Does a persons size and body weight affect people drinking or getting drunk? If so.. why?

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Answer 1

Your body weight does affect the amount of alcohol it takes to get someone drunk.

The amount of alcohol in your blood stream is referred to as Blood Alcohol Level (BAL). It is recorded in milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, or milligrams percent. For example, a BAL of .10 means that 1/10 of 1 percent (or 1/1000) of your total blood content is alcohol. When you drink alcohol it goes directly from the stomach into the blood stream. This is why you typically feel the effects of alcohol quite quickly, especially if you haven’t eaten in a while.

BAL depends on: 1. Amount of blood (which will increase with weight) and 2. The amount of alcohol you consume over time (the faster you drink, the higher your BAL, as the liver can only handle about a drink per hour--the rest builds up in your blood stream).

Answer 2

A persons size and weight really only has a pinch of difference to do with getting drunk. It all depends on the persons immunity to the alcohol, which is done by constant drinking. If you were to drink heavily on a weekly basis, you would notice that as the weeks go on, your tollerance for alcohol naturally raises. Also it has to do with how healthy the person is, or if that person has any kind of medical conditions that would make alcohol consumption more easy for them.

One example I knew this person who had a very slow active thyroid, and they could out drink anyone, even the veteran drinkers. And this person was only 5'2" at about 115 pounds. So really it just depends on the person you are talking about.

Answer 3

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Yes a persons size makes a difference as it is units of alcohol in the bloodstream.

Answer 4

well think about it!!!! the smaller the surface area is the concentrated the alcohol... simple.