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stated hopeless state of body, drink enough, sheesh, I dunno, perhaps O'doul's in say a certain number of hours and get in an automobile and
drive and be breaking the law, or be guilty of being drunk or not sober either legally or in AA speak?
I think I said all the above in an understandable manner, even if it
might be a pretty long sentence for Charlie M. He Coonass ya knows 'nd
likes things short, sweet 'nd uncomplicated. ;-)
I know that's a lot of ifs and other factors involved in a precise calculation, like body weight, activity, ambient air temperature etc. but could you come up with some kind of ball park figure. Or educated guesstimation.
That is if you feel up to doing heavy math today. ;-)
CC
That is if you feel up to doing heavy math today. ;-)
I found some online calculators, and it seems it would take a 160 lb.
man 5.5 12 oz. regular beers in a two hour period to reach .08 BAC. That translates, then, to at least 55 NA beers in 2 hours. Can it be done? I suspect you'd be throwing most of it up long before you could actually ingest that much. :-)
On 8/3/2011 5:39 PM, Charlie L. wrote:
In other words, could a person of the above
stated hopeless state of body, drink enough, sheesh, I dunno, perhaps
O'doul's in say a certain number of hours and get in an automobile and
drive and be breaking the law, or be guilty of being drunk or not sober
either legally or in AA speak?
I think I said all the above in an understandable manner, even if it
might be a pretty long sentence for Charlie M. He Coonass ya knows 'nd
likes things short, sweet 'nd uncomplicated. ;-)
You damned straight, Cowboy. :-)
I'm not up for heavy math, but I'm pretty good with round numbers.
I know that's a lot of ifs and other factors involved in a precise
calculation, like body weight, activity, ambient air temperature etc.
but could you come up with some kind of ball park figure. Or educated
guesstimation.
That is if you feel up to doing heavy math today. ;-)
CC
I've often heard it said that an average-sized adult male can process
one regular-strength beer per hour without becoming intoxicated. So if
it takes at *least* 10 NA beers to equal 1 regular beer, a person would
have to drink at a significantly faster rate than 10 NA beers per hour
to become intoxicated.
I found some online calculators, and it seems it would take a 160 lb.
man 5.5 12 oz. regular beers in a two hour period to reach .08 BAC. That translates, then, to at least 55 NA beers in 2 hours. Can it be done? I suspect you'd be throwing most of it up long before you could actually
ingest that much. :-)
if said person or subject were of the hopeless state of, not necessarily mind, but of body and had drank too much, too often, for too long and in doing so had trashed the organ systems of their human body that would
under normal circumstances in a average, normal person, would be steadily excreting, expelling, or elimination the toxic chemical alcohol from
their bodies, and keep it from getting to the most vital part of the
body, the brain, and were retaining for the most part, all the alcohol in all the NA beverages they drank, accumulated in their body and reached a level to reach or exceed what is normally, today, considered BAC to be considered legally sober? In other words, could a person of the above
stated hopeless state of body, drink enough, sheesh, I dunno, perhaps O'doul's in say a certain number of hours and get in an automobile and
drive and be breaking the law, or be guilty of being drunk or not sober either legally or in AA speak?
In article <UKCdnbmxS-p9eKTTnZ2dnUVZ8hadnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Charlie L." <charlie@the-old-gnu-zoo.org> wrote:
if said person or subject were of the hopeless state of, not
necessarily mind, but of body and had drank too much, too often, for
too long and in doing so had trashed the organ systems of their human
body that would under normal circumstances in a average, normal
person, would be steadily excreting, expelling, or elimination the
toxic chemical alcohol from their bodies, and keep it from getting to
the most vital part of the body, the brain, and were retaining for the
most part, all the alcohol in all the NA beverages they drank,
accumulated in their body and reached a level to reach or exceed what
is normally, today, considered BAC to be considered legally sober? In
other words, could a person of the above stated hopeless state of body,
drink enough, sheesh, I dunno, perhaps O'doul's in say a certain number
of hours and get in an automobile and drive and be breaking the law, or
be guilty of being drunk or not sober either legally or in AA speak?
Do you (or anyone) know how many regular beers someone in such a
physical state would have to drink to reach that condition? If so, then
the calculation is easy -- 10 times as many O'Douls in that amount of
time.
In article<UKCdnbmxS-p9eKTTnZ2dnUVZ8hadnZ2d@giganews.com>, "Charlie L."<charlie@the-old-gnu-zoo.org> wrote:
if said person or subject were of the hopeless state of, not
necessarily mind, but of body and had drank too much, too often,
for too long and in doing so had trashed the organ systems of their
human body that would under normal circumstances in a average,
normal person, would be steadily excreting, expelling, or
elimination the toxic chemical alcohol from their bodies, and keep
it from getting to the most vital part of the body, the brain, and
were retaining for the most part, all the alcohol in all the NA
beverages they drank, accumulated in their body and reached a level
to reach or exceed what is normally, today, considered BAC to be
considered legally sober? In other words, could a person of the
above stated hopeless state of body, drink enough, sheesh, I dunno,
perhaps O'doul's in say a certain number of hours and get in an
automobile and drive and be breaking the law, or be guilty of being
drunk or not sober either legally or in AA speak?
Do you (or anyone) know how many regular beers someone in such a
physical state would have to drink to reach that condition? If so,
then the calculation is easy -- 10 times as many O'Douls in that
amount of time.
On 04/08/11 10:28, Ted L. wrote:
In article<UKCdnbmxS-p9eKTTnZ2dnUVZ8hadnZ2d@giganews.com>, "Charlie
L."<charlie@the-old-gnu-zoo.org> wrote:
if said person or subject were of the hopeless state of, not
necessarily mind, but of body and had drank too much, too often,
for too long and in doing so had trashed the organ systems of their
human body that would under normal circumstances in a average,
normal person, would be steadily excreting, expelling, or
elimination the toxic chemical alcohol from their bodies, and keep
it from getting to the most vital part of the body, the brain, and
were retaining for the most part, all the alcohol in all the NA
beverages they drank, accumulated in their body and reached a level
to reach or exceed what is normally, today, considered BAC to be
considered legally sober? In other words, could a person of the
above stated hopeless state of body, drink enough, sheesh, I dunno,
perhaps O'doul's in say a certain number of hours and get in an
automobile and drive and be breaking the law, or be guilty of being
drunk or not sober either legally or in AA speak?
Do you (or anyone) know how many regular beers someone in such a
physical state would have to drink to reach that condition? If so,
then the calculation is easy -- 10 times as many O'Douls in that
amount of time.
Much of this thread seems to be premised on different humans having
identical biochemistry.
Australians apt to get obviously drunk as soon as they started drinking
are (or at least were) generalised as "two pot screamers" - but I doubt
any two individuals in that (or any other) category of drinker have
identical physiological/psychological constitutions.
Seems to me that many pro NA beer thumps who denigrate BB thumps for
"cookie cutter sobriety" have, in their own way, become what they detest.
On 8/3/2011 8:04 PM, Bob wrote:
However, for those who /have/ made the decision to drink it, and
experienced no ill effects from doing so, I don't see how the
quality of their sobriety has been compromised in any way.
In article <j1cmvs$3e4$1@dont-email.me>,
"Charlie M. 1958" <always@impatient.com> wrote:
I found some online calculators, and it seems it would take a 160 lb.
man 5.5 12 oz. regular beers in a two hour period to reach .08 BAC. That
translates, then, to at least 55 NA beers in 2 hours. Can it be done? I
suspect you'd be throwing most of it up long before you could actually
ingest that much. :-)
Thanks for doing the math Charlie. (I've always told people my PhD
wasn't worth much except for the bragging rights.) But there are always >those who win Nathan's annual hot dog eating contest by eating more hot
dogs than any normal person can imagine -- so there probably are those
who could in fact drink that many O'Douls in two hours.
...I don't personally recommend NA beer-drinking for
recovering alcoholics. If someone new in sobriety asked me for
my opinion on whether it was okay for them to drink it, my
response would be along the lines of "Why take the risk that it
might have a negative physical or psychological impact on you?"
However, for those who /have/ made the decision to drink it, and
experienced no ill effects from doing so, I don't see how the
quality of their sobriety has been compromised in any way.
There is no way in hell that I could drink even 10 NA beers in 2
hours, much less 55 of them. I drank 10 of them in one day (12
hours), and that was on a very hot day, where I was real thirsty
and sweating like crazy. I probably sweat out a 12oz can as
fast as I drank it, because I did not piss much more than
normal.
On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:45:34 -0500, Charlie M.
1958<always@impatient.com> wrote:
...I don't personally recommend NA beer-drinking for recovering
alcoholics. If someone new in sobriety asked me for my opinion on
whether it was okay for them to drink it, my response would be
along the lines of "Why take the risk that it might have a
negative physical or psychological impact on you?"
However, for those who /have/ made the decision to drink it, and
experienced no ill effects from doing so, I don't see how the
quality of their sobriety has been compromised in any way.
Very well said, Charlie. My thinking exactly.
I found some online calculators, and it seems it would take a 160 lb.
man 5.5 12 oz. regular beers in a two hour period to reach .08 BAC. That translates, then, to at least 55 NA beers in 2 hours. Can it be done? I suspect you'd be throwing most of it up long before you could actually
ingest that much. :-)
On 08/03/2011 07:52 PM, Charlie M. 1958 wrote:
I found some online calculators, and it seems it would take a 160 lb.
man 5.5 12 oz. regular beers in a two hour period to reach .08 BAC. That
translates, then, to at least 55 NA beers in 2 hours. Can it be done? I
suspect you'd be throwing most of it up long before you could actually
ingest that much. :-)
Hee hee...Looks like Charlie just threw out some prime chum in the water
for Sharx & Mike.
On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:08:38 -0500,<Ex-Ex-Alcoholic#967895.06@myplace.com> wrote:
Ex-Ex-Alcoholic#967895.06@myplace.com
There is no way in hell that I could drink even 10 NA beers in 2
hours, much less 55 of them. I drank 10 of them in one day (12
hours), and that was on a very hot day, where I was real thirsty
and sweating like crazy. I probably sweat out a 12oz can as
fast as I drank it, because I did not piss much more than
normal.
I can't recall that I've *ever* had more than two. And the great
majority of the time I just have one--after that, the taste just
doesn't seem very good.
By the way, the taste (though quite similar to beer) *is*
different from regular beer. The taste of the alcohol is
noticeable in regular beer, and NA beer tastes a bit different
because of its absence.