Question 1

get drunk faster because im fat?

Accepted Answer

Obesity will not: Cause decreased alcohol tolerance.

Question 2

could being drunk increase detox?

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Don't understand ?: Detoxification is the process of helping people who are dependent on alcohol (or other drugs) get their body back to normal after stopping the drug.  Most people who enter "detox" programs are under the influence of their drug, although some will enter after they begin to experience withdrawal - shakes, sweating, anxiety etc. The presence of absence of intoxication doesn't change length of detox.

Question 3

why do drunk people breathe rapidly?

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They don't always: Most people do not either increase or decrease their respiratory rate with mild to moderate intoxication, and with severe intoxication their breathing may actually slow down.  If respirations are rapid, it may be due to alcoholic ketoacidosis, a metabolic disturbance caused by alcohol that causes the body to hyperventillate to get rid of carbon dioxide and compensate for acidosis.

Question 4

is it bad to get piercing when drunk?

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You will bleed more: Alcohol increases the risk of bleeding and bruising, but you may not feel it as much.  Piercing is forever, consider it carefully.

Question 5

does gabpintin 800mg make you  drunk ?

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Sedation: Can be caused by gabapentin.

Question 6

can being drunk about 10 times kill you?

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Once can kill: Severe binge drinking can kill. Alcohol toxicity can cause a person to stop breathing, aspiration of vomit into lungs. Not commom but can happen.
. With that said many persons especially with alcohol problems have been drunk hundreds of times and are not dead. Lucky yes but not dead, 
 other ways to die drunk, accidents, especially motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Question 7

can an anxiety attract make u appear drunk?

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Possibly: Anxiety can certainly produce many different symptoms -- and it depends on what you mean by "appearing drunk."  such a scenario might also come from what the anxious person uses to control anxiety:  alcohol, other street drugs, benzodiazepines, etc.

Question 8

why is it that when i get drunk i get angry?

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Being drunk: Alcohol is a substance that disinhibits you -- meaning you just respond without thinking.  The first drink or so may relax you, but getting drunk allows other impulses to come up and not be run through our usual brain cortex before acting upon them.  Depending on who you're with and what you're saying to them (or them to you) this can be dangerous.

Question 9

do people get drunk faster if we are in flights?

Accepted Answer

No: But one has to watch drinking on an empty stomach.  Maybe thats turbulence you are feeling.

Question 10

is there some app for deciding if too drunk to drive?

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An App For That: The following apps that focus on drunk driving prevention are available at the apple app store: r u drunk, drunk driving detector, the drunk tester, breathalyzer 5000, can i drive yet?, blood alcohol content calculator, dui test - highway's finest, too drunk. There are many others.  The important message here is do not drink and drive.

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