Now there's a medical excuse for going out drinking with the boys: "No baby, we're not going out to get drunk and party. I'm just making sure I don't die of toxic poisoning."

Doctors in Australia used an IV drip of vodka to save the life of a 24 year-old Italian tourist, when they ran out of the medicinal alcohol they usually use for treatment.

The man had ingested a large quantity of ethylene glycol, which is commonly found in antifreeze and can cause renal failure. (Not to mention a wicked hangover.) Doctors ran through all of the pharmaceutical-grade alcohol they had on hand and decided the next best way to get alcohol into his system was to feed him spirits through a naso gastric tube. (Does this mean we'll be seeing naso gastric tube bars opening all over LA?)

The patient was given the equivalent of three standard drinks an hour for three days while in intensive care. (No word on whether he was fed olives during treatment.) While doctors believe he drank the antifreeze in an attempt to harm himself (Really Doc Obvious? You don't think he was just trying to keep from freezing?), the patient made a full recovery.