tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211929548240400184.post1321484570582608810..comments2023-05-13T03:35:58.030-07:00Comments on Teddy's Rat Lab: All Boozed Up...Speakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067034722507056802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211929548240400184.post-33576990078747463022011-08-07T16:54:20.140-07:002011-08-07T16:54:20.140-07:00These are based on medical standards and how fast ...These are based on medical standards and how fast the alcohol was consumed. <br /><br />Are you saying elevated in terms of more severe effects for a given BAC or high BAC for a given effect? <br /><br />There is a lot of variability in an individual's enzyme activity - from caucasians with high ethanol tolerance (due to enhanced activity of the alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes) to amerindians and certain asian groups with low tolerance (and low enzyme activity).<br /><br />A major risk comes with BAC over 0.20. Once that level is reached, *any* of the more debilitating effects may occur.Speaker to Lab Animalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060134036743411429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211929548240400184.post-55619632525539206442011-08-06T20:14:36.034-07:002011-08-06T20:14:36.034-07:00I must say a lot of these effects seem elevated ab...I must say a lot of these effects seem elevated above what I have experienced with a high BAC while (binge) drinking.<br /><br />Then again I don't think my BAC has ever reached .28 - When I get physically ill, I stop. It may well have gone as high as .22. I was once breathalysed by a friend 8 hours after finishing drinking and came up with a .12.<br /><br />The uncoordinated movement along with the reduced pain and reaction time sound spot on, as does the amplification to emotional intensity and responsivity.<br /><br />However, while I would not consider my decision making any better while drunk, it does not seem seriously impaired (extremely bad decisions do not suddenly become good ones). When I have driven to a party, even when excess consumption has led to vomiting (I had some issues finding my limits, downing several drinks at once only to go from fine to ill to nauseous over the course of an hour without touching another drop), driving the car intoxicated never crossed my mind. I would sleep over until ready to drive home, or walk home & come by for the car later. I've had only one instance of foggier-than-normal memory (my long-term is not good even sober, and wasn't good even before I started drinking). I could not remember farewelling an acquaintance going overseas. In the year since I have regained a foggy memory of the event.<br /><br />Vision does not seem impaired, though hearing might be. As for hangover effects, I don't find I have headaches; or strictly an 'upset' stomach, simply a lack of desire to eat food (except maybe a small quantity of something with a lot of fat and grease), reduced desire for water (just enough to stave off the alcohol-induced dehydration), and a very strong aversion to alcohol - the mere sight of a beer or whisky the morning after actually does make my stomach feel a little queasy - must be psychosomatic.<br /><br />That said, the most I have drunk in a sitting is 18-20 australian standard drinks - about 12.5 to 14 american drinks - and as a 180 cm (5'11'') 60-kilogram (135 lbs) male, my capacity may be less heroic than Joe in the previously posted story, causing me to meet my physical limits before my mental ones. I find never sitting down and especially not lying down helps - if I lie down after having 8+ drinks, the room starts spinning and my brain feels like it is soaking in alcohol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com