Blacking out – Alcohol

Hi so recently nearly every time I drink I black out. I’m 23 and I probably started drinking to the point of getting drunk when I was 16ish, at parties and that. I used to drink so much more when I was younger and I wouldn’t black out unless it had been a HEAVY night and perhaps it was just a partial blackout like maybe a few hours that I had a bit of hazy memory from.

Recently though I feel like I go out and my memory seems to go hazy as soon as I start drinking and it reaches a certain point in the evening where I remember nothing until I wake up. I’m not drinking any differently from anyone else I’m with?! I also used to do shots and have banned myself from this atm due to the constant blacking out,but even without those, my body doesn’t seem to be metabolising alcohol the same.

I’m at a loss of what to do really, because I’m not an alcoholic and I don’t need to drink all the time, but on the nights where I do go out with my friends, I’d like to A) remember the night and B) for my own safety be more in control of the blacking out situation.

I am quite petite and have lost weight over the past 2 years so I’m not sure if that has something to do with it, but I have been this small in the past and have never struggled this much with blacking out, im beginning to be concerned something is amis.

Has anyone dealt with similar? Did you figure out any tactics! Thanku in advance!