Ales and Ailments

I’ve been down with the flu for the past few days.  It was good times, with body aches, headaches, chills, and other unmentionable symptoms.  I laid around all Saturday playing XBOX (Arkham Asylum is the best game of the year, by the way), and by Saturday night I was feeling a little bit better.

The plan wasn’t to drink anything but water, but then my wife opened an interesting beer that I just had to try.  Which led to a bottle of Arrogant Bastard, followed by a couple of Storm King Stouts.  So I was binge drinking with the flu.  Smart, huh?

I’m not sure why, but in my mildly delirious flu state, I was the champion of all beer drinkers.  Nothing seemed to have any effect on me, beyond making me forget I was sick and reminding me how much I love good beer.  I didn’t feel tipsy or buzzed or blitzed.  I was just hanging out with my wife, watching a movie and guzzling beers. With the flu.

The next day I was a little worse for the wear, though.  Whatever gains I had made on Saturday were wiped out and Sunday was back to feeling rotten.  It didn’t really feel like a hangover, but it was hard to tell if I was feeling the virus or the beer.  So I curled up on the couch and watched my Jets beat the Texans while I sipped water.

But has that ever happened to you?  Have you ever suddenly been able to drink like you have a hollow leg for some unknown reason (flu or otherwise)?  Or are you smart enough to stay away from the good stuff while your feeling less than your best?