I've been a pretty bad alcoholic the past few years. I'm young though. And I'm fairly heavy set too.
My "high score" on a breathalyzer is 0.4%, and that was black out barfey drunk for me.
When in college, NO ONE I knew was able to reach even close to that. If you treat it like a math problem, sure, 1 drink = 0.02.
But in reality, when you can't walk, your body vomits a lot of it out, and friends stop you from drinking, etc. A college aged person without much tolerance can almost never reach that level.
In my AA, no one has gotten close to that. .6 at the most at their worst.
I'm no saying .4 is realistically attainable with any regularity. I'm saying that 0.15-.2 is not a very exceptional "24hr high score" for anyone who is drinking to get drunk in said 24hr period. It's basically a 12-pack over 1.5 hr or a 6-pack and some shots over two, neither of which are keg stand type crazy levels of consumption.
HN gets a massive stick up its ass if you suggest that there exists a large subset of the population who's alchohol consumption is not along the lines one high end beer per week night and two on the weekends.
I'm not saying that everyone is crushing a 12pack on a Friday night but to say that people can't stand at .2 is an equally outlandish generalization in the other direction.
I'm not sure if there's a regional difference here perhaps, but what volume are the bottles/cans in these 6&12 packs you're both talking about? Sounds like a lot to me whatever it is, but here 500ml is standard (for bottles and cans, draught is pints i.e. 568ml) though 440ml (noticed these recently - 'fridge packs') and 300ml (usually hipster microbrewery stuff, or marketing itself as such) are available.
I don't know why I'm asking really, seems loads even at 300ml. I suppose just to make the point that without specifying it can be read as almost 100% (resp. 50%) off.
Oh, ha. (Also I realised re-reading my comment that I typod/errored in saying 300ml, I meant 330ml. At least for the cans, same as Coke et al., here anyway.)
> My "high score" on a breathalyzer is 0.4%, and that was black out barfey drunk for me.
That was also my high score, I was lucid enough to remember the police bringing me to the hospital, blowing in the breathalyzer, and able to walk. It’s crazy what consuming massive quantities of alcohol can do to your tolerance.
That was actually 6 years ago today, haven’t had a drink since. I hope you can achieve something similar for yourself, it is possible :)
My "high score" on a breathalyzer is 0.4%, and that was black out barfey drunk for me.
When in college, NO ONE I knew was able to reach even close to that. If you treat it like a math problem, sure, 1 drink = 0.02.
But in reality, when you can't walk, your body vomits a lot of it out, and friends stop you from drinking, etc. A college aged person without much tolerance can almost never reach that level.
In my AA, no one has gotten close to that. .6 at the most at their worst.