Watch Your BAC

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Watch Your BAC!

• University of Wisconsin - Stout
• Counseling Center
• 410 Bowman Hall
• 715-232-2468
• Allen R. Ebel
• January 2006

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Goal of Presentation

• Reduce Negative Consequences
• Health
• Safety
• Academic Success

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Consequences

• Percent starting college ever get degree?
• Difference in lifetime income
• average high school graduate?
• average college graduate?

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Answer

• 50 ever get their degree!
• 1 million over a lifetime!

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When BAC Goes Up.

• .20 BAC
• .16
• .12
• .08
• .04 _______________________________
• One Two Three Four Five
• Consequences

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Approximate Effects Blood Alcohol Concentration
(BAC) Pg 1

• 0.04 BAC Most Drinkers Feel Relaxed
• 0.08 BAC Coordination / Drunk Driving - WI
• 0.10 BAC Perception / Performance Impaired
• 0.15 BAC Swaying, Staggering, Slurring
• 0.30 BAC Sedated, Confusion, Passing Out
• 0.40 BAC Coma, Choke on Vomit
• 0.45 BAC Breathing Stops. Death.

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Alcohol Tolerance

• Learned and/or Inherited
• Not a Benefit
• BAC is the Same
• Damage Without Awareness

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Alcohol Safety Skills

• Effects of BAC
• Define a Standard Drink
• Track Alcohol Consumption
• Calculate Personal BAC
• Plan drinking based on BAC

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Measuring a Standard Drink

• We only had one drink!

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A Standard Drink Contains About ½ Ounce of
Ethanol Pg 2

• 10 to 12 ounces of beer
• 8 to 12 ounces of wine cooler
• 4 to 5 ounces of table wine
• 1.25 ounces of 80 proof, or
• 1.0 ounce of 100 proof distilled spirits

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Alcohol Content Beverages Pgs 3 4

• Premium Beer Content by Volume
• Budweiser 5.0 alcohol
• Leinenkugel 4.6
• Coors 5.0
• Miller Highlife 4.7
• Distilled Spirits Content by Volume
• Bacardi Rum 40.0 alcohol
• Beefeater Gin 47.0
• Diesel (grain neutral) 76.5
• Jack Daniel's Whiskey 40.0
• Smirnoff 100 50.0

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Average Alcohol Intake Pg 5

• Each Hour Number Type Size of Drink
• Hour 1
  oz.
• Hour 2
  oz.
• Hour 3
  oz.
• Hour 4
  oz.
• Hour 5 oz.
• Hour 6
  oz.
• Totals Hours
  Standard Drinks

2 Beers
12
2 Beers 2 Shots 12oz 1
1 Beer
12
1 Beer
12
4
8
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Alcohol In / Alcohol Out

• Alcohol is absorbed,
• not digested!
• Elimination
• Breath 5
• Sweat 2
• Liver 90 95

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BAC Women and Men

• 25 Difference in Body Water Content!
• 25 Difference in BAC

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BAC Depends On

• 1. Number of Drinks
• 2. Hours of Drinking
• 3. Gender
• 4. Body Weight

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Approximate BAC For One Drink Pg 6

• Weight 100 lbs. 120 lbs. 140 lbs. 160 lbs. 180
  lbs. 200 lbs.
•  Male .037 .031 .026 .023
  .020 .018
• Female .045 .037 .032 .028
  .025 .022

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BAC Calculation Form Pg 6
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BAC Calculation Form cont.
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BAC Calculation Form cont.
2
3
1
.074
.111
.037
.058
.153
.074
.169
.190
.058
.153
.174
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Three Hour Table for Women Pg 10

• Body Weight
• 100 lbs 120 lbs 140 lbs 160 lbs 180 lbs 200
  lbs 220 lbs
• Drinks____________________________________________
  _______
• 2 .042 .026 .016 .008 .002 .000
  .000
• 3 .087 .063 .048 .036 .027 .018 .012
• 4 .132 .100 .080 .064 .052 .040 .032
• 5 .177 .137 .112 .092 .077 .062 .052
• 6 .222 .174 .144 .120 .102 .084 .072
• 7 .267 .211 .176 .148 .127 .106 .092

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Hours to Zero BAC Pg 11

• Drinks Hours to Zero BAC for Women
• 10 28 23 20 17.5 16 14 12.5
• 9 26 21.5 18.5 16 14.5 13 11.5
• 8 23 19 16.5 14.5 13 11.5 10.5
• 7 20 17 14.5 12.5 11.5 10 9
• 6 17.5 14 12.5 11 9.5 8.5 7.5
• 5 14.5 12 10.5 9 8 7 6.5
• 4 12 9.5 8.5 7 7 5.5 5
• 3 9 7 6.5 5.5 5 4.5 4
• 2 6 5 4 3.5 3 3 2.5
• 1 3 hrs 2.5 hrs 2 hrs 2 hrs 1.5 hrs 1.5
  hrs 1.5 hrs
• 100 lbs 120 lbs 140lbs 160 lbs
  180 lbs 200 lbs 220 lbs Body
  Weight In Pounds

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Selecting Personal BAC Limits Pg 12

• My BAC Limit for an Average Day is _____ BAC
• My Maximum Ever BAC Limit is _____ BAC
• To help me stay within my chosen BAC limits, I
  have recorded the maximum number of "standard
  drinks" I will consume within a variety of time
  periods.
• Average Maximum Length of
• Limit Limit Time
• ___ drinks ___ drinks 1 hour
• ___ drinks ___ drinks 2 hours
• ___ drinks ___ drinks 3 hours
• ___ drinks ___ drinks 4 hours
• ___ drinks ___ drinks 5 hours
• ___ drinks ___ drinks 6 hours

.08
.12
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5
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6
5
7
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7
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8
7
9
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Web Addresses Pg 13

• UW-Stout Alcohol/Other Drug Information
• http//www.uwstout.edu/aod
• Wisconsin Court Access
• http//wcca.wicourts.gov