventura, Calif.
On my 21st I did 2+1 shots in one hour. Perhaps we could start a new tradtion called the "And 1 hour".
Yeah, that was a goof. Should've been 100 minutes. I think a 5-year old could do 100 shots in 100 hours.
I'll say that I lost control on my 21st birthday and it's one of my biggest regrets. I never believed that people could consume enough alcohol at once to actually not remember their actions...until my 21st birthday.
I may be wrong, but 21 shots is 31.5 fluid ounces. 31.5 fluid ounces is almost 2 pints. In 1 hour, that's insane. I remember one time, I drank a pints worth of booze (mixed) and 18-20 beers in the course of 12 hours. Needless to say, I felt like crap the next day. When you drink that much booze, your liver over-produces bile, which doesn't make for an enjoyable relaxing trip to the toilet. Rather, it feels like you're sh!tting freaking needles.
My 21st I had to do a shot called "Oh Jesus", it's akin to lifting up one end of the bar and draining all the spilled liquid into a shot glass. Not fun. 21 shots in an hour sounds worse than that.
I'm with you Jeff - I have never understood the big attraction to stuff like that either. Guess I am not cool. Maybe I never got into drinking much because I saw my grandfather die when I was 4. He was 54 when he died but thanks to the disease he had in alcoholism, he looked like he was 74. But you know what? If there are people out there that STUPID, let them go ahead and do this. As someone else eluded to, it helps the human race when dumbasses like this are exterminated. Sorry if that sounds cold or insensitive but I can't fathom doing something that incredibly stupid just because it is "tradition".
Shots are gross. If I drink liquor at all, it's damn sure not straight liquor. Outside of an occasional rum-and-coke or margarita, I still prefer beer.
I highly doubt anyone can take 21 shots in 1 hours w/o A. Passing out after 10 or B. Going to the hospital for alchol poisoning. I don't care how much of a drunk people think they are when they turn 21, but that would honestly result in one of the worst nights of your life.
