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Originally Posted by absorbentishe
I'm fast approaching my 5th gallon. Only once did I feel strange afterward. I love to drink later in the day, and get totally drunk on 3 beers! What a cool feeling (I guess).
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I'm just over three gallons. I second this, absorb... I'm a VERY cheap date the night after giving blood! And since there's not very much alcohol actually involved, it metabolizes off fast. I can go from totally shitfaced to stone sober in about half an hour.
The loss of blood does put the body into overdrive to replace it. Also, you've lost a pint of fluids straight out of your arm, so dehydration is always somethign to watch out for. The cup of juice they give you in the recovery are is completely insufficient--I come home and drink at least half a gallon of water by the end of that day.