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alcohol - safely pass a breath test morning after

Posted by becksA on December 12, 2005, at 20:12:20

I got this ridiculous ticket and the punishment basically is I have to take daily breathalizers between 8 and 9 AM every morning for acouple months.

Long story short, don't tell me just not to drink, because 99 percent of the time i dont, but there is a big party going on, i dont want to get into the specifics, but I usually hear a drink an hour gets it out of your system. how accurate is this?
thanks

Re: alcohol - safely pass a breath test morning after » becksA

Posted by Larry Hoover on December 13, 2005, at 0:21:31

In reply to alcohol - safely pass a breath test morning after, posted by becksA on December 12, 2005, at 20:12:20

> I got this ridiculous ticket and the punishment basically is I have to take daily breathalizers between 8 and 9 AM every morning for acouple months.
>
> Long story short, don't tell me just not to drink, because 99 percent of the time i dont, but there is a big party going on, i dont want to get into the specifics, but I usually hear a drink an hour gets it out of your system. how accurate is this?
> thanks

It is a very crude average measurement. The liver enzyme that detoxifies alcohol is a zeroth order enzyme. It runs at a fixed rate, regardless of the amount of alcohol. (no half-life concept applies to alcohol)

The thing that matters most is if you have any sense of what *your* rate of metabolizing alcohol might be. Even relative to others. You might be considerably less than one drink per hour. What is your sense of it?

The second thing is to exercise to the deep breathing stage in the morning. It can slightly increase rate due to oxidation capacity.

Count your drinks, watch the clock, and add in a couple extra hours. I take it there are legal ramifications? Just take it seriously.

Lar

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