What Do The Dromies Drink To Stay Awake?

[vegasgeek]

what is it for you? Jolt soda? Bawls soda? Coffee? large amounts of caffinated soda? (Coke, Pepsi, etc.), energy drinks?

I like to drink Coke, and at times...like now...coffee with a little bit of milk and sugar(starbucks is for the weak!)

i'm asking this because because of my current sleeping habit plus my gaming addiction i can't sleep to wake up in the morning when i have to. so i just stay awake until whatever i have to do is done.

[poltah]

Water.

Sometimes I drink some coke or a cup of coffee, but mostly plain water.

[weebl]

Yup, water...

[vegasgeek]

Water? that poison? lol...how does water keep you awake for long hours?

[tokenuser]

Water? that poison? lol...how does water keep you awake for long hours?Full bladder??

I pretty much had to cut cafeinated drinks out of my diet. They don't hurt me at all, but they were interferring with my sleep, so I went cold turkey and now do Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew - not because it is Dew(ish) but because it is actually a pretty good diet citrus soda.

The upside is that if I *do* need to stay awake, I will have a Coke or a Dew or a Sunkist, and the caffeine actually has an effect that is more than just screwing with my sleep cycles at night.

[point5o]

Water...no regular caffeine intake, but occasionally iced or hot tea. What you're doing has a lot to do staying awake. I would fall asleep at my desk at work every 5 minutes it seems, but I can play the Wii or WoW for hours even on 3 hours of sleep the night before.

[jdhore]

i use Bawls...the only thing that tastes good with enough caffeine to affect me...speaking of that:

/me walks to the fridge and grabs a bottle of Bawls

[funnelfish]

Rockstar Zero is my best bet for long hours.

[vegasgeek]

i use Bawls...the only thing that tastes good with enough caffeine to affect me...speaking of that:

/me walks to the fridge and grabs a bottle of Bawls

I remeber when the paintball tournement came to vegas...there were selling it there for like 12 for a 24 pack...i bought three. and this was about the time Halo 2 was out...needless to say i felt like a speed freak for about 2 weeks.

[guybers]

The only thing that keeps me going is gulping down a can of "Red Balls", it's crack...in a can!

[abacusand13south]

I drink water almost all the time, I may drink a can of pepsi or orange soda with a meal but besides that its water.

And a little trick to keep from falling asleep, stop beating off all the time.

[kramertron]

Staying awake isn't really something I like doing, it's falling asleep that's the hard part.

[vegasgeek]

And a little trick to keep from falling asleep, stop beating off all the time.

thats my problem! well damn it...it all comes full circle now! thanks buddy.

[viscountradu]

i already posted this in the Geek Recipes thread, but here it goes for those that missed it:

Josh's Wake-Up Juice:

buy Water Joe (caffeinated water: http://waterjoe.com/)
brew extra dark roast coffee with it
dissolve as much instant coffee into the brewed coffee as it can absorb
crush some chocolate-covered espresso beans and add that to the concoction
pop several NoDoz in mouth and wash them down with this tasty beverage

needless to say i REALLY like caffeine

[tinygrasshopper]

green/black tea

[phatlip12]

Bawls
Cappuccino
Pimp Juice
Coca-Cola Blak

[araym]

...pimp juice? oh yeah and strawberry flavored water... ^^ mmmmmm

[funnelfish]

i already posted this in the Geek Recipes thread, but here it goes for those that missed it:

Josh's Wake-Up Juice:

buy Water Joe (caffeinated water: http://waterjoe.com/)
brew extra dark roast coffee with it
dissolve as much instant coffee into the brewed coffee as it can absorb
crush some chocolate-covered espresso beans and add that to the concoction
pop several NoDoz in mouth and wash them down with this tasty beverage

needless to say i REALLY like caffeine

Dear Josh,

This is your heart. I just wanted to say that I love you man... but please stop trying to make me explode or I will cut blood flow to your penis... and we both know you don't want that!

Much hugs and kisses!
Your Heart.

[guybers]

i already posted this in the Geek Recipes thread, but here it goes for those that missed it:

Josh's Wake-Up Juice:

buy Water Joe (caffeinated water: http://waterjoe.com/)
brew extra dark roast coffee with it
dissolve as much instant coffee into the brewed coffee as it can absorb
crush some chocolate-covered espresso beans and add that to the concoction
pop several NoDoz in mouth and wash them down with this tasty beverage

needless to say i REALLY like caffeine

Wow, that is...insane? I don't know if that word really encompasses what I feel about your recipe...but it was my first thought. How big a cup of that do you brew there J? And about how long after you drink that do the hallucinations kick in? And about how long does it take the hallucinations to go away? And at what point do you check yourself into the cardiac unit?

[satori]

what is it for you? Jolt soda? Bawls soda? Coffee? large amounts of caffinated soda? (Coke, Pepsi, etc.), energy drinks?


I'm an insomniac with sugar issues. If I drink coke or pepsi or something I'll just crash after I have the high. I have just learned to stay awake when I need to.

[dicknixon]

Strawberry Milk. Uh, yeah.

[slowmtnsilhouette]

tea... mostly black, but maybe some caffienated green tea...

[pr0n5t4r]

I drink coffee, tea ... SEGA.

Oops... sorry, that meant to say Bawls. =P

When waiting in line for the Wii, I drank Lemon tea and water... wewt. =P Of course, I think the reason I stayed awake was the cold... x.x

[slowmtnsilhouette]

When waiting in line for the Wii, I drank Lemon tea and water... wewt. =P Of course, I think the reason I stayed awake was the cold... x.x

really? the cold always makes me sleepy... its funny, my teachers in high school always used to crank up the AC to keep us awake... i was always the first one to fall asleep...

[losojosdemuerte]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/erecinos/monster_energy.jpg

IT'S THE BEST!!!!!!!!:D

[avcabob]

Bawls and Blue Jolt would be my 2 favorite. Although I could go right to sleep after drinking either of them so for the most part to stay up i just don't go to sleep.

[guybers]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/erecinos/monster_energy.jpg

IT'S THE BEST!!!!!!!!:D

LosOjosdeMuerte, you just switched me from Red balls to Monster my friend, nice post!

[losojosdemuerte]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[araym]

Damn I need some rockstar or monster for my accounting class... why does a computer programming major need accounting anyway?! b*tch puts me to sleep

[baldmonkey]

Coffee, coffee, coffee and the occasional tea. No sugar, no milk.
If I don't get any coffee before lunch time I get massive headaches and feel a bit shaky, so I guess I'm hooked.

[pr0n5t4r]

I'm the same way... I'm really trying to cut back, because... that's quite the addiction I have... ^^;

[comradelazyman]

some strong tea

[vegasgeek]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/erecinos/monster_energy.jpg

IT'S THE BEST!!!!!!!!:D

I have that poster right next to me.
Monster is damn tasty but i love Full Throttle.
quick side note...thats actually dannyT's bottom...

[ariastar]

I drink the knowledge from books. And Cherry Coke.

[big-doze]

Sleep. Cool, refreshing sleep. Goes down smooth, and energizes you for the task at hand. Nothin' beats it!

That or Royal Milk Tea... so dericious...

[guybers]

I have that poster right next to me.
Monster is damn tasty but i love Full Throttle.
quick side note...thats actually dannyT's bottom...

No wonder I'm drooling...purrrrrrrr

[phatlip12]

...pimp juice? oh yeah and strawberry flavored water... ^^ mmmmmm

Yea, it tastes pretty good actually. It has apple juice in it which gives it a pretty nice taste. Funny name, good energy drink.

[satansmagichat]

Okay, so the first thing you wanna do is just figure out exactly how different types of caffeinated drinks affect you. Start off by just dropping soda (trust me on this) for at least a week. Then start the experiment.

I find that coffee is usually like a fireworks display. A big BOOM, and then the rockets just crash to the ground. Usually coffee keeps my body awake and my brain goes to sleep (but hey, if it's a twitch shooter you're playing, go for it.)

Also, remember that stuff like Red Bull, Bawls, Rockstar, etc, don't have nearly as much caffeine per volume as coffee, but the other shit in there (guarana, taurine, b12, whatever) can actually keep you awake. Or it's psychosomatic, but hey if I think it's working, that's good enough. So just realize what "type" of caffeine high these give you.

And finally, you'll probably ignore all the wusses that listed tea, but hey man, it works. I heard somewhere (probably from Alton Brown, one of my demigods) that Tea gives less of a buzz, but lasts longer. So if you just have a kettle ready, and keep making the shit, you'll be fine. I was up 48 hours straight before the Wii came out, and I drank a doubleshot of espresso early in the night to wake me up, and then just chilled on green tea (like 3 or 4 cups) the rest of the night, and it did the trick. But then again, I am to caffeine what Hunter S Thompson is to every other drug. I'm not proud of this, but hey, I know what I am.

[vegasgeek]

Here in LV we have an energy drink called Cocain...appearently it's banned in other states and cities.