Reply To: To Drink or Not to Drink? Home › Forums › Yom Tov › Purim › To Drink or Not to Drink? › Reply To: To Drink or Not to Drink? February 25, 2009 7:40 pm at 7:40 pm #674608 tzippiMember I’m missing something if throwing up is part of the simcha, not a by-product. It was the ancient Romans who had vomitoria.