What factors determine whether a person is an alcohlic or not?
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You do not necessarily have to Drink daily, however when you drink do usually end up Drunk...do you consciously have to limit yourself when drinking; or do others suggest you cut down on your drinking.  \n\nMost social drinkers will have one or two and stop.  Is this hard for you to do?\n\nIf you were out and drinking Cokes/Coffee do you drink 5 or six at a time...probably not.  However if you are out drinking alcohol..do you tend to drink 5 or 6?\n\nIf you think you have a problem, try looking up Alcoholics Anonymous on the Web under local search.  It's not as scary as you think and it's not just Skid row 'Alcoholics".  It's for everyone!  Good Luck
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It all depends on the person
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I'm not aware of the law here, but i guess we are talkin about two different scenarios here. Under influence or alcohol intoxication and Induced hypnosis under sodium pentothal in controlled enviornment. The second one might be helpful to generate pertaining information. But i have a strong hunch about evidence being gathered under both scenarios to be inadmissible in the court of law
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Depends on your genetics.
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it would be difficult to judge solely from physical characteristics. \n\ntry researching your genealogy (your family tree).
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Most of those rule aren't really accurate. If you are very active you will need to be drinking a lot more water than the average person, and if you live in a hot climate or are overweight you need to drink more too. If you go by half your body weight it should be in ounces, not glasses. If you are athletic and you want to go by that rule then you need to go by 2/3 your body weight in ounces. At first you might have to go a lot, but you will adjust. Don't let yourself get thirsty, that's a sign of dehydration.
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Beyond a shadow of a doubt..the pot head.\n\nYour question is biased. An alcoholic is assumed do be pretty deep into the slavery of the bottle. While a drug user could be just about anyone who went to college. Why not a “pot addict” compared to the alcoholic or a casual drinker compared to a casual pot smoker. In my book pot and beer are about the same damn thing. So if it’s a hard spirits kind-a drunk I’d rather be with the stoner. Besides “pot-heads” vomit a lot less than drunks.
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Assuming that the person is otherwise healthy (no medical problems, no kidney problems, no ADH regulation problems, etc):\n\nWell, most people can pee about 15 liters or urine in a day.  This is around 4 gallons!\n\nSo, it would HAVE to be much more than this to cause death by hyponatremia!\n\nIF you drank much more over a VERY short period of time (several gallons in an hour), you would probably vomit some back up, too!\n\nFurthermore, as you started to become hyponatremic, you would become nauseated, feel realy sick, get a bad headache, become confused, and lethargic...\n\nThis, in a sense, would save most people's lives...and prevent death.  In other words, they would get too sick to continue to drink enough to die....even in fraternity hazing.\n\nHowever, if someone was forced to drink enough water over a short enough period of time, they could theoretically drink enough to pass out, have seizures, go into a coma...and yes, even die.\n\nIt is hard (at least for me) to even put a rough guess at this number, as I believe every person would be quite a bit different...and the range of amount to death would likely be VERY variable, depending on weight of the person, etc.  Furthermore, it would depend more on the RATE of water consumption than the actual AMOUNT.\n\nSome would NOT be able to drink enough water to kill themselves.  They would feel so awful, they would stop.\n\nMost people that become hyponatremic from drinking "too much" water either have a physical disease (i.e. impaired ADH regulation, etc) and/or they have a psychiatric disease (i.e. pyshogenic polydypsia).\n\nIn psychiatric disease of drinking too much water, it is usually a chronic thing...not an acute thing (i.e. not a "in one sitting" situation).\n\nHowever, if there were an underlying psychological or physiological problem to begin with, then the hazing thing could kill such a person.\n-\n\nFurthermore, most otherwise healthy people would not die from their "water drinking hazing" hyponatremia...they would pass out, maybe have a seizure, go into a coma.  Then, 911 would be called, they'd be taken to the hospital...given medical care...and gradually come out of it with appropriate treatment.\n\nSo, I know you wanted an exact number...but I don't think this can be answered.\n\nA better fraternity haze is to have people drink a gallon of whole milk in 30 minutes!\n\nNO one can hold down a gallon of milk, if they drink it within 30 minutes....and projectile milk vomiting is quite a sight.
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It all depends on what you are doind, have you ever wondered why when you go to a party and you neve get drunk, most of the time is because you are dancing, dacing makes you body to sweat, therefore it releases the alcahol out of your body, if you are not doind anything that will make you sweat and you are just sitting or sleeping, then it will take at least 4 hours for it yo reach your bladder
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it depends on the type of test; if it is blood or urine, depending on your metabolism, between 2-5 days, faster if your metabolism is high (ie if you are thin it is probably faster, and if you are bigger vice versa) It also depends on your usage, if you are habitual, it could take somewhat longer than if you are an occasional or one time user....if is is a hair follicle test, it depends on your ethnicity, but it could go back up to 18 months depending on your hair color and length (shorter for blondes than brunettes) this info should be pretty on the mark... thc from marijuana stays in longer because unlike coke, it is stored in your fat cells
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The balance test is not an accurate test regardless if it's for alcohol or drugs. Yes drugs affect people in various ways and the balance test may not help in any way. However a person with a disability or someone who may have vertigo or other medical conditions would NOT pass the balance test even if they were 100% sober. \n\nUrine and blood tests are much more accurate. The Breathalyzer helps for alcohol, but still not as accurate as the urine and blood tests. You can actually get more information than the breathalyzer. Also the balance test is pretty much hearsay unless it is video taped. I would always encourage people to ask for the other options in any case.
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As a bartender I have had to take alot of alcohol awareness classes, usually taught by someone hired by the insurance company, as the answer is always the same. \nAlcohol is broken down with several determining factors, including but not limited to: the person's mental state of mind, their personal tolerance to alcohol, how much body weight they have, how often they drink and how much food they have consumed. All of those factor in, but usually it takes 1 ounce of alcohol ( as in 80 proof ) 1 hour to no longer have adverse affects. One bottle of beer one glass of wine all fall into the 1 ounce of liquor category. Also the lower the alcohol content in the drink the quicker it leaves. The one thing that amazed me is that if you mix the alcohol with carbonated mixers ( soda, club soda, tonic ) it takes longer to get out of the system. Something with the way the body processes the alcohol with the carbonation. Hope this helps
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I have done some research on this because my mom has been stricken with Alztiemers. Drs dont think its aluminium. They say most the time its triggered from stroke or stress. They dont know for sure the cause.
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You are correct about the average metabolism rate for healthy persons during average activity. The consumption you mention does not include other liquids which would be a factor contributing to mild dehydration during a prolonged drinking period possibly causing headache or muscle fatigue..(short term)\n\nChronic use at the rate you describe can lead to addiction to alcohol.
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None. They are two different compounds.\n\nIt looks like you want to compare a specific property of the alcohols. Please specify!
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When you were born does not determine personality.  Heredity and environment determine personality, regardless of what astrologists try to tell you.
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People from different parts of the world have different physical attributes. This may depend on dietary habits, climate, living conditions and many other factors including genes.\n\nThis may make some more suitable for certain type of activity than others. Whether a person is able to convert that suitability in to superior skill will mostly depend on the person. \n\nWe should not fall in to trap of categorizing people. Any one can strive to be good and superior as long as one has the resources to make it happen.\n \nHaving physical attributes will definitely make the job easier.