Still over the limit 3 days later!
25 March 2005, 10:13 AM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: nix fur bremser...
Posts: 1,757
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Still over the limit 3 days later!
Just finished watching some crappy daytime TV programme with Lowri Turner. It was a phone-in piece about addiction - "Can you control addiction or can you crack it?"
Not surprisingly, a lot of people rang in to say they had conquered the demon drink. Chap rings in from Southampton to say he used to drink a bottle of Vodka and 2 bottles of wine a day
. During this time he was a flying instructor 
.
He realised enough was enough and went to an AA meeting not having had a drink for 3 days. On the evening, they had a device (presumably a breathyliser - he didn't say) to show how long alcohol can stay in the system of a person who has a problem
. He rocks up and measures a staggering 342mg per 100ml - about 4 times over the legal limit, 3 days after he had his last drink.
Now over it (allegedly) and hasn't touched a drop for 12 years.
Puts my own 25 units a week into perspective.
Cheers
Kav
Not surprisingly, a lot of people rang in to say they had conquered the demon drink. Chap rings in from Southampton to say he used to drink a bottle of Vodka and 2 bottles of wine a day
. During this time he was a flying instructor .He realised enough was enough and went to an AA meeting not having had a drink for 3 days. On the evening, they had a device (presumably a breathyliser - he didn't say) to show how long alcohol can stay in the system of a person who has a problem
. He rocks up and measures a staggering 342mg per 100ml - about 4 times over the legal limit, 3 days after he had his last drink.Now over it (allegedly) and hasn't touched a drop for 12 years.
Puts my own 25 units a week into perspective.
Cheers
Kav
25 March 2005, 10:40 AM
#2
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Turboland
Posts: 5,082
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
he mustve been a serious guzzler to have that much in his system. If you drink loads for years and years would that make it stay in your system for longer/be retained for longer and build up ?
mate got done for dd the other week and his was 81 i think, he'd had loads as well. 342 is high
mate got done for dd the other week and his was 81 i think, he'd had loads as well. 342 is high
25 March 2005, 11:50 AM
#3
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 39,877
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Sooner or later it catches up though, might be a good few years ahead but when it does happen its a real wrench to have to wave your liver goodbye, especially when you cant get a transplant for love nor money!
Les
Les
25 March 2005, 05:23 PM
#5
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 83
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
"he mustve been a serious guzzler to have that much in his system. If you drink loads for years and years would that make it stay in your system for longer/be retained for longer and build up ?
mate got done for dd the other week and his was 81 i think, he'd had loads as well. 342 is high"
If I recall correctly, alcohol demonstrates what is known as zero order kinetics, i.e. no matter what you do, it will be cleared from the body at a constant pre-defined rate. It's possible that years of abuse will have knackered his liver and slowed that overall rate down, but more than likely that result is a manifestation of accumulation caused by drinking day after day. Your mate's result is probably the result of a lot of beer being handled by an efficient liver. All IMHO of course!
mate got done for dd the other week and his was 81 i think, he'd had loads as well. 342 is high"
If I recall correctly, alcohol demonstrates what is known as zero order kinetics, i.e. no matter what you do, it will be cleared from the body at a constant pre-defined rate. It's possible that years of abuse will have knackered his liver and slowed that overall rate down, but more than likely that result is a manifestation of accumulation caused by drinking day after day. Your mate's result is probably the result of a lot of beer being handled by an efficient liver. All IMHO of course!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
supshon
General Technical
2
03 October 2015 08:06 PM