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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

And I'm not even Asian. Everytime I drink alcohol, just a bit, I feel drunk and dizzy and can't even finish the whole thing.
So I don't even know why I bother trying to drink on those rare occasions. I don't think I am missing much.

Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :

Well, feeling drunk and dizzy is kind of the point. Drink more after that and things are, ah, not so fun. So I don't think you're missing much either!

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

I just went to a beer tasting.
I had just a bit of the stuff, and it makes me feel slightly dizzy and heavy headed from just a tiny amount.
How weird.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I'd never heard of that. How scary?

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

Asian flush is the actual flush. I think you're confusing this with "easily sauced syndrome" (ESS) which is not race-discriminatory.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

My wife is allergic to Alcohol. I didn't know it had a name. One small bit and she starts to pass out.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Samprimary:
Asian flush is the actual flush. I think you're confusing this with "easily sauced syndrome" (ESS) which is not race-discriminatory.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

It's actually a real condition.

I have the same one, by the way.

Thank you, Amerind great-great grandmother!