You may or may not have heard the heart breaking news that Four Loko was taken off the market in Washington in late 2010. Controversies aside about this alcoholic beverage, my personal opinion of this drink is that it kicked ass. It got you so over the top wasted in just one can. So by drinking two, you could party really hard for under $8. For people with limited means, like myself-- thank you Army for my giant paycheck, it was a bargain you couldn't pass up.
Four Loko was a caffeinated alcoholic energy drink. Mixing a depressant (alcohol) with a stimulant (energy drink) makes your body freak out. It doesn't know if it's tired or hyper. So what happens is your body doesn't tell your brain you are super drunk because you have so much energy to burn. The controversy is people get so drunk so fast drinking this stuff that they can easily get alcohol poisoning and, in a worst case scenario, die.
I have a little more control than the average bear when it comes to drinking myself to death. It's not on my bucket list. So 2 cans of Four Loko worked just fine for me. Plus it tastes absolutely disgusting so 2 cans was really all I wanted anyhow.
The whole blog has been in past tense so far. But one trip to the 7 Eleven last night made Four Loko a present tense subject again. Hooray! Four Loko made an encore appearance! I don't know how and I don't know why. I don't ask questions like that. Instead 6 cans were purchased and the goal of getting totally trashed at home with my boyfriend was accomplished.
Thank you Four Loko for coming back into my life. You made Friday night awesome. :)
I love it when they try to protect us from ourselves. I hear that mixing most any energy drink with alcohol will achieve similar results.
ReplyDeleteMy fav part is that one of your tags is "vomit." :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, there was vomit. Blue vomit. And I didn't even remember puking until I almost stepped in said vomit.
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