The US media has recently been having fun with a story about college students ‘butt chugging’. For those of you that missed this vital news feature, it started with a Tennessee student being hospitalized with alcohol poisoning, after allegedly having a wine enema. Of course this being the US, the story quickly spun out of control, adding religion, lawyers and press conferences into the mix. And while it sounds exactly like the kind of stupid thing a frat house might try, the media also has a reputation for making up ridiculous scare stories about alcohol and young people.
I’m sure most people regarded this story either as an amusing freakshow or as a sign of America’s moral decline. However, I suspect there might have been a few of my readers thinking to themselves – “What a brilliant idea! I like alcohol. I like enemas. Let’s crack that bottle of ’96 Burgundy we were saving for a special occasion!” If you are thinking exactly that, then firstly please don’t use a ’96 Burgundy. That would be a crime against grapes, and probably an arrestable offense in France. Secondly, please be careful. As this older news story makes clear, it can be a lethal activity. Drinking alcohol has the natural limits of vomiting and unconsciousness. It’s pretty hard to order another round of shooters when you’re face down in a puddle of your own stomach contents. That doesn’t apply to a tube and an enema bag, so lethally poisoning yourself is much easier.
For all those enema fans who play safely, here’s a nice image from the artist known as German. While enemas are not my favorite kinky activity, I think I’d be willing to give the scene below a try should I ever get the opportunity.
Oh no, I thought my friend Apothsis was only joking when he warned me about a new rash of “butt poisoning” after I mentioned champagne enemas in my last blog post. There are definitely risks to consider with this type of play – alcohol taken this way will cross the blood-brain barrier much faster, and also more efficiently, than it does swallowed. So will caffeine.
I’m not really sure how much of this is actually going on. As I said in the post, the media does have a habit of doing silly drug and alcohol scare stories. But yes, as you say, it’s definitely a risky thing to do. Not only is it quick to absorb, it’s also much easier to get a large volume in relatively quickly.
I can’t imagine how a champagne one would work! And as a huge champagne fan, I’m a little pained to hear it was used like that. I hope it was cheap domestic fizzy wine, and not real champagne 🙂
-paltego