Is it possible to get drunk in a sauna, by pouring vodka, on the heated element,and breathing in the vapor?

Question

had this debate recently with afew heavy finnish vikings, who had the fine art of binge drinking,down to a tee. not tea,as we understand it to be.

Answer 1

I would think that the fact that the liquid is being evaporated would mean that the alcohol is burning off as it hits the rocks. Sounds like a good way to waste a bottle of vodka.

Answer 2

Wasn't there a bar in NY that you could breathe in the alcohol? It supposed to enter the bloodstream faster? They had like the surgical mask that fit over the mouth and nose. I'm going to have to check on that.
Bu if it works, you would waste a lot of vodka to fill up the sauna with fumes.
Look here
http://badgerherald.com/oped/2004/09/16/breathing_alcohol_l.php

Answer 3

I don't get the question....4 vodkas? What does that mean? Four Bottles? For mixed drinks with Vodka. You sound really young because your question is a little upside down. An alcoholic is someone who depends on drinking in order to get through (basically). But just drinking a lot of vodka doesn't make you an alcoholic...it makes you hungover.

Answer 4

Yes and here is how is works; the alcohol is vaporized and the vapors are inhaled into the lungs. In the lungs the alcohol passes into the blood stream. The question is whether the efficiency of the lung's delivery of the alcohol into the bloodstream trumps the inefficiency of the delivery system to the lungs.
Do let me know how the experiment works out.

Answer 5

I will never know because I wouldn't waste the booze to find out.

Answer 6

i bet u could but u would have to put alot in the tank...if u have a sauna i dont no how they work but you definently could if u breathed in enough

Answer 7

no idea but wow interesting idea. If it works, let me know- I might just have to try that ;-P

Answer 8

You might start a nice fire doing that.

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

I don't know but if you try it and it works let me know!!! [e-mail]