Will this much alcohol make someone drunk? ****10 POINTS!!!!****?

Question

There is a woman who is 5'1" and about 120 lbs who drank 2.5 ounces of Malibu Rum (31% alcohol) and 2.5 ounces of Blue Caracau (sp?), which is 30 proof. This woman is my mother. She drinks this "drink" whenever she has a stressful day (5 out of 7 days a week). She claims that it has absolutely no effect on her, and that she just likes it because it's "pretty and blue." *rolls eyes* Yet in the next breath when she's talking on the phone to her friends, she says, "God I need a DRINK!" (trying to whisper so that I don't hear).

Please answer the following questions:

1. Is that enough alcohol to make a person of her weight and height drunk? Buzzed? I know it varies depending on the person, but please give me a rough estimate.

2. She's lying about why she drinks it, right? I mean you don't drink something with alcohol for no reason, do you? I said that if she wanted it just "because it's blue," then she should have put some blue food coloring in water, to which she gets angry.

Answer 1

Yes she is probably getting drunk.
Yes she is probably lying. She may need to get some help to stop drinking, but you can,t make her do that if she don't want to. If you keep getting after her about it, it will only make matters worse. I suggest that you find an al-anon group and attend some meetings. It will help you understand your mother better, and how to deal with her drinking.

Answer 2

Well, yes it is enough to make a person of that size get a buzz if they haven't been drinking the alcohol for along period of time. When people drink the same alcohol all of the time they seem to build up a tolerance for it and it has less of an affect on them, my mother drinks vodka like crazy and people don't even know she drinks it. My mother drinks it because she can't live without it, she depends upon it, you don't usually drink alcoholic beverages for no reason, but she could be drinking more than you even know about.

Answer 3

I think it's about the equal to 2 glasses of wine, which if I'm not mistaken is supposedly good for a person, 1-2 a day, with dinner.That's assuming there's no more to this story, I wouldn't worry about it unless she has trouble functioning, or you find bottles laying all around the house.

Answer 4

I would think she would be a little buzzed, but if she drinks it everyday she would just get use to the alcohol. I hope that helps you!

Answer 5

On her way to happiness I would say.
I would not like to say she is lying, just fudging the borders a little.
My tipple is everclear 95% with absinthe for flavor,
Rose p.

Answer 6

1. Yes, I believe it can get someone drunk
2. Yeah, I think she is lying

Answer 7

if she's not drunk..she's got a pretty good buzz on! LOL!