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How You Know When You've Drank Too Much

Andy West — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:24:23 +0000

First, let me say I don’t mean alcohol. The title and the picture are a tad misleading but at lunch today I must’ve drank the equivalent of a Super Big Gulp of soda. Now when I walk down the hall I can hear the liquid sloshing around back in forth in my stomach. When I [...]

The Perfect Coasters For Beer 30… If It Were Called Beer 45.

Andy West — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:38:21 +0000

Who says firearms and alcohol don’t mix? When I was broadcasting live from Shipton’s Big R a week and a half ago I saw these cool coasters. Celebrate your 2nd Amendment rights while pickling your liver with these little conversations starters.

What Makes Some College Kids Drink So Much?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:00:53 +0000

Binge drinking is a real problem on many college campuses, and new research could reveal why: students who chug-a-lug enjoy a higher social status among their peers. Because of that, the binge-drinkers — those who down at least four drinks in one sitting — reported being happier overall. And it could be a never-ending cycle, [...]

'Stay Sober' Pill In Development

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:00:43 +0000

A pill that eliminated all the effects alcohol on lab rats may one day be available to humans.

Researchers fed the rodents — who react to alcohol similarly to how people do — the new drug after having them consume enough booze to stumble and fall down. Then they measured the rodents for balance and reflexes, finding that the rats on the drug tested as if they were still sober.

Taste of Country Counts Down the Top 100 Drinking Songs

The Web Guy — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:47:45 +0000

Even if you're drinking alone, you'll never be lonely with a good drinking song at your side. Taste of Country recently counted down their pick of the Top 100 drinking songs in country music -- and whether your drink of choice be whiskey or beer, or your preference be the Dixie Chicks over Toby Keith, this list has it all.

The Top 100 drinking songs list tips a hat to seasoned drinkers like Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, and Willie Nelson, but doesn't shut the door to the best of the 'newcomers,' like the rowdy Gretchen Wilson, party animal Kenny Chesney, and lonesome drinker Bradley Gaskin -- whose soon-to-be hit, 'Mr. Bartender,' is just making its rounds now.