On average, how long does alcohol last in the human body?

Question

I'm doing a study on a 200 lb. male, about 7 drinks per night.

Answer 1

Matt S is right on the money.

The maximum rate at which the human body metabolizes alcohol is 0.015% per hour. The time indicated by Matt is the MINIMUM amount of time it would take to metabolize that much alcohol; the time will vary from person to person, but in ALL instances it will NEVER take LESS time than that. The maximum metabolization rate is fixed and CANNOT be increased.

Coffee? Give a drunk coffe, and all you'll have is a wide-awake drunk.

Cold shower? Throw the drunk in the shower and you're going to have a cold, wet, and MAD wide-awake drunk.

Check my profile to see if I know what I'm talking about.

Trust me, I do.

ADDED: After seeing the comment below mine, I have to add this: Among other things, alcohol is a diuretic. That means it makes you have to urinate, which is why you always have to go when you're drunk and for several hours afterwards. Everyone's body has what is called "naturally occurring alcohol," and that amount will always be there. However, it's so small that it won't register on the standard breath alcohol devices currently being used nation-wide because those machines only register BAC to the second decimal point; to measure "body alcohol" you'd have to go to the third decimal point.

So yes, you're going to have alcohol in your system a few days after you've sobered up, but it won't be because you were drunk. It'll be because you're human.

Answer 2

Several of those answers were mostly right, but you have to add the after-effects too.

When you drink too much, you also shut down the ability of your body to release ADH (anti diuretic hormone). This is an essential hormone for telling your kidneys how much water to remove from your blood, and how much to retain. So, that is why you are always so dehydrated after a big night out. Even if you drink water. Your brain lacks the ability to tell your kidney to hold onto the water.

So in this sense, the ETOH lasts a few days! If it's just a little ETOH, it's not such a big deal. But at higher amounts, and in chronic drinking, the dehydration issue becomes a serious problem. And even for vanity's sake, you can't metabolize fat when you are dehydrated

.... so Long story short....... 2-4 days. (sorry for being long winded)

Answer 3

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On average, how long does alcohol last in the human body?
I'm doing a study on a 200 lb. male, about 7 drinks per night.

Answer 4

When you are measuring blood/alcohol levels, your reading will go down by approximately .015% per hour assuming no more drinks have been consumed.

The average 200 lb. male having consumed 7 drinks will have an approximate blood alcohol reading of .131%.

Do the math 131/15= 8.73 hours

This can be affected by an hour one way or the other by factors such as body composition...a lean 200lb man will generally fare better than a fat 200lb man...

Answer 5

The body metabolizes alcohol at the rate of one half ounce per hour.

one ounce =

1 beer
1 glass of wine
1 shot of booze

For example:
if you drink 7 Beers, you will have alcohol in your blood up to 14 hours after you drank beer number 7.

Size and weight have NOTHING to do with the rate at which alcohol metabolizes. Size and weight only effect the actual percentage rate in the blood.

Food has NOTHING to do with the rate at which alcohol metabolizes. Food only effects the actual rate the blood absorbs the alcohol.

I hope this clears things up for you.
MattS is the only one close to being
right.

Source: I paid attention in health class.
The simple, basic facts.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

What difference does it make? I assume you are doing a "study" on your own drinking habit.

7 drinks per night?

Alcoholic. There is ALWAYS alcohol in an alcoholics body.

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Answer 8

if you asked this question dont drink cause your an idiot! and yes its gone! it takes an hour to break down a standard unit of alcohol! a pint is 2 units, a shot is 1-1.5, alcopops are 1, small glass of wine is 1

Answer 9

If you have seven drinks in one hour it will take you 7 hours to be ok.

When it comes to fighting a DUI / DWI, it’s helpful to know how alcohol affects the human body. Although everyone metabolizes alcohol differently, depending on weight, gender, metabolic rate, and other factors, the central processes are the same for everyone. With knowledge of how alcohol metabolizes in the body, a California lawyer who specializes in drunk driving defense can analyze the factors in a specific case to challenge chemical tests and craft a successful defense.

Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. The degree to which the central nervous system function is impaired is directly proportional to the concentration of alcohol in the blood. There are three stages of alcohol metabolism: Absorption, distribution, and elimination.

Absorption is the process wherein alcohol enters the body, and then the bloodstream, where it can be distributed throughout the body. Unlike most other ingested substances, alcohol is not digested, and can be absorbed unchanged directly through the stomach lining. Because of its large surface area, the small intestine absorbs much more alcohol than the stomach, which has a far smaller surface area.

As alcohol is absorbed, blood alcohol content (BAC) increases until it reaches a peak concentration, then gradually tapers off. It generally takes 30 to 60 minutes to reach peak alcohol levels after a person stops drinking.

Once alcohol is absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, it enters the bloodstream and is rapidly distributed throughout all of the water-containing components of the body. Because it is distributed so quickly and thoroughly, alcohol can affect the central nervous system even in small concentrations.

The bloodstream transports the alcohol to the bodily tissues. Veins carry the blood to and through the lungs where the blood becomes oxygenated. Arteries then carry the oxygen-rich blood to the brain and the rest of the body. Because alcohol it completely soluble in water, the alcohol content in the whole body is directly proportional to total body water content. Water content varies from person to person.

In general, the less a person weighs, the more he or she will be affected by a given amount of alcohol. This is because there is less water in a smaller person than in a larger person. For people of the same weight, a well-muscled individual will be less affected than someone with a higher percentage of fat, since fatty tissue does not contain very much water and will not absorb very much alcohol.

Women are more affected by alcohol consumption than men, because in general women have more fat and less water in their bodies. About 68 percent of a man’s body weight is water, while only about 55 percent of a woman’s body is water weight.

Approximately 15 to 45 minutes after a person consumes his or her last drink, the body begins to eliminate alcohol through metabolism, excretion, and evaporation. Metabolism accounts for approximately 95 percent of alcohol elimination. The liver is responsible for metabolism. As a rule of thumb, a person metabolizes one average drink, or five ounces of alcohol, per hour.

Besides gender, body weight, and other factors affecting metabolic rates, there are several additional factors to consider when it comes to alcohol metabolism. Healthy people process alcohol more efficiently than unhealthy people. Chronic alcoholics whose livers function properly metabolize alcohol more quickly than the average person. Younger people metabolize alcohol more efficiently than older people.

A small amount of alcohol is eliminated from the body through excretion and evaporation. Alcohol is excreted unchanged through urine, tears, sweat, semen, and saliva. Excretion may account for a person smelling of alcohol. Alcohol evaporates from the blood into the lungs and is excreted in breath, allowing it to be measured in a breath sample. Alcohol elimination rates are inversely proportional to alcohol concentration in the blood. This means that the higher the blood alcohol levels, the slower the rate of elimination.

Even though alcohol is excreted in the breath, not all evaporated air from the lungs is equal in alcohol concentration. The highest alcohol concentration in the lungs comes from the end of a long exhalation of breath, where the air was in closest proximity to the blood. Because of this factor, police ask drivers to blow long and hard during breath testing, because the deep lung air will have the highest concentrations of alcohol and result in a higher BAC.

Eating before drinking alcohol, or consuming food and alcohol together, also will affect the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream. The more food a person has in his or her stomach while drinking, the lower the BAC. This is because having food in the stomach affects the absorption of alcohol by the small intestine. A valve at the bottom of the stomach closes when there is food in the stomach to digest, and prevents alcohol from reaching the small intestine. The alcohol in the stomach is absorbed at a slower rate, which affects the distribution into the bloodstream, and ultimately the rate of elimination.

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