"really hard to get black out drunk on beer". I knew I had a talent

What I do when I’m blacked out is none of my business.

blacking out is absolutely just like a lightswitch for me, one second i remember and the very next second i’m waking up the next day like i just blinked

I've done positively *insane and violent* shit while in blackouts - nearly lost my life more than once - I've come out of blackouts while in jail having absolutely no recollection of why I was there or what I did to get arrested - I've come out of blackouts bloody while having no idea if it was my blood or someone else's...what terrifies me more than anything are the things I've done in a blackout that I still have no recollection of because no one's ever had the chance to tell me about it...I am sober now for 10 years and it's the *only* reason I am still alive.

In college the most out of control drinkers were those that didn't drink in high school

My grandpa's favorite line: "they say the first thing to go is the memory....I forgets what the second thing is."

I was blackout many many times in my 20s. Scary not knowing what happened whilst in that state, only hearing of the aftermath or seeing the evidence after sobering up (wasn't sober too often). But I have 5 years completely clean and sober now, and I wouldn't trade it for anything! I do miss the good times and euphoria sometimes, but not nearly enough to revisit the absolute hell of alcoholism/addiction.

I have been blackout drunk many times. I found it frustated and it also fascinated me. Now when I look back, it is scary to think about.

This dude is the real-life version of Kif from Futurama.

My Dad was a life long alcoholic until he woke up in a motel room in another state. He had absolutely no memory of the past 7 days and had no clue what happened to his car which he never did find. He was able to trace his path between home and the motel room by his credit card usage at various gas stations and restaurants but still no memory. That was the last time he drank.

I'm an alcoholic, going to meetings, trying to recover. 33 days without a drink. Can't tell you how many times when I was loaded that I was totally coherent and functional, only to wake up the next day missing keys, wallets, etc. No idea what I had done. Closest people to me didn't even know until I admitted my problem and asked for help. Life long battle, hardest thing to quit. It's literally everywhere, available almost at any moment.

I used to get blackout drunk from time to time. It's a scary thing. One time I suddenly skipped from nighttime to early morning in the blink of an eye and the room went from normal to totally trashed in an instant. I know I did it but I have zero memory of it. Stuff like that is what made me realize I have a serious problem.

when i get black out drunk i clean my apartment and its kind of like i have a maid

“The eyes, chico. They never lie.” - Scarface

I got blackout drunk 3 times in my life, not knowing what happened terrified me so I stopped letting myself get drunk. When I feel I’m getting drunk I stop, drink water, eat something until it passes

Got blackout drunk twice when I swapped J.Daniels for Everclear grain alcohol. Tried it twice, blacked out twice. No more Everclear for me. He describes my black outs perfectly. I remember doing a couple of shots then woke up elsewhere with no memory of the evening. I appairently carried on a while, but no recall.

Everytime I get blackout drunk at the club, Im somehow able to teleport home.

Imagine being blackout drunk while watching this video, and wake up the next day and watch it again, only to see you already commented on the video. 😂

The worst thing is when your blanked out drunk and you wake up in the morning and you asked what happened and they go “ oh you don’t remember?👀” hate that 🤣

Being "blackout" drunk has led me to doing drugs I thought I would never do. Alcohol should be something taught and learned about in school to a certain extent

As an Irishman I'm highly offended, and drunk.

"I could be black out drunk right now" got me laughing so loud.... but then I thought.... I could be black out drunk right now....

I don't drink anymore for this reason, I black out and act perfectly normal. I've woken up many days not remember anything and asking my friends the next day if I was acting weird and have never gotten a yes. It was truly frightening to me waking up again and again not remembering anything despite having crazy nights. Imagine my surprise thinking I had a chill night at the bar, just to find out we went to 3 bars, a chick's house, jumped in the pool, and did a dab of coke? It's scary waking up and not remembering shit.

As a person who blacks out 70% of the time I’m out, I can relate to it all… 😅 I used to be able to tell when I should stop drinking, but not anymore; now it’s like ‘’I’m not that drunk, let’s drink another beer’’ and it all goes blank…

This guy looks young and old at the same time.

9:30 for the actual answer.

As a British person I can confirm we all got blackout drunk in fields at 14

I could listen to Malcolm talk all day.

They say when you get blackout drunk it causes brain damage and affects memory loss but I

When I'm blacked out I'm either the life of the party or the guy everyone wants to beat up and I wake up worried and anxious wondering how many people I pissed off and if I completely embarrassed myself and will be even invited to go out to places with certain people anymore

I use to always keep pace with my friends with drinking (sometimes drinking more) and I only ever blacked out twice… and both those times I was probably near dangerous levels of BAC. Meanwhile, I knew people that every time they drank, they blackout out. I would see it after someone had 2-3 drinks. So there is something else going on with blacking out we just don’t know medically and psychologically.

Ironically I stopped drinking heavily when I was finally 21. I did almost all of my partying when I was 17-19. I’ll have a drink if I’m out or a whiskey at home when I wanna relax, but I mellowed out so much

Love how rogan spent two minutes asking the first question just for it to never be answered

you can tell I'm blackout drunk if I'm actually on the dance floor

Malcolm Gladwells book The Tipping Point was really interesting and inspiring. I think Gladwell has a passion for human statistics (the best way I can describe it), like myself. Trying to quantify and qualify the behaviours of individuals and collectives over time. In particular, his analysis of the Broken Windows initiative in New York and how it contributed to a dramatic fall in crime throughout the 1990s, that was something I remember many years after reading.

Hand to God. In my lifetime, I must have blacked out (us Native Americans love the bottle) a little over 100 times. Based on the descriptions from my friends and family, my behaviour is completely random. 50% of the time, I’m hiccupy and woozy, the other 50% I’m annoyed or “rowdy”. I grew up in a home where if my father was drinking, he was drinking to black out and he would get very aggressive. Personally, I think your blackout behaviour is based on your recent experiences, as well as childhood experiences. If a loved one passed away, broke up with partner, lost a job, or bullied during youth and haven’t dealt with those feelings, then you probably shouldn’t be touching the alcohol, speaking from experience.

I’ve been all around the world and everyone gets wasted everywhere.

A friend of mine is of Scottish, Irish & English heritage, every time he gets drunk, he fights himself.

“To get blackout drunk you gotta be…” Rogan: “Like ten drinks right?” I wish man I wish

When I look back and think of all my close calls…I shiver….

I’m 1/4 Irish and 3/4 Italian... translation: I’m 100% American

Spoiler: You ask them the same question multiple times. If they don't notice, it's because they're blackout and can't remember.

When I started drinking I blacked out a couple of times. My parents allowed me to drink when I was very young but they changed religion and with that drinking habits. I started drinking when I was maybe 22 and I enjoyed the feeling a bit too much. Broke my knee 1st time I was plastered. That straightened me out so I didn't develop alcoholism. I still drink but now I sip my liquor and enjoy the flavors rather than getting hammered really fast. I also don't drink often.

That’s why your drunk friend always tells you the same stories like you haven’t heard them a thousand times already.

I was hoping he would answer the question if different types of alchol makes a person drunk or whild in different ways..

You know someone's black out drunk when they tell you the same story a million times.

Over 10 years ago I had a blackout. Last thing I remember the friends I was with said something personal to me and I got upset. I woke up in my bed with my car in the garage. I was so confused. I was scared. Ever since I always limit how much I’ve drank and sometimes not at all. Also that told me to be careful of which friends I had around me. Ditch that friend

8:34 This was also told in the very compelling, philosophical thriller “dude where’s my car?”

Everybody knows the rule of blackouts. If you dont remember it, then it didn't happen

Someone could “literally lose their house while they’re blackout drunk” damn man. Straight to the heart. What a twisted industry gambling is.

My friend always tells me he can tell when I'm really drunk because I get empty eyes. He says I can be looking at him but it's like I'm just looking through everything. Idk the look but I know the feeling because I'm not always in a blackout at that point.

Your first minute and 30 seconds can be summed up to the atmosphere around when you’re having wine vs shots

Being blacked out drunk is weird, its like you snap back into reality at certain little points in during your blackout but you slip right back out. It isnt until the next day where youre like "yeah for a split second I came too but couldnt do anything about it" such a weird feeling.

Whenever I've been blackout, I've always snapped awake early in the morning. That must be the hippocampus flashing back on. Cool.

In the Marines I'd black out multiple times a week for years. Beer, wine, liquor didn't matter. Never had any issues until I blacked out drinking yuengling. For some reason I would do things I never did when I blacked out from anything else. I'd "wake up" sitting in the sink, I'd wake up to friends telling me stories of me running around outside at 2 am, a bunch of weird stuff that I obviously don't remember doing. It was scary. Going on 4 yrs sober now thank goodness

I’m like a stoner when I’m drunk, all love all peace no confrontation besides telling them I love them then I take down some food a bottle of water and go to bed wake up and I feel hot but never hungover.

A drunk gets on the bus, and a little old lady looks him up and down and says "You're going to hell!.. Drunk replies, "oh, I'm on the wrong bus!"

You know I’m blackout drunk when I spend $56.34 on myself at Taco Bell.

I had a moment like this. Went to the bars, apparently blacked out but when I came to I was at a totally different bar hanging out still standing up but with people I didn’t know lol no memory as to how I got there or what I even said to these people . Scary really. Never over did it again

I once was blackout drunk for about 2 weeks straight. I would wake up, drink, pass out and repeat. I have very little memory of this time. At some point I woke up in the hospital. Apparently in my drunken haze I had walked into the middle of the road and was struck by a car. I was unconscious for about 5 days and had broken my leg, cracked my head open and dislocated my shoulder. Another time I ended up in a town about 50 miles away I dont know how the hell that happened. I came to in a supermarket where I was apparently shopping. It seems I kept getting on random buses. Another time I came to with some guy speaking to me, I was on the floor and he was trying to help me up, they had to get me an ambulance. Another time I came to speaking to some random guy, who was trying to rob me, I dont remember what I was saying to him but it sucks for him because I didnt have any money on me. I was loiterally standing there in the park just speaking to him, when I got my senses about me I asked him who the hell he was and he ran off.

I once got black out drunk but couldn't remember cause I was black out drunk so guess I wasnt

Having a conversation with someone blackout drunk is one of the most annoying thing in the world.

4:20 Jesus Christ that pun was something else

I started drinking at 12 because my friends and I thought we were cool. Plus our older siblings would have to drag us around with them. Their friends and them would be partying so we would too, it was less awkward and honestly a lot of fun!! But I can definitely attest to the fact that drinking at such a young age as often as were was a total recipe for disaster! It led to a life of alcoholism, drug abuse, self worth issues, health problems, etc… In fact I’m 38 and still struggling. Yes, I had to learn my own lessons. I wasn’t trying to listen to anyone! Neither was my addiction. And to all the people who just can’t help but say something mean and condescending, remember that it could be you, or your mother, or child that’s struggling. Often in silence because of the fear of rejection and the shame they feel. Don’t be so cold.

Joe "Wine makes me warm and sleepy" Rogan

'I woke up after a blackout one time and somebody had shit my pants. Don't know who it was but they had eaten corn a day or so before. ' Ron White

“Being an alcoholic is a disease. But, it’s the only disease you be an get yelled at for havin.” - Mitch Hedberg -

You blackout retroactively, so it is impossible to tell if someone is in a period where they won't remember it later. What I mean is, someone will drink way too much and reach the threshold of blacking out at let's say midnight. They then will not remember things from 9 pm, when they weren't as intoxicated and if they would've left at 10 pm then they'd remember the whole night. So a threshold of "I can't remember it so I must not have been myself at that time" doesn't really hold up. You can lose your memory from much earlier in the night when any reasonable person would've judged you as relatively sober because later you crossed a boundary where alcohol prevented you from forming longer term memories about the night.

This dude reminds me of Kip from Futurama

"Drinking is like a crazy white thing." Clearly he as never been around Korean or Japanese Salary-men.

I’m the same as always when I’m drunk, just more relaxed

“Shark eyes” is such an accurate description for some people I know when they have too much

Before listening .. the 100 yard stare is a dead giveaway

Malcolm "I could be blackout drunk right now" Gladwell

drunk me left pizza in the fridge for sober me today. I was so excited when I found it and so grateful to him.

How to get blackout drunk: take a shot every time this dude says hippocampus

I hate being blackout drunk. I have to ask people what happened and feel like I've missed everything. I usually avoid it but you don't know whether that one last drink is going to be the tipping point between blissfully tipsy and just gone lol

I have a friend who has a serious drinking problem, blacks out all the time , we have kind of a standing joke where he will call me and say “ man I got hammered the other day, blacked out , I gotta stop drinking “ and I’ll say …. “ yeah, you came by my house and borrowed 500 bucks , when can I get it back “…. and we both start cracking up …lol ( but it reality it’s very sad because he’s been drinking like that for many years , we’ve been friends for over 40 years and we both know if he keeps going on like that it’s only a matter of time before his wife and kids are tossing roses on his coffin )

This has been on my recommended for 37 years

He lowkey looks like he's Logic's uncle

My dumbass blackout self likes to hide things in strange places

“You said it not me” it’s so hard for people to just speak how they actually speak in person for fear of being cancelled

I’ve been black out drunk many times before but I don’t really see the appeal to it that surprisingly many people find. Part of the fun of drinking is remembering the fun that you have while intoxicated. I’ve had nights where I barely remember a thing but wish I had. It’s a strange feeling when you’re looking back and there is just holes in your life where you do not remember a thing.

"You call it blacking it out, I call it time travel" - Dave Attell (Not verbatim)

When I wake up from being blackout drunk I never hear good things

I’m so thankful that when I’ve blacked out that I’ve never been in serious trouble. Close, but aside from some embarrassment no jail, harm or someone else’s blood. I enjoy drinking and can have one or two. I love learning about the process and history. That has helped me to not take advantage of the substance as well. Definitely important to be in good company when drinking or altering your mental state.

I don't really get too badly blackout drunk anymore. The last time I had a lot of alcohol, it did make me forget some stuff, but I recall listening to music, taking a shower, playing Halo, and I had 8 beers and 2 or 3 shots of vodka. One of the worst times was in June of 2022. I had 85+% of my bourbon whiskey, in which I didn't intend on that. I remember having coke with Wild Turkey, that mix isn't bad. I also had 3oz of baileys Irish cream and a bit of coffee liquor in my coffee. I drink coffee to give me energy, but spiked coffee gives and takes energy.

I blacked out probably 50-100 times or so between 19-23. #1; I'm an only child I had no idea this wasn't normal #2 I ruined several great friendships this way as during blackout apparently my sexual overdrive kicks in #3 I never drank before college #4 Between the friendships I lost, the bad decisions I made, and probably the damage I caused torments me to this day. I wish to god that someone at an earlier age would have taught me how to navigate this instead of the romanticism of "get fucked up, show off, fit in" It fucked me up. I became massively depressed, gambled over 400k, could never open myself up to a meaningful relationship. I was so fucking retarded when it came to booze, someone handed me a bottle of Jameson, I thought it was like a beer, that to fit in, I was to finish the bottle. I came to after I hit my mother's Lexus. Like seriously, I am sure there are 100s of thousands just like me, that didn't know what we were doing, that torture ourselves every day thinking of mistakes, hurt friendships, and because of the way society is right now, were terrified to say anything. Thank god I learned from my mistakes and made it through but SO many aren't that lucky. We MUST change how we teach our children about the danger and proper use of alcohol.

"...he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes, like a doll's eyes." RIP Quint

He just described the Hangover plot. Lol

Man this isn't even true. When you're blacked out you can remember things short term long enough to keep conversations and shit, but nothing gets stored long term. I've blacked out countless times and I always get told I don't act any different than I normally would, I just don't remember anything. I have friends I can tell when they're blacked out and they'll stay caught up with what is going on and remember things that happened some minutes ago, they just don't remember it the next day.

Why am I watching this, I'm currently dying of a hangover.

This guy finishes 23% of sentences that he starts

I'm Scottish. From the age of 14 I started going to a metal club on a Friday night. Parents concent, and with a little cash. I didn't have enough money to get blind drunk, and if I could get served (I could) I could have a few pints. This meant that my introduction to alcohol was slower and never taboo. As a result, I can only ever think of a hand full of times I ever got blackout drunk. It also meant that I could build a tolerance for alcohol. Now, as an almost 40yo, I don't drink often, but can hang with the best of them if it is a night when people are drinking.

I remember reading something where u don't actually act any different from when u are drunk, they said there's a point in the brain that turns off that controls the memory. man idk how to word it

Malcom sounds like Kiff from Futurama.

Tequila makes me break out in spots. Spots like Cancun, and Austin, and Costa Rica.

Tbh I can’t believe i just started watching JR 🤦🏽 this man smart asf frfr

Leaving Las Vegas…….will never forget that movie.

I’ve never seen someone blackout who isn’t also visibly drunk