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My buddy had a bottle of Absinthe that he brought back from Lithuania when he worked there for a few years, he hated the stuff so never touched it.

So I took the bottle and got into it on Saturday.

If you ever have the chance to drink a decent Absinthe, be careful. I'm not sure if it's the wormwood or what, but it sneaks up on you. I went from being decently drunk to actually blacking out.

Absolutely ruined my Sunday morning lol.
 

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My buddy had a bottle of Absinthe that he brought back from Lithuania when he worked there for a few years, he hated the stuff so never touched it.

So I took the bottle and got into it on Saturday.

If you ever have the chance to drink a decent Absinthe, be careful. I'm not sure if it's the wormwood or what, but it sneaks up on you. I went from being decently drunk to actually blacking out.

Absolutely ruined my Sunday morning lol.

I've never had "decent" Absinthe but the garbage Absinthe we would drink when we hit port usually had the same effect. Habu Sake (Habushu) will ruin your tomorrow as well, Cobra and Rattle snake were pretty popular in "The Honch". Fun times!!!
 

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I've never had "decent" Absinthe but the garbage Absinthe we would drink when we hit port usually had the same effect. Habu Sake (Habushu) will ruin your tomorrow as well, Cobra and Rattle snake were pretty popular in "The Honch". Fun times!!!
It tastes great lol.

The first time I had Absinthe was when I was 16 or so on a cruise, and I loathed the flavor, it was like someone dissolved 3lbs of black licorice in a bottle of vodka/neon green food coloring.

This stuff has a much more mild anise flavor to it, so it's more of a suggestion of licorice, it goes down way too easily for being 60%.
 

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wasn't the whole myth about Absinthe is that it's lased with LSD or something
 

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wasn't the whole myth about Absinthe is that it's lased with LSD or something
It's entirely bullshit.

They say it makes you see a "green lady", it doesn't. I read into that a while ago, a lot of people swear they saw shit when they drank it, but the placebo effect is strong. Absinthe has thujone in it, which apparently can have some hallucinogenic properties, but even in very old bottles of the stuff, before there was any sort of regulation around it, the amount of thujone in a bottle wasn't enough to have any effects. It's a neuro-toxin when large amounts are consumed, hence the reason for it being outlawed for so many years.
 

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It's entirely bullshit.

They say it makes you see a "green lady", it doesn't. I read into that a while ago, a lot of people swear they saw shit when they drank it, but the placebo effect is strong. Absinthe has thujone in it, which apparently can have some hallucinogenic properties, but even in very old bottles of the stuff, before there was any sort of regulation around it, the amount of thujone in a bottle wasn't enough to have any effects. It's a neuro-toxin when large amounts are consumed, hence the reason for it being outlawed for so many years.

Idk I never paid much attention to it, other than the fact people said it was illegal in the states. I tried it once and wasn't a fan of the taste.
 

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By the time we got to absinthe shots (or shots in general) taste was usually out the window.
 

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I have a mug at the local brewpub. I hope it still knows me when this is over. Might take days and days of getting to know each other again.
 

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Let's just say I'm hoping to get a dividends check from InBev for all the damn Busch Light I've drank over the last month and a half.
 

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I do not drink but for some reason a friend in puerto rico shipped me a crate each of gin and rum from the island. I cannot give it away fast enough. Gave a bottle of gin to my yard guy to blow leaves out of my bushes and all of my in laws have gotten a bottle or two.
 

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I do not drink but for some reason a friend in puerto rico shipped me a crate each of gin and rum from the island. I cannot give it away fast enough. Gave a bottle of gin to my yard guy to blow leaves out of my bushes and all of my in laws have gotten a bottle or two.
Hey it's me, ur brother in law
 

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My buddy had a bottle of Absinthe that he brought back from Lithuania when he worked there for a few years, he hated the stuff so never touched it.
For me Absinthe shuts off the part of the brain that says, maybe I shouldn’t do that, but leaves the body completely functional.... then the night gets crazzzzy. Next day always has some incredible story’s of wild shit that I wish I could remember. ☹️

So I took the bottle and got into it on Saturday.

If you ever have the chance to drink a decent Absinthe, be careful. I'm not sure if it's the wormwood or what, but it sneaks up on you. I went from being decently drunk to actually blacking out.

Absolutely ruined my Sunday morning lol.
 

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Living in a small town with virtually nothing to do, all my buddies and I do on weekends are get together and drink. Could be six, could be a case. We've all been off for six weeks now and I can say that I think I've only went maybe three days where I haven't had any at all. I've been drinking a lot more and it's been kinda crazy and nice at the same time lol. Busch Light has definitely gotten a lot of my bucks. I'm also lucky enough to get the corn cans so I bought two cases yesterday and I'm down to one already.

I'm kinda sad but also happy to be going back to work next week, but then again I also have enjoyed the time off since I'm being paid to basically do nothing but sit around with my girlfriend, friends, and the trusty Busch Lights.
 

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wasn't the whole myth about Absinthe is that it's lased with LSD or something
No LSD, it does have a higher-end ACL content which requires it to balance out, not just out of a bottle. Drinking Absinthe is part of art in flavors and such.

 

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As for me I stopped drinking a few months ago because my body went caddy wampose and I felt such pain with an ulcer, GERDS and upper intensive pain so I quit. In the meantime my state has gone green and I now smoke both THC and CBD. Since quitting drinking I lost 25lbs, I went from 215 to 193ish. I feel so much better, normally I'll smoke a small amount of Indica to get a head buzz and gain some hunger going but later smoke some sativa (CBD) for any pain and balance out.
 

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