| If you drive, you've probably heard at least a little about | | | | over .08 blood alcohol level if you do two shots in five |
| the infamous blood alcohol content standard. The | | | | minutes. It takes longer for the alcohol to enter your |
| magic number these days for using it to determine | | | | system. Two shots and two mixed drinks in an hour |
| whether a person is driving drunk is .08. That being | | | | may do it, but you might need more time. What if we |
| said, the issue of how consuming alcohol results in | | | | measure your blood alcohol content two hours later? |
| such a measurement over time is very misunderstood. | | | | You'll definitely be over the limit because sufficient time |
| Let's say you go to a swinging party. Your friends | | | | will have passed for the alcohol to be consumed. |
| have already been going at it and the place is a bit | | | | What about the notion that eating while drinking will |
| wild. You do two shots and drink two mixed drinks in | | | | slow things down? Well, it is true. A person drinking just |
| one hour. You are a male. Is your blood alcohol content | | | | plain alcohol might not reach their highest blood alcohol |
| over .08 or is it not? The answer is highly dependent | | | | level until a whopping 3 hours after they finish drinking. |
| on time. | | | | Add food to the process and that time range can be |
| The stomach and intestines are the primary absorption | | | | extended to five or six hours. |
| organs in the body. They break down materials into | | | | This should make you think. How many times have |
| usable substances and move them into the body. It is | | | | you gone to a party and then reasoned that you were |
| a rather obvious thing to say that this process | | | | okay to drive because you had not had a drink in two |
| happens much quicker when consuming pure alcohol | | | | hours? While you might have felt okay, your blood |
| versus consuming alcohol with food. Food simply is | | | | alcohol level would have been through the roof! If pulled |
| going to take longer to break down. | | | | over, you would've blown a number on a breathalyzer |
| So, what impact does all this have on your blood | | | | that would have caused you a host of problems and a |
| alcohol content level? Well, you are not going to be | | | | night in the pokey. |