Finished drinking vodka at 5am. Can I drive now?

sdanseo · 14-12-2019 05:56PM

It's a bit worrying how many of the posts here have such a clear lack of understanding of how sobering up works.

Nothing speeds it up. Absolutely nothing.

No amount of brekkie, coffee, dioralyte or minty toothpaste is going to make you sober. It's scientifically impossible. Your liver can only filter it out at a certain pace.
All the above is just disguising it, like taking a nurofen for the flu doesn't get rid of the flu it just fixes the headaches.

adam88 · 14-12-2019 06:04PM

Can’t be bothered taggin individual posts but the clock starts after your last drink. Thats when your body starts to metabolise alcohol

ceadaoin. · 14-12-2019 06:16PM

adam88 wrote: »

Can’t be bothered taggin individual posts but the clock starts after your last drink. Thats when your body starts to metabolise alcohol

No, your body starts to metabolize the alcohol from when it first enters your bloodstream. It doesn't just store it all up waiting for your last drink, sure how would your liver know that lol.

About a unit an hour will be processed from when you first start drinking and continue until it's gone from your system totally. So it depends on how long it's been from your first drink and how much you had

Quantum Erasure · 14-12-2019 06:25PM

cjmc wrote: »

. Also a standard measure of vodka has 1.4 units not 1

drinkaware.ie/facts/what-is-a-standard-drink
A standard drink is a measure of alcohol. In Ireland, one standard drink contains 10 grams of pure alcohol, taking the average person about one hour to process examples include a half pint of beer, small glass of wine and pub measure of spirits. All are based on average strength drinks - 4.5% lager, 12.5% wine and 40% spirits.

IS A UNIT OF ALCOHOL THE SAME AS A STANDARD DRINK?
No. This is a common source of confusion. One UK unit contains 8 grams of pure alcohol, compared to 10 grams in one Irish standard drink.

Higgins5473 · 14-12-2019 08:19PM

silver2020 wrote: »

Pity the New Zealand system is not in force. They have official information posters telling you how to calculate your alcohol limit and alsoy located next to an alcohol testing machine.

The general rule of thumb is men - 3 drinks over 2 hours, ladies 2 drinks over 2 hours.

Their driving limit is now the same as here.

drink is a bottle 330ml of beer @ 4%, a standard glass of wine or a 30ml measure of spirits @ 40%$

A unit is processed by your body each hour, limit is 3 units. So if the OP had 20 units (allow for fuzzy memory), they would need 17 hours from when the started the evening. - Lets say 8pm, so, 1pm would be the safe time for driving based on 20 units.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/289290/%27the-limit-is-not-zero%27

I would not be championing anything the do in New Zealand with regard to drink driving. Posters aren’t going to change their culture and absolutely twisted attitude to drink driving. Drink driving there is like their second national sport. I was there about 2 days until I found out what a ‘roadie’ was, and seemed to be fairly routine.

BDI · 14-12-2019 09:16PM

Higgins5473 wrote: »

I would not be championing anything the do in New Zealand with regard to drink driving. Posters aren’t going to change their culture and absolutely twisted attitude to drink driving. Drink driving there is like their second national sport. I was there about 2 days until I found out what a ‘roadie’ was, and seemed to be fairly routine.

And yet we arnt too out of whack with New Zealand’s road death figures.

Higgins5473 · 14-12-2019 09:49PM

BDI wrote: »

And yet we arnt too out of whack with New Zealand’s road death figures.

They’ve almost twice as many road deaths per annum as Ireland does.

Raconteuse · 14-12-2019 11:26PM

smelly sock wrote: »

We've all drove the morning after a heavy night. No need for the moral high horse brigade.

The OP asked a question - it's being answered. Do you want them to lie?

Squeeonline · 14-12-2019 11:48PM

OP if you have to ask, you're probably not fit to drive. Is it worth lives if you risk it?

Quantum Erasure · 14-12-2019 11:56PM

you're probably fine now, OP

un5byh7sqpd2x0 · 15-12-2019 12:05AM

K.Flyer wrote: »

I make no apologies for detesting drink drivers.
One put my two children in hospital a week before Christmas some years back and another ran me over, so all I say is Fcuk drink drivers, Fcuk their license, Crush their Fcuking cars and ban them forever.
The horse isn't high enough on this subject.

Watch your fučking language

antix80 · 15-12-2019 12:42AM

sdanseo wrote: »

Nothing speeds it up. Absolutely nothing.

No amount of brekkie, coffee, dioralyte or minty toothpaste is going to make you sober. It's scientifically impossible. Your liver can only filter it out at a certain pace.

Fingers down the throat. Puke out the alcohol. Couple of panadol and a breakfast roll from the nearest mace or applegreen. If you can keep it down you're golden for the rest of your journey.

ceadaoin. · 15-12-2019 01:03AM

antix80 wrote: »

Fingers down the throat. Puke out the alcohol. Couple of panadol and a breakfast roll from the nearest mace or applegreen. If you can keep it down you're golden for the rest of your journey.

No use puking if the alcohol has been absorbed into your bloodstream

Mantis Toboggan · 15-12-2019 11:36AM

There's defensively merit in a good solid full Irish or a jumbo breakfast roll. Had a late night myself last night just got a savage breakfast roll from mace end its sobered me right up. Good bottle of Monster or Lucazade sport are essential.

Pherekydes · 15-12-2019 11:43AM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

There's defensively merit in a good solid full Irish or a jumbo breakfast roll. Had a late night myself last night just got a savage breakfast roll from mace end its sobered me right up. Good bottle of Monster or Lucazade sport are essential.

Your food can't absorb alcohol that's already in your bloodstream.

antix80 · 15-12-2019 11:45AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Your food can't absorb alcohol that's already in your bloodstream.

No, but monster can dilute it. Brekkie roll soaks up alcohol still in the stomach.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 15-12-2019 11:49AM

I see the brain trust have arrived with their 'good' breakfast rolls and 'good' cans of monster.

That'll definitely help the process of alcohol absorption and intoxication.

*thumbs up*

smelly sock · 15-12-2019 11:51AM

antix80 wrote: »

No, but monster can dilute it. Brekkie roll soaks up alcohol still in the stomach.

Can of coke and a big mac has the same effect

Mantis Toboggan · 15-12-2019 11:53AM

I find the red or sliver cans of Monster the best, like having 5 cups of coffee.

the beer revolu · 15-12-2019 11:54AM

antix80 wrote: »

No, but monster can dilute it. Brekkie roll soaks up alcohol still in the stomach.

And what do you think the breakfast roll does with the alcohol?
Holds on to it for ever?
Where do you think the alcohol goes?

It goes into your bloodstream, just a bit slower.

15-12-2019 11:54AM

No use to you now, but buy a breathalyser (a good one) for next time.

Pauliedragon · 15-12-2019 11:55AM

Liamalone wrote: »

Incorrect, an hour for every unit. A 35ml measure of vodka is 1.4 units for example. A pint of 4.0% beer is 2.2 units.

There is no answer. No two human bodies deal with alcohol the same way. I know one guy who blew zero after 1.5 pints. People need to stop asking about safe levels nonsense. If your having a few drinks don't drive till late in the afternoon the next day at the earliest.

the beer revolu · 15-12-2019 11:56AM

For all the posters giving out about people being on moral high horses, I have a question.

Do you condone driving while over the legal alcohol limit?
Yes?
No?

antix80 · 15-12-2019 12:04PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

For all the posters giving out about people being on moral high horses, I have a question.

Do you condone driving while over the legal alcohol limit?
Yes?
No?

You basically have "beer" in your username...
The lady doth protest too much.

antix80 · 15-12-2019 12:05PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

And what do you think the breakfast roll does with the alcohol?
Holds on to it for ever?
Where do you think the alcohol goes?

It goes into your bloodstream, just a bit slower.

Gives the liver time to process it.

the beer revolu · 15-12-2019 12:06PM

antix80 wrote: »

You basically have "beer" in your username...
The lady doth protest too much.

Care to answer the question?

15-12-2019 12:09PM

antix80 wrote: »

You basically have "beer" in your username...
The lady doth protest too much.

That’s neither a yes or a no.

antix80 · 15-12-2019 12:12PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Care to answer the question?

Slightly over the limit, maybe. No worse than driving while tired or distracted.
Sufficiently over the limit to be a danger, absolutely not.
So, yes and no.

alan partridge aha · 15-12-2019 12:21PM

Bought a decent calibrated tester a number of months ago. I was pleasantly surprised of how much I could drink without putting me over.

10fathoms · 15-12-2019 12:22PM

Waternotsoda wrote: »

Had Xmas party last night. I was drinking vodka until 5am. I am now in hotel lobby 12.10pm wondering if its safe for me to get behind the wheel of a car. I need to drive for an hour. Feel OK but guards.

Tool

Finished drinking vodka at 5am. Can I drive now?

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