Keita

To give a little back story here. After I turned 21 I drank pretty hard. I basically drank about a liter of vodka a night for nearly 3 years straight. Just after a few months of this, I noticed that alchohol no longer impaired my vision, speech, or motor functions. I never get sick and have never blacked out. To my understanding I'm what is known as a functioning alcoholic. I don't actually like to consider myself and alcoholic since I can stop and start at any time but whatever. I'm currently 25 and nowdays I might drink for 2 weeks straight, downing bottle after boddle of liquor,  then go a week without drinking and don't feel any different. I should note that on workdays, I don't drink till I get off work and come home. On days off, I won't drink until 12:01. On the other hand, I have a few relatives who are bad alcoholics. When they stop drinking for 12-24 hours, they can't eat, get the shakes, can barely function, and desperately want more alchohol. Their symptoms can last for days. Meanwhile I can drink any of them under the table like it's nothing but I have never noticed withdrawals. Why am I different???

I'm genuinely curious as how breathalyzers actually work. Does it simply measure how much alcohol you have consumed, how entoxicated you are, or is there more to that. To my understanding, it takes roughly 3 beers, 15oz of wine, or one shot to blow a .08.

Me personally, I can't actually get drunk off of beer. I actually get bloated and full before I get drunk. I can down about a liter of vodka, or have half a jar of moonshine, while having no effect to my speech, motor functions, or cognitive functions. I don't get dizzy, I never black out, and always have full control and knowledge of what I'm doing regardless of how much I have consumed. But can I still fail a breathalyzer? Regardless of how much I drink, it does not effect my driving but I have always wondered about the specifics of breathalyzers.

No I don't need a lecture on drinking, I usually do not drink while driving, and I am highly against drunk drivers considering only a rare few can do so safely; not counting the fact that only a rare few of the population can actually drive safely while sober to begin with...