Drinking alcohol before exams

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Reply 20

Puddles the Monkey

I would highly recommend that nobody drinks before an exam or takes any other substances.... :wtf:

It's just going to make your head fuzzy and you probably won't do as well as you could have done. :yy:

Reply 21

BurstingBubbles

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Original post by Puddles the Monkey

I would highly recommend that nobody drinks before an exam or takes any other substances.... :wtf:

It's just going to make your head fuzzy and you probably won't do as well as you could have done. :yy:

If you do, only one glass, okay?

Reply 22

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by BurstingBubbles

If you do, only one glass, okay?

:ninja:

No bubbles before exams, Bubbles! :fuhrer: :tongue:

Reply 23

BurstingBubbles

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Original post by Puddles the Monkey

No bubbles before exams, Bubbles! :fuhrer: :tongue:

Just this then?

And the puddles one, of course :h:

Reply 24

Puddles the Monkey

Original post by BurstingBubbles

Just this then?

And the puddles one, of course :h:

Maybe that's okay :beard:

But remember to look after your health too :woo:

Reply 25

VannR

Original post by Vanilla Poison

What a bump 👏
You'd have to be quite desperate to even consider doing stupid stuff like this. But I've never had alcohol before and I never intend to, so I don't know what effects it has.

Then why do you never intend to have alcohol?

Just for reference, it generally enhances your current mood (satisfied to happy; glum to miserable; mift to angry), makes you feel physically relaxed and can make you feel more talkative, sociable and more jovial. It can also taste very nice - there are hundreds of different alcoholic beverages out there to suit any taste, each with a slightly different effect on you. However, when consumed in excess, alcohol makes you feel like you cannot think clearly, and also rather dizzy and nauseous.

If you decide not to drink, don't let it be because of how you have seen other people act when they drink alcohol. Everyone is different, and everyone will behave differently when exposed to alcohol e.g some can be happy social drinkers who drink in moderation, others will become violent, miserable, or drink to excess. Unless it is for religious or medical reasons that you don't drink, I would recommend that you at least try alcohol once with some friends or family before you make this judgement.

Reply 26

BurstingBubbles

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Original post by Puddles the Monkey

Maybe that's okay :beard:

But remember to look after your health too :woo:

Like this? :h:

I kid - one morning before a 2 and a half hour exam, I had beans on toast with cheese and then randomly had some chicken too. I got an A on that exam :u:

Reply 27

Sykro

Lol is this thread for real?

Reply 28

math42

I probably wouldn't be willing to try this but I reckon one glass may potentially help a bit...I've had exams where I'm so tired from being unable to sleep that I lose a bit of the nervous energy and actually do very well, although I've also had exams where I'm very tired and so I suck. I feel like alcohol would be similarly unpredictable; it may relax you a bit or it may just make you think less clearly.

Reply 29

sr90

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I went out the night before one of my second year exams at uni.

Word of advice - don't do it.

Reply 30

Swanbow

I find a shot of brandy helps to calm the nerves, and is hardly enough alcohol to make you pissed and seriously impair your thinking and memory.

However I find that a cigarette is better before an exam.

edit: Leave the drinking until after the exam to celebrate finishing it and enjoy yourself.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 31

hoveringfalcon

I conducted this experiment in my college exams this time.
I drank AND smoked.
While SMOKING IMPAIRS one's judgement - LETHAL in exams -DRINKING (say 100ml Vodka, not too much) is GOOD for calming the nerves and doing best of what we know about the subject. Drinking does NOT improve memory power, etc, just soothes us temporarily.