How much do you have to drink in order to die from it?

Question

How do you know if you've really had too much to drink? How much is enough to kill you or seriously harm you?

Answer 1

lets say you have 1 gallon of blood. (i know its more but just bear with me) so you take that blood and you start processing alchohol into it. in a 12 ounce can of beer, only 6% of the can is actually alchohol. so when you drink 16 beers, you have a full 12 oz of alchohol. now you factor in that a gallon is 128 ounces, and 12 ounces is just under10% of that. it would give you a blood alchohol content of 10% on a breathalyzer you would blow 0.10 so you over the legal limit, but still ok..... now science says when you get to 0.40 your brain cells are starting to die at an alarmingly fast rate..... my suggestion, drink till you feel a buzz then stop

Answer 2

It depends on the person. Some people actually have an allergy to alcohol that can be fatal. Other people can drink for days. It depends on the person. If you drink enough you will learn when to stop. Rule of thumb: If the room is spinning it is probably not a good idea to drink anymore. If you close your eyes and you feel like you are spinning, stop drinking. If things are moving back and forth when you look at them, stop drinking. If you throw up. Stop Drinking. If you start bouncing off things when you try to walk in a straight line, Stop drinking. If your friends tell you to stop drinking, stop drinking. Never chug liquor. It's not a good idea. Pretty much if you start to feel stupid, stop drinking.

Answer 3

Anything more than two drinks a day causes harm, and will kill you "cumulatively". drinking yourself to death in one sitting is hard work, but quite possible. Dylan Thomas did it with 36 shots.

But the thing that kills most often is the combination of more than two drinks and a car.

If you do drink more than two drinks a day for more for an extended period, your blood chemistry is altered (elevated levels of bilirubin), and a blood test can detect this even if you haven't had a drink in over a week.

Answer 4

a long time ago i got on a binge and only realized that i was starting on my 3rd case of beer by accident. empty cases.
i had never drank that much without going to sleep and it scared me bad. never have done it since.
you can die from alcohal poisoning and should never take it that far. if i had not been at least 200lbs it might have killed me.
always remenber that life is precious and that you should save some for the next weekend.
pushing it just isn't worth it.

Answer 5

It depends on several factors: your age, health, and body size and whether you are drinking it all at once or over a long period of time. I have attached at link to explain it to you.

Answer 6

I was once told, as soon as your BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) his 0.3, you are dead. But some teenager in my area was found on the beach with a .44 BAC. She somehow lived, but when they found her, she wasn't breathing.

Answer 7

depends on your size and weight and your blood alcohol lever 1.0 is legally drunk and that's from consuming one alcoholic beverage in an hour or one glass of wine or one shot. 3.0 is comatose and alcohol poisoning so it all depends on your size and weight and if you have eaten fatty foods absorb alcohol as well so depends on lots of variables

Answer 8

It depends upon your age and body weight.

Answer 9

enough to get your blood alcohol content above .4

Answer 10

it depends on your age and body weight, also when you start passing out and throwing up, then i think you better stop and put the botttle down!