Alcoholics Anonymous.......

[oldhippy]

\Elixor of turpinhydrate and codine now that was my fav Navy days drink. ah yes GI GIN

 

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Adverse reactions include depression of the respiration, sedation, coordination disorders, constipation, and urinary retention.

(Wikipedia on Terpin Hydrate)

Damn grandpa! The pre-guaifenesin days sounded all fuzzed up!

 

[oldhippy]

Adverse reactions include depression of the respiration, sedation, coordination disorders, constipation, and urinary retention.

(Wikipedia on Terpin Hydrate)

Damn grandpa! The pre-guaifenesin days sounded all fuzzed up!

ya we use to get pretty fuzzed up

 

[Buckster]

Looks like I'm the designated driver.

 

[Demers18]

Watkins Vanilla Extract, straight. WOOOOOOt junior highschool memories!

I hope it was the Watkins Original Double-Strength.
Could you even get a buzz of that shyt?

 

[Derrel]

Ohhhh man...I have a midnight karaoke date with two sisters at a local sports bar...and it's New Year's Eve!!!

 

[unpopular]

oh man. i'm glad my wife is sober. because I'm not.

 

[unpopular]

Watkins Vanilla Extract, straight. WOOOOOOt junior highschool memories!

I hope it was the Watkins Original Double-Strength.
Could you even get a buzz of that shyt?

Drunk, for sure. It's like 70% alcohol. There are also TONS of chemicals in vanilla, some of which might do more than just get you drunk.

 

[shefjr]

Okay everybody! It's time to climb back on the wagon. Holidays are over we need to hit up the gym eat healthy and..... Ugh! Who am I kidding? Who could go for a Car Bomb?! Lol! Happy New Year everybody!

 

[Demers18]

Drunk, for sure. It's like 70% alcohol. There are also TONS of chemicals in vanilla, some of which might do more than just get you drunk.

Wow didn't expect it to be that potent. So you got drunk and high with one purchase! That would have been a no brainer in College lol

 

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Real vanilla extracts are between 30-70% alcohol. I'm not sure about Watkins specifically.

well, it's not commonly accepted that vanilla alone gets you high, it may not, and probably doesn't.

But there are a load of chemicals in vanilla, and there are neuroreceptors in the brain which correspond with vanilloids, and seem to be related to pain response, capsaicin (chile peppers) may be related to vanilloid agonist. Cannabis may also have some affect on vanilloids.

Bear in mind, however, that raw vanilla also contains a number of really nasty potential and known carcinogenic aromatic penoles and benzene compounds and only a minority may (and likely aren't) psychoactive. It's fine by 1/8 teaspoon in your egg nog, but probably not so healthy by the half pint. So drinking a bottle of vanilla might get you drunk, but it might also damage your liver in the process, and not even get you high.

 

[oldhippy]

Real vanilla extracts are between 30-70% alcohol. I'm not sure about Watkins specifically.

well, it's not commonly accepted that vanilla alone gets you high, it may not, and probably doesn't.

But there are a load of chemicals in vanilla, and there are neuroreceptors in the brain which correspond with vanilloids, and seem to be related to pain response, capsaicin (chile peppers) may be related to vanilloid agonist. Cannabis may also have some affect on vanilloids.

Bear in mind, however, that raw vanilla also contains a number of really nasty potential and known carcinogenic aromatic penoles and benzene compounds and only a minority may (and likely aren't) psychoactive. It's fine by 1/8 teaspoon in your egg nog, but probably not so healthy by the half pint. So drinking a bottle of vanilla might get you drunk, but it might also damage your liver in the process, and not even get you high.

Wow man f**ked up. Dumping all that vanilla I brought back from Mexico.

 

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Aromatics are found everywhere, most anything strongly scented is, and yeah, in ridiculously large quantity most - if not all - are toxic and/or carcinogenic. You can't really avoid toxic phenolic compounds in extremely small quantity. Phenols, benzenes and terpenes; they're in oranges, apples, spices, beer, wine, whisky, fermented meats, cheese... When you put these things in chemical terms, it sounds more scary than they are - but when you say "orange extract" it's not so bad - even though if you drank it by the glass full every day, you'd probably be dead within a month.

But the amount of these compounds found in your typical culinary "dose" of spices, wines, bourbon, etc don't necessarily pose real risk unless you're like drinking concentrated amounts on a regular basis, and culinary vanilla is mostly alcohol not concentrated alkaloids, benzenes and phenols. If you took all that vanilla, dried it and ate it all at once, then yeah - you'll probably get sick. But otherwise, your body probably is exposed to more toxic chemicals of this class crossing a busy intersection than eating a cookie - likely FAR more in fact - like on an order of magnitude.

So just don't guzzle down vanilla on a regular basis, you'll be fine.

 

[Willieboy]

I'm a milk guy too except for an occasional Miller Lite. In my youth, I was a big drinker, but nothing positive ever resulted from my loss of control.

My youngest brother was a heroin addict. In the process of kicking that habit, he turned to alcohol and that, as well as his lifestyle, caused his death at the age of 44.

 

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That's really sad, Willie. I wish I could kind of understand what alcoholics get out of booze without being an addict myself. It's just something I don't understand very well. Drinking really isn't my thing, and is becoming less so over time. I get pot and other psychedelics, and I can see how people abuse these materials, but typically those who do aren't nearly as destructive as some of these other substances. I wish I could understand it better, so that I could offer more compassion. There's a LOT of alcoholism in my community, and if you were to ask me, alcohol is our number one problem drug.

But for me, getting drunk is just that. I've hung out with people who seem to get something else out of the experience, something I'm not really getting.