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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\n It never fails: I'm out for happy hour with my girls after a long week. I order a drink, it arrives\u2014and I down it in two gulps. Round two? Same deal.Am I a big drinker? Hardly\u2014I usually have two or three drinks when I go out. I just drink them quickly and then sit around for hours while my pals nurse their margaritas. My friends think I'm strange (and admittedly, I probably am), but a new study shows that my drinking habits aren't that unusual. The study\u2014conducted on 985 participants\u2014found that men have more drinks per hour than women, but the ladies down the booze a lot quicker.The result? Women get drunker a lot faster than men. Getting tipsy isn't a bad thing, but usually the point of going out with pals is to have fun, not spend the next day feeling like crap.Anyway, are you like me and drink super fast? I've started making a conscious effort to slow my roll by:* Alternating a drink with a glass of water. That way, I'm at least putting 15-20 minutes between drinks. * Taking a break. After a drink, I'll either get up and make small talk with another group of friends at the bar or hit the dance floor.Tell us: Are you a speed drinker? How do you slow down while out with friends?Want more from Meagan? Follow her on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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