Does drinking an alcoholic beverage fast increase your chance of getting drunk than if you drank it slowly?

allow me to answer your question with another question first…. are you over 21?

Yes, it does.

Edit: Thought you would like a source and some additional info:

“If you sip your drink slowly and do not have more than one drink an hour, the alcohol will not “jolt” your brain and will not have a chance to build up in your blood and you will feel little unpleasant effect. Gulping your drink, on the other hand, will produce immediate intoxicating effects and depression of deeper brain centers.”

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So does that mean drinking it slowly will also cause less damage? And what about if you pee often?

No, I’m not over 21. But I live in the Netherlands ^.^

All of the following are contributing factors to how drunk you will be:

What you drink
How fast you drink it
How much of it you drink
The proof
Your age
Your weight
Your gender
How much food you’ve eaten
Whether your drink is carbonated or not
Your body chemistry
The state of your liver

I’m pretty sure I’m missing some, but anywho. This is why two people can drink the exact same things and have different levels of intoxication. Generally though, the faster you drink something, the more drunk you will be. Also think about the fact that if you have a drink very quickly (like a shot or something), you will probably be more likely to buy another one, especially if you can’t feel the effects of whatever you just drank instantaneously.

Absolutely. It also increased the intensity of how sick you get.

Another factor is that the faster you drink the more likely you are to drink more than one drink.

For instance if you pound a beer on a hot day you will likely pound a couple more before your body feels the buzz.

Learn your limitations or you will be praying to the porcelain gods

Try to think of it mathematically. 4oz of alcohol (depending on strength) will change your blood alcohol level to X B.A.C. (blood alcohol content I think). Lets say 4oz = .02 BAC but know it varies depending on what you drink. Also, on average you loose .02 BAC an hour. So, if you drink 4oz of beer over the course of an hour, by the time you finish, you will be almost back at 0.0 BAC as opposed to if you drank it all at once, you get jolted to .02 and then it comes down over an hour. So if you drink 12oz over an hour, at the end of that hour you will be around .04 BAC, that’s .06 -.02. But if you drank 12oz over 3 hours, you would be at 0.0 when you finished. So yeah, the faster you drink the more drunk you will get. In ohio and most other states, .08 is the limit for driving, anything over that and you are DUI

Man, I’m thirsty.

I think that drinking it faster also leads to the logical next step…which is drinking more because you’re emptying and refilling the cup so quickly.

yup sure does

i could really go for a beer right now… anyone else?

I’m game!

I’m in for sure.

We could chug and call it research!

I’m always in favor of a little research. In the name of science, of course.

@Tits I like the way you think!!!

As fast as quick to get drunk.That is the MOTO.{yes]

Yes. Yes it does.