When you drink alcohol, it goes into your stomach. Below is an explanation of how alcohol is processed by your body and how long it stays in your system.
alcohol).Ever wonder why some people appear to be able to drink more than others before they appear visibly intoxicated? It’s often assumed that it’s because some people can just handle their alcohol better than others.īut the fact is that how drunk or sober you may be is affected by how quickly your body metabolizes the alcohol you drink. Concentrations above 86.8 mmol/l (400 mg/100 ml) commonly are fatal as a result of ventricular fibrillation, respiratory failure, or inhalation of vomit (this is particularly likely when drugs have been taken in addition to alcohol). If drinking continues, slurred speech and unsteadiness are likely at around 43.4 mmol/l (200 mg/100 ml), and loss of consciousness may result. After effects (“hangover”) include insomnia, nocturia, tiredness, nausea, and headache.
People become garrulous, elated, and aggressive at concentrations above 21.7 mmol/l (100 mg/100 ml) and then may stop drinking as drowsiness supervenes. At 17.4 mmol/l (80 mg/100 ml)-the current legal limit for driving in the United Kingdom-the risk of a road traffic incident more than doubles, and at 34.7 mmol/l (160 mg/100 ml), it increases more than 10-fold. In a simulated driving test, for example, bus drivers with a blood alcohol concentration of 10.9 mmol/l (50 mg/100 ml) thought they could drive through obstacles that were too narrow for their vehicles. Even at a low blood alcohol concentration of around 6.5 mmol/l (30 mg/100 ml), the risk of unintentional injury is higher than in the absence of alcohol, although individual experience and complexity of task have to be taken into account. Increasing consumption leads to a state of intoxication, which depends on the amount drunk and previous experience of drinking.
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