Bad spirits experience - cannot drink that specific type anymore One time, I had a bad experience with vodka; I drank a very excessive amount in one night.
As a result, I can no longer drink vodka or even smell it with out getting queasy / sick. This was several years ago.
Now, if I want to have any type of spirits, I can only have a small amount and I need lots of mixer (Coca-Cola, Lemonade etc.). If I drink it straight, I throw up.
Some of my friends have had the same happen to them with a variety of different spirits. They also cannot stand that type of spirits anymore and get sick if they drink it.

What is this phenomenon called?
Why does this happen?
Is there a &quot;cure&quot; or &quot;fix&quot;?
This isn't specific to alcohol, and is instead a general mechanism of neural association. When you consume anything and then become sick afterward your brain associates sickness with what you consumed to stop you from consuming it again.

From an evolutionary standpoint this makes sense, because it would keep you safe from continuing to eat or drink the toxic substance. In the case of vodka, this is your body's way of saying don't do that again.

There is no cure but time - the time it takes for your brain's association with the substance to fade. For instance, the same thing happened to me with vodka about 16 years ago, but it's been so long that it's no longer a problem (bear in mind it didn't take that long to rectify itself, this just illustrates that the problem will eventually resolve itself).