Drunken pole dancing!!

Veena started this discussion · 5/11/2009

Pole Dancing while drunk or, otherwise intoxicated is a BAD, BAD, idea. 👎 I know it might seem like a funny thing to do. Maybe even a little naughty or, like a good idea to make you feel less self-conscious. Please don't do it!! EVERY activity you do while drunk or buzzed for that matter, is always more dangerous. Save the alcohol for after your pole dancing! *cheers* happy and safe poling. 🌸

20 replies

lily · 5/11/2009
lol - I know this...and continue to have those nights I regret! 😁 🌸
Foxy_Rei · 5/11/2009
I'm rather curious as to what sparked this topic... 🤐
Natalie · 5/11/2009
Haha, reminds me of when I was at a bar a month or so ago and they had a pole near the dance floor that anyone could jump on to dance. My friends were like "We so have to get you drunk enough that you get on that thing!" and I was like "Nooo if I'm getting up there it better be before I drink anything!" Haha. Especially since it was a stage pole; like mine, only steel. That would have ended bad...
Foxy_Rei · 5/11/2009
Haha that's funny, Natalie. A pole at a bar was what got me interested in pole dancing! I was rather tipsy and up there with a friend, but we were just kinda dancing with it rather than on it... thank God! I want to go back someday and really put on a show... however, I don't know what kind of pole it is, and I'm really worried it's stainless... I'd also laugh hysterically if we were talking about the same bar 😂 But you're in CT, so I doubt it
Virginia · 5/11/2009
i have to admit, i've pole danced drunk before. (thank god this was before i learned inverts) the outcome... after about 5 minutes i got really dizzy and nauseous, and the darn thing wasn't even on spinny mode! the lesson learned... DON'T POLE DANCE DRUNK!!! unless you're trying to redecorate your room with some vomit spin-art (imagine doing the fireman while projectile vomiting) and/or trying to crack open your head.
Neke · 5/11/2009
I'll throw in some visuals 🙂 Most of you have seen the stage at my club -if you haven't, it's a spinning platform with a main pole in the middle and 5 poles around the outside. There's a metal bar connecting the outside poles in a circle around the top - the whole thing looks kind of like a birdcage (they even used to have a ring in the middle!). I've seen so many accidents on that thing, almost all of which involved alcohol. Some of the girls like to do stupid things like climb up on top of the connecting circle at the top and do tricks off it... not a good idea especially in summer when it's slippery, but you can't really stop them. One incident that sticks in my mind was when a girl was hanging upside down off the connecting bar, doing something acrobatic like she usually does in her stage show, but she'd had a few too many to drink. She slipped off the bar, went SMACK on the stage, and then SMACK on the ground. There was blood and ambulances... She wasn't back at work for a while, but when she did return she had a massive scar running from her lip across her face towards her eye. It's the first thing you notice when you look at her, and it's there forever. Other serious injuries involve mostly broken bones, with the occasional bone snapping and cutting through the skin, twisted ankles... lots of ankle injuries and more broken toes than you would expect, especially when stupid girls are drunk and stumbling in heels. Let me tell you from a lot of hand on experience of people crying to me, that a broken toe isn't pleasant. You can't wear shoes, it takes ages to heal and there's nothing they can do to help it - they don't make tiny toe casts. There was also a broken hip bone from one of our more athletic dancers, and a lot of buggered up knees. Our pole is pretty short, but it still doesn't end well when you come crashing down and land awkwardly - in an inebriated state, your brain isn't functioning well enough to tell your body how to land in a way that causes minimal pain. It goes 'whoops' then BANG (and then the sound of sirens in the background). Hopefully that will help to get the idea across that alcohol and poles don't mix 🙂
LittleMissLola · 5/11/2009
Never mind poling drunk, I used to do gymnastics drunk 😂 I still occasionally pull a few moves but nothing extreme. But my first year at Uni I used to head straight to the grass outside our halls of residence and chuck aerial cartwheels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzblM2IfJs (excuse the vid, I found the way he described it quite funny - the actual aerial is quite far into it). I stopped chucking aerial cartwheels when I misjudged a landing, didn't hurt myself, but realised I could have done.
Foxy_Rei · 5/11/2009
OMG Lola that video was hilarious! 😂 I'm not sure if I learned anything or actually lost IQ points, though... I'm also afraid to take advice about moves from a guy wearing a cast... 😲 And I can't believe that you would even think of trying that drunk! I couldn't do it sober... 😕
amcut · 5/11/2009
that video is king. KING VIDEO. what an awesome gymnastic character. I really need to clean out my litterboxes, but instead I'm going to watch a few more of his videos.
azriel · 5/11/2009
OMG this guy is toooo funny..LOL
Foxy_Rei · 5/11/2009
confession: I just spent the next 20 minutes after replying to that post watching other videos by him... too funny.
lily · 5/11/2009
^^^ omg seriously, that was awesome!! 🥂
Former member · 5/12/2009
neke, i love everything that you said, definitely drove the point home! and i laughed at your "they don't make tiny toe casts" comment. i did a lapdance for a guy i was "with" once when i was drunk and it was a nightmare, i remember waking up the next morning thinking, "OH MY GAWD I CANT BELIEVE I DID THAT". that was the time that i practically fell and just kept going.....he didn't know and couldn't tell that i messed up because he was drunk too, but seriously it's just not a good idea EVER. and now i hardly ever drink because of that experience....and when i do it's one glass OR one shot OR one beer but Never all of the above lol. take it easy on the liquor girls!!! 🙂 you don't need it to feel sexy or confident, you're already beautiful and talented enough!!!
SissyBuns · 5/12/2009
I rented a pole for a 🙊 "Passion Party" 🙊 that I had at home. I was going to serve drinks and I knew I was going to partake of the beverages. I told my friends "Do Not let me get on that pole after I've been drinking"...what'd they do? Let me get on it. And I had just learned the Gemini too...so I decided I show it off. Lucky for me, jeans and the Gemini don't even begin to mix well so I basiclly got upside and slide down to the floor. No harm no foul. It could have been bad though and I don't appreciate the video they got...not my best pole moment.... 😕
LittleMissLola · 5/12/2009
Glad you gals liked the vid 😀 I do drink and pole (like I drink and do gymnastics), but I don't actually get that drunk (I get drunk when I drink wine and I don't drink that when I go out on the town) and don't pull any risky moves (I tend to stick to spins mainly, with the occasional invert). Besides my coordination when drunk is absolutely fabulous, I can do every sobriety test going - want me to walk in a straight line, I'll do it on my hands 😂 However I do recognise that it is a silly thing to do and why risk unnecessary injury? I think I've just had the sense knocked out of me from all those years of gymnastics 😂
Fleur · 5/12/2009
I'm with Neke and Veena on this one. I broke my toe landing wrong from a split leap in dance a few years back and I was off for 2 months 🙁 It SUCKS and it hurts like a biznitch. But anyway, back to Dancing Under the Influence, beside the obvious points that it is not a good idea from a safety standpoint here is another perspective: many of us here struggle with getting pole dance recognized as a legitimate sport and art form. I do not know a single ballet dancer who would drink before getting on stage, a single runner who will drink before running a marathon, a single swimmer who will have a few beers before a meet... We must recognize that this is a serious form pf physical activity that requires muscular strength, endurance, balance, and quick reflexes if anything goes wrong!!! This is simply NOT compatible with drinking. Also, I think some women have a couple glasses of wine before getting on the pole in order to relax or let down their inhibitions but again, I feel that this is in contradition with pole dancing which I see as an empowering art that makes you gain confidence in your own sexiness. You shouldn't need a glass of wine to feel sexy! What's the point of pole dancing if it doesn't really make you feel like a goddess unless you've had a few too many? Just my own two cents 😉 Fleur
Neke · 5/15/2009
I feel like I should admit I was trying to do aerial cartwheels at work last night. How the hell is that physically possible!!? Lol I figured out how to do cartwheels 1 handed, and then I was too scared to try it without the hands. You are insane Lola, I quit! Also, my arms are killing me. Not sure if that's from handstands or cartwheels or pole, but I'm going to blame you - it's not the same muscles that are usually sore.
Foxy_Rei · 5/16/2009
I used to be able to do a cartwheel and pull my hands up half-way through it, or do it one-handed and pull my arm up when my legs got just over my head. Never could do it entirely aerial... I kinda wanna try it again 😜
Poledancefan · 5/30/2009
I must admit I do get a little worried when I see poling after drinking alcohol. I guess that at my age, I am really sensitive to issues of safety and injury. At nearly 50, stuff does not heal as fast as it used to. I already have a fairly high risk profile because I ride mainly at night ( to avoid sunburn--35 miles a day, I'd have a high UV exposure) and I have had a few close encounters with bicycle versus car, city bus, and at least once..stray bullets from a nearby liquor store robbery. I never wear a bicycle helmet. I know I should--my wife is angry that I don't. I drive lots of mileage during the day for work. Just the other day three squad cars blew across the intersection doing 50-60MPH. I thought to myself..OK, that's the 10th, 11th time this year. How long before I get t-boned in this Honda S***box? So when I pole, I am SUPER CAREFUL. I ask everyone not to yell down the stairs or startle me. One time the phone rang in an invert and I almost broke my neck, LOL! I am of two minds about Fleur's point on being sexy and confident without alcohol. I sure did my share of drinking in life...and I would be hypocritical and dishonest if I didn't admit to needing a few beers to loosen up and dance at a bar. I guess men have it lucky in the sense that we rarely have to "display" our bodies to measure up to judgements from the opposite sex. If we are clever enough to avoid weddings, we never have to face the dance issue but once (at our own, LOL!) I see this contrast in my two kids. My son (age 20) actually thinks his "freshman 10" is cool. He rubs his belly and pats it like it's a newfound chum. He's stopped shaving, grown a 7 inch 'Fro, pulls his hugely oversized 17 inch collared shirtails out and stares at himself adoringly in the mirror. He told me yesterday that this is the "Rustic" look and girls think it is sexy! My daughter, 13, has developed a serious weight problem (not just appearance, but really a health issue, too). It's put me in a real bind...it's agonizing to criticize, but seems irresponsible not to address the issue of eating, exercise and health. Oh well, I have SERIOUSLY rambled off topic. This is a TOUGH issue--body image, weight,confidence, and all. It's on my mind a lot now because I have a daughter whom I know is suffering and my wife and I are, too--not knowing how to handle it.... Joel
Trena · 5/30/2009
I have to agree with Veena 100%! Not good! Not good at all!!! Ive poled after 1 or 2 drinks and I definately felt less 'with it' so I dont recommend it to ANYONE!!! I got a lovely big bruise on my shin beacuse of drunken over-confidence!!