Addiction to Alcohol/tolerance and alcohol

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I am confused about the relationship between one's alcohol "tolerance" and one's BAC. Let's use a BAC of .08 for example.

Does a person with a higher tolerance need more alcohol to achieve a BAC of .08 than a person with a lower tolerance? Or is it just that a person with a high tolerance will need more alcohol to feel the effects of drinking (ie. a person with a low tolerance will feel drunk with a BAC of .08 whereas a person with a high tolerance would need a BAC of .12 to feel drunk)?

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Hi E,

Some people have a higher levels of tolerance to alcohol than others. Please see:

https://docs.google.com/View?docID=0ARgHw4sTcT4DZGR6cm1rdm5fMjIwZHY4cjd4Z3I&revision=_latest#Those

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapy

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The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia

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Book: "Getting Off the Hook"freely available on the internet at Google Book Search.
Editor: Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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BA(Psych), Sydney University, Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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