Sorry to hear about your experience. I have also experienced alcohol poisoning many times (I just never learn). There is some really neat information on alcohol poisoning on the web. Responses to over consumption of alcohol can be calculated. How someone responds depends upon 1) their weight, 2) quantity of alcohol consumed, and 3) time duration of consuming alcohol. It is a matter of Blood Alcohol Content that determines your response.
If you search the internet for "BAC Calculator" you will get many sites that provide a method to input your weight, quantity, and time. (just ignore any that are part of a recovery or government anti-drinking). As your BAC increases the risk of more serious reactions increases. Basically, once your BAC gets to 0.2% you get Nausea and Vomiting. At 0.3% you get passing out (falling down drunk). At 0.4% Severe CNS Depression, Coma, and slight risk of Death. At 0.5% likely Death.
I think it is basically that as your BAC increases the response increases and most people get to 0.2%-0.3% and they pass out and are therefore not able to keep drinking. It sounds like what you experienced. You got drunk and then decided to drink a large quantity. I am thinking that if one is doing this unaided one would need to drink a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time. Otherwise the body protects itself and causes the drinker to pass out. I also think this is why we hear of people dying of alcohol poisoning at college parties - the famous case of using a funnel and someone else is pouring in the alcohol - and causes over ingestion in a short period of time.
