How much booze can you drink before... (best answer gets pts)?

Question

you get alcohol poisoning?

if you way about 200 lbs and your about 6' tall.

Answer 1

Generally BAC of .5 is where alcohol poisining occurs.   In fact, half of the people with a BAC level of .5 and above will die.

Since it will likely take 4 shots of 80 proof (or 4 beers, 4 glasses of wine) to get to .08.     It will take about 24 to get your blood level to .5.

However, since your liver will metabolize about 1 shot (actually slightly less) per hour, you would need to increase the 24 number by one per hour.     That is if it took you 4 hours to drink the 24 shots, you would actually need to consume 28 shots.

These stats are based upon 4 drinks to get to .08.    Some people will be at .08 after 3 or even 2 drinks.   This means that some people will reach the danger level around 15-16 shots

Answer 2

The effects of ethanol on your system depend on the concentration of alcohol in your blood (blood alcohol concentration, or BAC). Factors that affect your blood alcohol concentration include how strong the alcohol is, how quickly and how much you drink it, and how empty your stomach is at the time you drink it.

Normally, your body can eliminate the alcohol from a 12-ounce can of beer in about one hour. If your body absorbs more alcohol than it can eliminate, your blood alcohol concentration goes up. As you can imagine, drinking several beers in the space of an hour will increase your BAC much more than if you had one beer during the same time period. Binge drinking — rapidly having five drinks or more in a row, for example — can elevate your BAC to the point of causing alcohol poisoning.

Blood alcohol concentration continues to rise even after you've stopped drinking or have passed out because alcohol in your stomach continues to enter your bloodstream.

Be moderate in drinking.  A standard drink is equal to 12 ounces of beer or wine cooler, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits.

Different concentrations of alcohol in the human body have different effects on the subject.Blood alcohol content (BAC) or blood alcohol concentration is the concentration of alcohol in blood. It is usually measured as mass per volume. For example, a BAC of 0.02% means 0.2 ‰ (permille) or 0.02 grams of alcohol per 100 grams of individual's blood, or 0.2 grams of alcohol per 1000 grams of blood. Blood alcohol concentration is measured in many different units and in many different fashions, but they are all relatively synonymous for each other.

BAC is reported as grams of alcohol per liter of blood (g/L). Because the specific gravity of blood is close to 1, the numerical value of BAC measured as mass per volume and that of BAC measured as mass per mass do not differ to any consequential degree other than the placement of the decimal point. For example, 1 g/L is equivalent to 0.94 g/kg.

The number of drinks consumed is a very poor measure of intoxication largely because of variation in physiology and individual alcohol tolerance. However, it is generally accepted that the consumption from sober of two standard drinks (containing a total of 20 grams) of alcohol will increase the average person's BAC roughly 0.05% (a single standard drink consumed each hour after the first two will keep the BAC at approximately 0.05%), but there is much variation according to body weight, s*x, and body fat percentage. Furthermore, neither BAC nor the number of drinks consumed are necessarily accurate indicators of the level of impairment. Tolerance to alcohol varies from one person to another, and can be affected by such factors as genetics, adaptation to chronic alcohol use, and synergistic effects of drugs.

Answer 3

I believe this depends on your metabolism.

Answer 4

simple ... ALOT!