# Auto-Brewery Syndrome **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 19, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901 "2013-09-19T13:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901/1 "2013-09-19T13:02:32Z")
This is a real thing: :beer2: > It is every man’s dream super power: to be able to magic beer out of nowhere. > > Imagine taking a piece of bread or a bowl of pasta and turning it into an ice-cold glass of the foamy tipple. > > One man could tell them from experience that it is not all it is cracked up to be. > > The 61-year-old Texan is a human brewery and try as he might, he cannot stay sober. > > Suffering from auto-brewery syndrome, his stomach produces brewer’s yeast that goes into his blood stream, creating the exact same effect as beer. > > He gets drunk the moment he wakes up, at church, at work, or out walking with his family… > **[Tee-total Texan whose family feared he was an alcoholic cannot stay so](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2425253/Auto-brewery-syndrome-makes-bacteria-brew-beer-mans-stomach.html)** > > Imagine taking a piece of bread or a bowl of pasta and turning it into an ice-cold glass of the foamy tipple. One man could tell you from experience that it is not all it is cracked up to be. > **[Auto-brewery syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome)** > > Auto-brewery syndrome (ABS) (also known as gut fermentation syndrome, endogenous ethanol fermentation or drunkenness disease) is a condition characterized by the fermentation of ingested carbohydrates in the gastrointestinal tract of the body caused by bacteria or fungi. ABS is a rare medical condition in which intoxicating quantities of ethanol are produced through endogenous fermentation within the digestive system. The organisms responsible for ABS include various yeasts and bacteria, in Resea... ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901/2 "2013-09-19T13:33:17Z")
That would suck ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901/3 "2013-09-19T13:33:52Z")
Beer goggles 24/7! ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901/4 "2013-09-19T15:03:12Z")
I think I have a couple employees with this syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901/5 "2013-09-19T15:05:45Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > That would suck Yeah, this. I’ll get drunk when I want, thanks. I have a hard enough time focusing on work as it is. See how much i’m on here posting nonsense! AND IM SOBER. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-brewery-syndrome/232901/6 "2013-09-19T15:36:58Z")
If he’s perpetually drunk, what happens when he drinks? Guess he may be drunk but if he always like that, it’s normal for him so he shouldn’t be upset.