Why do Poles drink so much?

That's because we have longer experience with vodka. Seriously.

It depends on what kind of alcohol you are drinking. Try whiskey with them and the situation should be the opposite of your last experience.

That is the truth Matyjasz! My friends were here over the summer and when we went out they always asked the bartender what percent of alcohol was in the beer or liquor! So me and my girls introduced them to Barcardi Rum 151....they were stubbling and throwing up almost immediately. Needless to say, they never brought it up again!

Ouch.... if we ever happen to go together to a pub remind me not to follow your advice what kind of alcohol we should drink. :)

I'm wondering if it's possible to buy in other countries pills against hungover..
In Poland you can buy it, and what is more, they work!

Coming in April....me and the girls will show you how to party!

We do have things like that...but I go with the with the old stand by of "hair of the dog" method...Vitiman C works well too!

I'm starting to look out for Barcardi Rum 151 and practice. :)


From my experience most of those miracle hangover cures are mostly based on vitamin C but are definitely more expensive.

meybe, but I've tried some of them, and I think they are better then pure vitamin C

I used to do that when I was younger - couldn't think of anything more likely to make me hurl these days though!!!!

A huge english fry-up and a day in bed is the greatest hangover cure in the world. Of course it depends on who you are in bed with LOL

Maybe I tried the wrong ones. Besides as a tough Slavic man I face my hangover like a tough Slavic man should. Without any helping pills. Even tough sometimes it means crying into a pillow! :) :)

I defensively prefer to take a pill. I dont want to die because of hangover ;-)

Today it has been all about sleep and food. Our football team played for the National Championship last night...and we got crushed by Florida! Lots of drinking took place and nothing has made me feel better than Japanese food and my couch! And, of course, talking with you nice people!

A very wise choice. :)


The pleasure is all ours. :) Sorry to hear about the loss of your team. I always knew that people from Florida are evil. :)

Ok, it's time for me to go to sleep. Goodnight everybody.

kaka... youre sooo naughty... :)

My bf can drink neat whisky like its water and Ive never seen him drunk.. Him and his mates down 2-3 bottles of whisky or vodka between 2 -3 of them on an average night. I would be seriously ill if I even attempted it..and I aint saying its big or clever, they will all most likely be dead before they hit 50.

:) :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does that not worry you? It would worry me!!!!

yes it does worry me.. like many people he has a problem with alcohol... all or nothing.. he has sworn off it now... well for a few days at least

why do polish people drink so much...?

i remember asking a friend many years ago...

... he told me that in communist times all there was to do is drink wodka and shag...

oh right... guess thats why he's a sex addict too :)

Gee didn't the Polish people have it easy.........in bl***dy Ireland we weren't even allowed to shag....hence the preponderance of alcoholics in our nation!!

Irish joke....whats the definition of an Irish homosexual...........

Read punch line a few time guys..............

Its a man who prefers women to beer!

i must admit i have seen a few as i call then "" tree huggers"" in the mornings on my way to work. i thought they where just having a piss, but then realized they where using the tree to hold themselves up.

So that's the attraction of the Green Parties then. Party on at their next annual conference near you.

just came back from Poland and I cannot say that Polish people drink that much at all, however, I have seen some "tree huggers" there from time to time. In other countries thay are probably taken care off because there are better services for alcoholics provided by the government.

Then again, what do I know. I haven't travelled to other countires, although I have heard that people in other counties drink too, or better , take drugs, eat too much, cheat the government and so on.

The best to find out is to look at the statistics:)

when i lived in spain it was standard practice to have a brandy in your coffee in the bar on your way to work every morning... carrajillo...

... i never did of course...

of course:)

Maybe he has got great adapting skills. :)


Finally, You don't phone, You don't write, I've been worried sick! :) How was it?

I know, I am pretty bad at times. I though i needed a break from the forum.
oh, it was great, I got back yesterday, still have jet leg symptoms.
I was sooo busy that i didn't have time to write or call... or do anything like that.
I had a terrible trip to Poland, since I got stuck in London airport due to the fog. It was like a war zone with 300 planes cancelled the day I was flying. I got to know the airports in Europe really well and I am thinking about writing a short manual on how to survive an airport bordom and what not to buy in duty free shops etc.

Why British haven't converted to Euro yet. Not that it's a good idea, but when one travells - it causes a lot of pain. I had to use 3 courencies on my way to Poland!!!!

The food and chrismas was great. Polish food is the best and very tasty and the conversations with people I haven't seen for a long time were very stimulating:) I spent a lot of time in the kitchen, first helping my sister and later cooking for my father who is a better soup maker than I am:) Shame on me:)

When crossing the border between Poland and Germany I had to show my passport and I don't understand why I had to do it since Poland is in EU.

Hospitality, food, people, newspapers and TV programms(not the Polish soap operas) are still great and that's what I will miss the most.
The media coverage on Bsp Wielgus was too much and I hope that it had died down by now.
The spring weather (no snow, plus temperatures) was great and I didn't have to suffer too much.
The only thing I didn't like was the short day - dark and gloomy and I felt sleepy most of the time due to lack of sun exposure. It could have also been the food I consumed and were digesting:) - makowiec, piernik, zupa z grzybami, bigos, (which I cooked myslelf), barszczyk czerwony, ges nadziewana and all the salatki my neighbours brought to my house so I could taste it:)

So I am back - tired, heavier and happy. I love Europe!!!

You haven't seen some of my neighbours in Poland. Their organisms recognized alcohol as a 'preserving substance'. They will probably live forever, and if they happen to die, their bodies won't decompose in graves :)

Take Milkthistle before you go out drinking...that helps me...

Im actually not drinking until I go to Poland, 3 weeks to go....I really hope its going to be snowing, Im sure Krakow will look even more amazing covered in snow...

One of the bigger mistakes I have made in my life was to introduce my Polish Friend to the game of Fizz Buzz. It’s a drinking game that, without boring you all with the all the details, involves counting in a circle. There are many rules but any number with a five or a multiple of five in it (5, 15, 51, 20 for example) is replaced with the word Fizz. Any number with a seven or multiple of seven in it is replaced with the word Buzz. Buzz also reverses the order that you go round the circle in. The other key rule is that you cannot drink unless you make a mistake and are given a penalty by the chairman or if the chairman declares general drinking to be in order. The basic outcome of the game is simple, the more mistakes you make the more you drink and therefore make more mistakes…….

Being an experienced player of the game I was looking forward to a fun evening watching some poor unfortunate suffer. All started well and many vodka penalties later there were a couple of worse for wear players. Being a star player I had managed only a few sips of the nominated drink and much fun was being had by all, including the group from the next table who had joined in. Then the bombshell – it was decided by the Chairman that counting was now to be in Polish. Within what seemed like minutes I had gone from sober to under the table. There was no way I could have drunk as much as the previous losers. . I’m still awaiting a replay match drinking Scrumpy (strong cider usually found from farms in the West of England).

From that day forth when asked to drink Vodka with new acquaintances my standard behaviour was to have a few and then feign drunkenness. This was always met with a sympathetic nodding of the head and ‘He is English – they can’t drink you know’. Worked a treat.

On a more serious note, I don't think that Poles drink any more than a lot of other nationalities. Obviously there must be a metabolic reason why Vodka has no effect though.