TIFU: Bought what I thought was Japanese Alcohol pops, ended up waking up in the morning with a gash on my head, vomit on the floor and a paramedic information note reminding me of how much of an idiot I am.

I don't drink, it's not my thing. I went out one time with my friends and that was the first time I got drunk. On that night we drank a crazy amount of vodka cocktails and all sorts of things and using that experience of how much and how long it took for me to get seriously drunk I figured this fancy looking Japanese alcoholic sodas wouldn't be a bad idea for my night off work.

I bought them, around 5 500ml cans, my expectations were I'd play Elden ring while drinking these and maybe after all 5 cans I'd feel somewhat tipsy at which point I could sleep.

Oh no, I didn't turn out like that. What I drank was Kirin Strong Zero and my god it works faster than horse tranquiliser.

I get my first can, pour it out and it tastes alright, not great. Kind of like a cheap lemonade brand or something. Couple minutes later I feel it. I'm already tipsy and I'm like, well shit.

At this point I shouldn't have touched another but I got another and I was majorly drunk at this point. Around the same level of drunkenness I experienced after an entire day of drinking out with the pals. This shit was insanely effective.

I'm just losing my marbles at this point, unable to play the game further I'm pouring out the final bit of the 3rd can and just rolling around with how dizzy I am.

Before I even realise it I wake up in the morning feeling like absolutely dirt. Is vomit on the floor, I got these little suction cups on me and an information note from the paramedic about my heart rates, breathing rate and alcohol saturation, stuff like that and I'm realising at this point like holy fuck, what the hell happened?!

I also ended up with a massive gash on my head so I imagine I fell over at some point, hit my head and my parents ended up panicking and called the ambulance.

For the entire day I laid on the sofa downstairs with the worst feeling of nausea. Only thing I had throughout that day was water and even that made me feel sick. I was sick many times, so much so I stopped puking up water and was just puking up my own stomach acid.

The following day and throughout the rest of the week my kidneys and inside the collarbone I'm experiencing pain which I looked up and it's an effect of the binge drinking.

I work night shift and usually stay up during the night on my days off and even 3 weeks later I still get the same sickly feeling around that time, like I'm being reminded of that night. Just thinking about the drink makes me feel sick.

I'm annoyed at myself with being such a dumbass and making my parents worry like that and even my girlfriend.

I'm making it known that I won't touch another drop of alcohol and I guess I'm giving a warning about a certain Japanese product.

After researching the product I bought, Kirin Strong Zero it's apparently known as the Gaijun killer as foreigners buy it and not realise after 2 cans they're fucked. I had 3 cans maybe 4 I don't remember and it absolutely destroyed my body for the week.

Drinking can be fun for sure but don't be an idiot like I was, I very well could have died that night all because I liked the dizzy sensation I had the first time I drank.

Frankly it's not worth it but if you are gonna drink, just be safe folks. You got folks who worry about you.

TL;DR: Drank innocent looking Japanese drinks, ended up waking up to vomit, upset parents and a week of organ pains.