Does anyone know at what rate alcohol is broken down in the liver?
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As a bartender I have had to take alot of alcohol awareness classes, usually taught by someone hired by the insurance company, as the answer is always the same. \nAlcohol is broken down with several determining factors, including but not limited to: the person's mental state of mind, their personal tolerance to alcohol, how much body weight they have, how often they drink and how much food they have consumed. All of those factor in, but usually it takes 1 ounce of alcohol ( as in 80 proof ) 1 hour to no longer have adverse affects. One bottle of beer one glass of wine all fall into the 1 ounce of liquor category. Also the lower the alcohol content in the drink the quicker it leaves. The one thing that amazed me is that if you mix the alcohol with carbonated mixers ( soda, club soda, tonic ) it takes longer to get out of the system. Something with the way the body processes the alcohol with the carbonation. Hope this helps
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hi there,\nIt depends upon what you drink, but 2 standard drinks a day / also having 2-3 days alcohol free is safe consumption of alcohol. 1 standard drink is 285mls of beer (5.0% of alcohol), or 30mls of spirits (whisky etc), or a glass of wine.
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It is best to hold off on that alcoholic drink for four hours after taking your vitamins.  Alcohol interferes with the metabolism of most vitamins, and reduces the absorption of amino acids, glucose, zinc and vitamins in the small intestine.
219482
it causes severe damage to your liver and also alcohol posioning can happen.  if you must drink, know your limits and  NEVER drink to excess. there is nothing worse than a sloppy drunk
790404
Not necessarily. Drinking until you are unconscious can lead to death. When the stomach is pumped, not all the alcohol is removed from the bloodstream, so it can still be in quite lethal levels even if the stomach is emptied.\n\nOther factors such as height, weight, sex, age and many other things also factor in.
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Alhough a blood center will not ask, your blood will be thinner and you will be very light headed and may even pass out after giving blood. Although that does depend on the amount taken and how much you have to drink. Usually 8 hrs of sleep the night after drinking will erase most of your blood alchohol level.
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Lots of stuff.  Alcohol is a poison --if you drink enough.  It dehydrates you , so i imagine the brain is also dehydrated.  i understand that heavy drinking can kill brain cells, but i don't know how much that source considered to be "heavy."
487884
yes if left untreated it will destroy your liver
1152825
you shouldnt drink then. what are you going to do when your liver decides to fail because you drank to much alcohol?
367153
There is absolutely no possiblilty that two twelve ounce beers would give a bac of .214 over five hours after drinking.  Over five hours after drinking two beers, there would be no alcohol in the blood at all.\n\nSomebody is lying.\n\nI'm pretty sure it's the person who claims not to have been drinking.\n\nDoctors generally multiply number of drinks by three and divide time by three to get at the truth.  Using this logic, six beers in an hour and a half sounds like a reasonable way to get a bac of .214
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it takes approximately 1 hour for the liver to process 1 unit of alcohol. 1 pint = nearly 2.5 units @ 7% strength. \n1 shot = 1 unit @25 mls, so do the math and work it out! your drinking loooooads! but about 24/5 hours it works at for the liver to process it, but then it still goes round your body in minute doses for time afterwards, just drink less nearer a day at school. youd probably be better drinkin fri night. hope this helps
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depends on your metabolic rate - you process one drink per hour - so 20 drinks , 20 hours BUT it doesn't work exactly like that - too many variables - what is more important - the breakdown products can take considerabley longer to clean up (all the other poisons involved in the process of breakdown) - and are still indictors you were drinking even if you are no longer intoxicated
955385
Drink up with no worries....we can always have a brand new liver grown for us!  I'll take a strawberry margarita with an extra shot of cuervo :)
1123628
Great question!  Alcohol actually requires your liver to use up a cofactor called NAD.  This cofactor is required in cells to break down sugar, proteins, and fats into energy.  By using up all the NAD in you liver, you liver can't breakdown as much glycogen and produce glucose from other sources to feed your muscles.  This causes a state of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).  This is the exact same reason why after a night of drinking, you get terribly hungry.\n\nAdditionally, alcohol is a diuretic.  It causes you to urinate a lot of the fluid in your body.  This can cause cramps and dizziness if you exercise and there isn't enough blood volume circulating.
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According to New York Law I think .08 is the legal limit of alcohol in the blood. That said, depending on the alcohol content in the drink and amount of food in your stomach, I believe will change that blood level higher or lower. Do u understand that?\nNow a story : In 1968 when I was in the Navy 2-3 screwdrivers got me drunk 12 would have the toilet as my roommate for the night. I used to drive home from Mexico when I felt I could but I also handed over the wheel if "I" thought I should, those were the good old days b4 MADD. I may not like them personally, but today this country needs them! Sh don't tell them I said that!
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Alcohol does only stay in your system 24 hours. Some side affects may stay up to 36 hours. A test ,24 hrs.
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do u mean liver cirrhosis? if the liver is damaged it doesnt work properly so substances that are usually removed by the liver pass into the blood stream....the kidney then has to filter these extra substances and can get damaged by excesses, much of which comes out in the urine.  also in severe liver failure the kidneys will become affected and in turn they will fail too