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re·spon·si·ble
drink·ing

re·spon·si·ble drink·ing

(noun)

1. Knowing your alcohol limits and sticking to them. Not just legal limits - but personal limits too.
2. Having control over how much alcohol you drink to protect yourself and those around you.

2

Hours

It takes about 2 hours for your body to process the alcohol from one standard drink; you cannot speed up this process, even with coffee.

0.0%

BAC

The worst hangover symptoms start when your body has processed all the alcohol in your system and returns to 0% BAC- drinking the morning after is not cure, it will just delay and increase the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.

3

drinks

The number of drinks it takes to make steering difficult while driving. (0.05% BAC)

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