I can drink this guy under the table

[Jeunemaitre]

I'm genuinely curious as to how high I could get my BAC. My housemates and I have talked a couple times about getting one of those portable breathalizers (actually some pretty cheap ones on ebay), but we never seem to get around to it.

If you decide to get one of those personal testers, read the label carefully. I've heard some of them top out at .08, and regardless of what the number is above that it will give you a reading of .08. (implication being that once you get beyond legal, the number is irrelovant).

Oh, yeah, and don't be an idiot about drinking your way into the hospital or worse. Remember: alcohol is a depressant that acts on the central nervous system. It usually kills by depressing the older parts of your brain so much that they forget to keep you breathing (at least that's what remember from my Drugs and Human Behavior class 6 years ago).