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pan6467 · 01-12-2006, 10:28 PM

Calvin,

It should open your eyes a bit and yes, you should be a tad concerned and might want to think about drinking less. A first blackout, is definately a warning sign that you should pay attention to.

A blackout is a permanent loss of memory, amnesia, the body and person reacting almost soberly and if it happens more than once it is serious.

It's not just the brain has had too much alcohol it means that the body is near shutdown.

The second question we ask at detox is if you have ever experienced a drug/alcohol induced blackout. (The first when was your last use?)

Medically a blackout can be very serious. It means your body has built up an at risk tolerence to alcohol. Most people do not "blackout" until the BAC reaches at minimal .3%. The average person once they reach .25% are ready to pass out. By .3% most social drinkers are puking.

I have personally only "blacked out" once and I woke in the hospital ER with a BAC of .45% after a friend had told me he had to call an ambulance because in mid sentence I stopped and flat out fell straight backward in the parking lot of the bar.

Alcohol tolerence builds from the very first drink (as it is a poison), and never decreases until "tolerence break" when the liver is totally shot. What we find with binge drinkers is their tolerence has increased dramatically. Binge drinkers also face a faster destruction of the liver, than the guy who drinks a case a day for 20 years.

Studies are showing more and more that binge drinking can have serious health effects.

All this is from text books, studies done in the field and experience working with alcoholics and drug addicts.....

The key is to control the drinking and not have it control you, drinking in moderation and in control can be relaxing and fun...... a blackout should tell you that maybe the alcohol is starting to control you. Very simply put, you are no longer in control in a blackout. Anyone who believes they are, are lying to themselves... not preaching stating fact.

01-12-2006, 10:28 PM	#39 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Calvin, It should open your eyes a bit and yes, you should be a tad concerned and might want to think about drinking less. A first blackout, is definately a warning sign that you should pay attention to. A blackout is a permanent loss of memory, amnesia, the body and person reacting almost soberly and if it happens more than once it is serious. It's not just the brain has had too much alcohol it means that the body is near shutdown. The second question we ask at detox is if you have ever experienced a drug/alcohol induced blackout. (The first when was your last use?) Medically a blackout can be very serious. It means your body has built up an at risk tolerence to alcohol. Most people do not "blackout" until the BAC reaches at minimal .3%. The average person once they reach .25% are ready to pass out. By .3% most social drinkers are puking. I have personally only "blacked out" once and I woke in the hospital ER with a BAC of .45% after a friend had told me he had to call an ambulance because in mid sentence I stopped and flat out fell straight backward in the parking lot of the bar. Alcohol tolerence builds from the very first drink (as it is a poison), and never decreases until "tolerence break" when the liver is totally shot. What we find with binge drinkers is their tolerence has increased dramatically. Binge drinkers also face a faster destruction of the liver, than the guy who drinks a case a day for 20 years. Studies are showing more and more that binge drinking can have serious health effects. All this is from text books, studies done in the field and experience working with alcoholics and drug addicts..... The key is to control the drinking and not have it control you, drinking in moderation and in control can be relaxing and fun...... a blackout should tell you that maybe the alcohol is starting to control you. Very simply put, you are no longer in control in a blackout. Anyone who believes they are, are lying to themselves... not preaching stating fact. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"