u/ellie1398

Have any of y'all ever gotten alcohol "poisoning" from cheap LEGAL alcohol?

I live in Belgium. Plenty of food/drink control over here. I did, however, use to buy the cheapest whiskey from Albert Heijn (a Dutch supermarket chain). Never had any issue with it up until this one time I bought 2 bottles. My partner and I both shared some wine and a bottle of the cheap whiskey, then the next day, I felt like I was gonna die.

No, not just hangover. Symptoms I've never felt before. I thought I had forgotten to take my meds, had food poisoning, hangover, and flu at the same time. Except none of these applied. I'm used to drinking more, so hungover was out of the question. I was so lightheaded, dizzy, nauseous, I couldn't stand up, i couldn't even look at a static object without feeling like it was moving, which ended up making me even more nauseous. I had to leave work after spending 1 hour in the hallway collecting myself so I could safely drive home. I was covered in cold sweat, my resting pluses was 110 bpm, my blood pressure was normal tho. Even after taking a nap, my pulse was barely below 95.

Keep in mind that it had been at least 10-12 hours since drinking LESS than half a bottle of whiskey.

I mean, my normal resting pulse is around 90-100, but certainly not when I'm laying down, napping, or not moving whatsoever. (Largely due to ADHD meds, low blood pressure, etc.)

My partner also felt off but not as bad as me (he weighs *nearly* twice as much as me or at least 1.75 times more).

We still had another bottle, so we carefully had a bit from it on a different occasion, and we once again felt way more "hungover" and sick.

Was it a bad batch? We didn't go blind. We didn't die, so I doubt methyl alcohol was involved. So what the fuck happened? I've never experienced anything like it since or after. I've drank way more on an empty stomach even, and still - nothing bad happened.

Have any of y'all been there before?

Chairs (with a different cheap brand of whiskey).

What did u/ellie1398 draw?

Cheap booze