Question: What Are Meths Drinkers

A “meths drinker” is someone who drinks methylated spirits (denatured alcohol). This is ethanol with additives to make it nauseating or even poisonous to consume. It is used as a fuel in alcohol burners and camp stoves.

What’s a meths drinker?

informal. A person who is addicted to alcohol and drinks this (especially by reason of extreme poverty) in the form of methylated spirits.

What does drinking methylated spirits do to you?

Large doses may cause severe intoxication, tremors, convulsions, drowsiness, blurred vision, coma, respiratory arrest, unconsciousness and death”. Drinking Methylated Spirits doesn’t sound like such a smart idea. Methylated Spirits is a common commercial grade solvent.