Spiral Erowid Zip Hoodie
This black mid-weight zip hoodie (80/20) has front pockets,
an Erowid logo on front chest, and a spiral design on back.
Donate and receive yours!
Two Weeks of Stench
Absinthe
Citation:   Durandal. "Two Weeks of Stench: An Experience with Absinthe (exp53491)". Erowid.org. Jun 13, 2006. erowid.org/exp/53491

 
DOSE:
4 tablets oral Valerian (pill / tablet)
  13 shots oral Absinthe (liquid)
BODY WEIGHT: 55 kg
It was a Thursday night after work in the factory I worked in. I had the next day off and had next day off, thus I invited over a friend to binge drink as was the norm for me then.

I was 20 at the time and had a bad run of relationships and death. Feeling depressed and sore, I turned to alcohol to ease the pain of a night, often having straight shots immediately after I got home from work to get past the initial soberness then drinking for 5+ hours.

Drinking since I was 14, bourbon no longer had much of a effect on me, so I turned to stronger stuff: Absinthe.

My friend had recently been experimenting with pharmaceuticals + alcohol, and encouraged me to try this. I had had 3 shots of Absinthe before he came over, and we proceeded to take straights shots of our alcohol (him vodka, me absinthe). Over the course of the next 4 hours I had 13 shots of absinthe and 4 valerian tablets.

I awoke with a room full of vomit. The rest of the night can only be told from what I think happened. I fell down my stairs from 2nd storey to first at some point, I found a pool of vomit and blood in my bathroom (I believe I had a blood nose from smashing it on the stairwell) My bedroom was covered in vomit and there was a towel in it. I believe I passed out trying to clean it up. I also knocked my stereo speakers off its cabinet and I had a bloodied knee, I recall bumping into something in the night and having a fire in my kneecap.

It took 2 weeks for my room to smell normal again.

I awoke without any traces of a hangover and I thought the night ended normally with me going to bed drunk but ok. Was I in for a surprise that morning?

Exp Year: 2005ExpID: 53491
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: Not Given
Published: Jun 13, 2006Views: 23,988
[ View PDF (to print) ] [ View LaTeX (for geeks) ] [ Swap Dark/Light ]
Absinthe (4) : Difficult Experiences (5), Small Group (2-9) (17)

COPYRIGHTS: All reports copyright Erowid.
No AI Training use allowed without written permission.
TERMS OF USE: By accessing this page, you agree not to download, analyze, distill, reuse, digest, or feed into any AI-type system the report data without first contacting Erowid Center and receiving written permission.

Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the authors who submit them. Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid Center.


Experience Vaults Index Full List of Substances Search Submit Report User Settings About Main Psychoactive Vaults