Drink Like A Boy, Act Like A Girl

It’s a fact that males have a higher alcohol tolerance than females. I’m pretty sure I read that somewhere, but I’ve also lived it. So what’s a girl to do when you want to hang with the boys all night?

There have been many nights that I’ve been out that a bartender has been hitting on me and thinks he has a better chance if I’m drunk so he keeps those drinks coming. Other nights I’ve been out with my group of drinking buddies who can finish off any drink in minutes and are ready to move onto shots. It’s taken me years to perfect my not drinking but drinking techniques that allow me to drink with the boys while still acting classy like a girl.

1. Purchase a beer bottle, take a small sip and excuse yourself to go to the bathroom. Although I never condone wasting alcohol sometimes it’s necessary. Pour half or all of it down the drain and fill it with water. Just don’t get your bottle mixed up with your friends. Gigs up.

2. The bomb. Jager bomb, cherry bomb, any bomb that requires red bull as a base is clutch. It slows down the immediate feeling of drunk wooziness.

3. Diet coke is a girl’s best friend. Switch between one with alcohol and one without. Just remember to keep the garnish consistent so that nobody questions that fake drink.

4. Start the Coors Light with ice trend. Make the excuse you like to keep your beer always cold. What you’re really doing is watering down already watered down beer.

5. Wine spritzers keep the alcohol content low as well as the calorie count. Pair wine with sprite or club soda.

6. Mocktails. Cranberry and orange juice looks like a fabulous mixed drink but note there is no vodka or rum added to it. Be careful you don’t go into a fruit juice coma with this one.

7. Diet coke/regular coke and Malibu. My guy friends call this my ultimate girly drink. I drink it when I’m working so I’m drinking but just enough to get the party started and let someone take over from there.

8. Keep a water bottle in your purse. It allows you to hydrate often throughout the night.