How to ruin a friday night:

[Grapes]

Be up at 4:30AM friday morning.

Fuck's sake.. anyone else have this problem, where after getting fairly drunk, you tend to wake up really early instead of getting a good sleep? Usually I drink some water and go back to bed, but after an hour worth of lying there waiting to pass out, I realized it wasn't working. And even though I'm starting to feel a bit tired now, going back to bed would be pointless because I gotta be up at 6:30 for work anyways.

I have all these plans for friday night... for cryin out loud. I'm going to need someone to prop me up.

[crackdragon]

Only had this happen a couple of times, otherwise booze knocks me out cold for a good 8 to 10 hr period.

[miss.myra]

haha I know how you feel dave..

although I wasn't up that early, I'm still pretty exhausted.

Whatever I'm doing tonight, this calls for a nap beforehand!

[Jingles]

I blame it on our old age Dave - happens to me all the time . Get all drunk...wake up stupid early...feel good, smiley, happy - hits noon feel like death

need to sleep
too tired to sleep

I think the answer is crank...more crank to keep you awake through Friday night

[Grapes]

If by "crank" you mean half a cap, I'm way ahead of you.

[Goat]

430am. pfft.

when you got the clap, then you can complain.

go hard or go home.

[Kelster]

bleh i'm feelin it

i didn't wake up too early this morning, but i'm still feeling busted from clubbing last night...i even napped for an hour today well kinda

[charly]

Originally posted by Grapes
Fuck's sake.. anyone else have this problem, where after getting fairly drunk, you tend to wake up really early instead of getting a good sleep? Usually I drink some water and go back to bed, but after an hour worth of lying there waiting to pass out, I realized it wasn't working. And even though I'm starting to feel a bit tired now, going back to bed would be pointless because I gotta be up at 6:30 for work anyways.

i have that problem too. same thing happens to me whenever i've been drinking a significant amount. people think i'm crazy since after a night of drinking i'm up bright and earlier than normal.

at least i'm not the only one this happens too!

[Grapes]

Yah, I always get that.

"OMG Why are you up?!"

BECAUSE DRINKING FUCKS UP MY SLEEP PATTERNS DON'T SOUND SO SHOCKED

[Erica]

^^

Happens to me too...whether I have a couple cocktails...or pound back 30 shots. It's pretty damn brutal, and the lack of sleep makes your hangover the next day last until Wednesday. lol. We went out for several drinks on Thursday night with everyone from the office and yesterday was the most hellish day at work cause I couldn't sleep properly. Now I'm onto my 70 hours by the end of today and you won't even believe how sleep dep'ed I am. My muscles are so sore it feels like they're eating themselves. Must get sleep...after getting overly sloshed and partying out til 6 in the mornin' tonight. :P But the cycle will continue and I won't sleep more than a few hours in my drunken state, and next week will be another blissful 70. Gah.

[Kraig]

Grapes and Jingles - I am part of that "old age" club too and know EXACTLY what you mean about not being able to sleep when you drink so much. I mean, sure I pass out right away, but I end up getting up sooo fricken early and then I have to nurse a hangover!

[Grapes]

At least I don't get hangovers. I don't necessarily sleep well but I usually function pretty well after I am up.

Friday was an exception. =/

[stringbeans]

i think its cause when you fall asleep under the influence of alcohol your body gets more REM sleep which basically rejuvenates the body more... this doesnt just apply for alcohol either.. it happens with any downer ie. weed

when i used to spend late late nights at bcit my buddy told me to take a shot or two of alcohol before going to sleep and 4 hrs of sleep will feel like 8hrs of sleep

[Joanne]

Originally posted by stringbeans
i think its cause when you fall asleep under the influence of alcohol your body gets more REM sleep which basically rejuvenates the body more... this doesnt just apply for alcohol either.. it happens with any downer ie. weed

just because a person doesn't feel rejuvenated with a lack of REM sleep doesn't mean that it's primary role is to rejuvenate a person. no one really knows for sure what REM sleep is important for. there are a lot of theories, like some theorists might believe its connected to memory storage, while some will propose it's simply to shake the eyeballs back and forth to get sufficient oxygen to the corneas of the eyes!

--Joanne :P

[stringbeans]

^^ oh cool.. i always just thought that the more rem sleep you got the better rested you were the next day!

The More You Know... dun dun dun dunnnnnn!!! *shooting star*

[Hot Karl]

22 going on 23 in a month, and honestly that has never happened to me. i hope it never does, sounds like a real slice of hell. kinda like when you know you got to catch a few hours and you just can't get that nap going?

[charly]

i don't quite get hangovers either. if anything, i feel a little stupid the next day, but that's all. of course, that happens any given day when i don't get any sleep. although it's not quite the old age thing happening here..

[ebbomega]

My dad explained this to me most recently. Apparently, no, when you pass out drunk, you don't actually get real sleep. But after the alcohol wears off your brain gets wired (it's the same as being sketchy after E except it's a depressant and so reverse effect. Instead of being sluggish and not able to sleep, you're wired and unable to sleep). In actuality, you're NOT actually getting a decent amount of sleep at all, in fact you're being robbed of your nightly slumber, but your body doesn't mind so much because you're mind is too busy to listen to your body screaming at you WE NEED SLEEP or something like that.

A reminder, kids: Drugs fuck with chemicals in your brain. Suprise surprise. That's why they do what they do.