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Steps to Recognize an Intoxicated Guest and Deal with the Negative Consequences
Understand how alcohol affects the body and how it affects people of different sizes at different rates. The main factors that affect BAC are:- Number of standard drinks a person has had
- How fast the guest has consumed alcohol
- Size of the guest
- Gender of the guest
- Whether the drinks have been carbonated
- If the guest has eaten food before or during alcohol consumption
To help you understand how alcohol affects people different depending on how fast they drink, their body size and gender, study the following charts to become more familiar with how these issues affect a person's blood alcohol content (BAC).
By using the BAC calculator shown here you can calculate the number of standard drinks someone could have depending on their sex and weight to determine how intoxicated they would be. Play around with this calculator so you can estimate how much alcohol certain guests could have before they become intoxicated.
Self Reflect:
Alcohol can have many good effects, such as helping people unwind and overcoming shyness. But, it’s also related to many bad consequences, such as hangovers, impaired driving, arguments, vomiting, fights and unwanted sex.
Using the link above to the BAC charts, you can see that a BAC level of over .07 can cause someone to have impairments in balance, speech and reaction time. Also, you can see that anyone with a BAC over .25 has reached a level of impairment that is potentially dangerous. Looking at the bodyweights, number of drinks, and hours of drinking used in these tables, can you estimate what your BAC was the last time you drank?
Did you experience any of the good effects of alcohol? Where was your BAC when you had these effects? If you experienced any of the bad effects of alcohol, where was your BAC?
If your BAC was over .25, you should ask yourself how enjoyable that experience was. Do you think you could have experienced the good effects of alcohol without your BAC getting above .25?
Maybe you would like to see how your drinking behavior compares with other students at your campus. If you’d like to compare your drinking to other students at your university, use this link to the E-Chug program.
If you or a friend would like to speak with someone about how alcohol affects you, you can use this contact list to reach someone on your campus.
Alcohol can have many good effects, such as helping people unwind and overcoming shyness. But, it’s also related to many bad consequences, such as hangovers, impaired driving, arguments, vomiting, fights and unwanted sex.
Using the link above to the BAC charts, you can see that a BAC level of over .07 can cause someone to have impairments in balance, speech and reaction time. Also, you can see that anyone with a BAC over .25 has reached a level of impairment that is potentially dangerous. Looking at the bodyweights, number of drinks, and hours of drinking used in these tables, can you estimate what your BAC was the last time you drank?
Did you experience any of the good effects of alcohol? Where was your BAC when you had these effects? If you experienced any of the bad effects of alcohol, where was your BAC?
If your BAC was over .25, you should ask yourself how enjoyable that experience was. Do you think you could have experienced the good effects of alcohol without your BAC getting above .25?
Maybe you would like to see how your drinking behavior compares with other students at your campus. If you’d like to compare your drinking to other students at your university, use this link to the E-Chug program.
If you or a friend would like to speak with someone about how alcohol affects you, you can use this contact list to reach someone on your campus.
Alcohol is absorbed directly into the bloodstream. Just a few minutes after being consumed, alcohol has already reached the brain.