why do you get drunk quicker at high altitude?

hbui

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So i hear that people get drunk quicker at high altitude? anyone knows why?
 

Riverhound777

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Most likely placebo. But if there is any real difference it is slight and due to the lack of oxygen higher up. That mean you need to breath more which increases blood flow in order to get the same amount of oxygen you would at lower altitude. Increased blood flow = get drunk faster. I'm sure the difference is very little. If you really want to get drunk faster, go for a run.
 

GuitarDaddy

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Higher altitude = lower blood oxygen level

High blood alcohol level + low blood oxygen = more drunk
 

Accipiter22

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oxygen, and your liver's ability to convert the substances it breaks alchohol down into neutral substances.
 
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Originally posted by: amish
what is, there is less oxygen at higher altitudes, alex?

Um, you're supposed to answer with a question. What you wrote does not count as a question nor a statement.
 

jtvang125

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Because the high altitude makes you more thirsty so you're drinking your beer faster to quench that thirst?
 

Mill

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You also lose your drunk quicker at altitude until you adjust because you are breathing more heavily and much more frequently. But yes, I can tell you first hand that you get a buzz quicker at altitude.
 

trevor0323

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When I was on board that journey to the center of the earth thing I drank a whole case along the way because we were at such low altitudes
 

trevor0323

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Originally posted by: Trippin315
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Originally posted by: Pablo
Because you touch yourself at night.

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imported_Pablo

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Originally posted by: trevor0323
Originally posted by: Trippin315
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Originally posted by: Pablo
Because you touch yourself at night.

This thread makes Baby Jesus cry.
So does white socks with black dress pants.
that is why he does not get support from the Geek Squad.


I sometimes invite the geek squad over and then molester them

Aww...
 

Number1

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It?s because you are like higher already on the mountain. The heightness compounds the effect of alcohol OK. Proof: I get dizzy when I look down the edge of a 10000 ft cliff. Add alcohol to this and you might think that you are less dizzy but in reality you are in grave danger.
If you?ve ever been on an airplane, you?ll notice that the waitresses think you?re drunk after you only had two beers. I always get cut off.