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Is the old saying that your body eliminates 1 alcoholic beverage per hour really accurate?

Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:04 am
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:04 am
Even when I try to abide by this I still feel like it’s accumulating over time.

This is sort of a spinoff of the dwi thread
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:05 am to
No
Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
5256 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:06 am to
I think so. However , I think people mis-understand what "one drink" is. A triple shot happy hour special is not "one drink".
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
104485 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:06 am to
I don't think it's quite as simple as saying "1 alcoholic beverage per hour" as not all people and beverages are the same.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135051 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:06 am to
My liver laughs at your puny, 1 beer an hour liver.

Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45572 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:07 am to
Where does it go if you don’t pee for an hour?
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:09 am to
Pretty sure this is false. There are various factors that matter.

BAC calculator
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
24373 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:09 am to
If you crap a longneck an hour you were really popular in college.
Posted by No Colors
Sandbar
Member since Sep 2010
13799 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:11 am to
If you drink 12 beers over 12 hours, you're drunk. If not at the end, then at some point during the parade.
Posted by shotcaller1
Member since Oct 2014
7501 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:36 am to
I would say thats accurate for most 185 pound males where a drink equals a 12 ounce bud light or similar
Posted by TigerNlc
Chocolate City
Member since Jun 2006
33222 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:49 am to
Just buy a breathalyzer and test yourself before your drive. If you fail call a uber.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135051 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:56 am to
quote:

If you drink 12 beers over 12 hours, you're drunk






Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
91714 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 8:59 am to
It is true, problem is you might be drinking doubles or craft beers with higher content.

Posted by thotpocket
Dana Point, CA
Member since Sep 2017
2600 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:00 am to
It's 1 ounce of alcohol per hour.
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:01 am to
Two “drinks” ( 12oz beer, shot, or glass of wine) in one hour would typically put someone at .08g% abc or close to it +/-

Your body metabolizes .02g% in about 45 minutes if you stop drinking.
Posted by shawnlsu
Member since Nov 2011
23682 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:04 am to
quote:

It's 1 ounce of alcohol per hour.

That's not accurate either, unless you are talking 1 ounce of pure alcohol/hour. My burbon is 40% alcohol, where some others are much more and some are much less
Posted by boogedy
Member since May 2011
419 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:05 am to
quote:

Two “drinks” ( 12oz beer, shot, or glass of wine) in one hour would typically put someone at .08g% abc or close to it +/- 

Your body metabolizes .02g% in about 45 minutes if you stop drinking
Two “drinks” ( 12oz beer, shot, or glass of wine)

I know you are a cop but this is just wrong.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34837 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:09 am to
No, I believe it's, it takes gum 7 years to digest if you swallow it...
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48750 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:10 am to
If you weigh at least 165 and drink you last on at hour 11 then you’ll be legally sober at hour 12. Probably not at at hour 11.5

Posted by jdeval1
Member since Dec 2009
7525 posts
Posted on 12/11/17 at 9:13 am to
quote:

Two “drinks” ( 12oz beer, shot, or glass of wine) in one hour would typically put someone at .08g% abc or close to it +/- 

Maybe for a 120 lb chick. I can have about 5 and be below .08
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