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medical health substance abuseWill your BAC go down if you take a cold shower?
Consequently, will a person's BAC go down if they take a cold shower?
The answer is D. None of the above. Blood alcohol concentration (BAC)will not go down through any of those means becauseit is in your blood. Once you consume alcohol, it is immediatelyabsorbed into your bloodstream by your stomach. Once it is inthere, it cannot come out until the liver metabolizesit.
Likewise, people ask, what will make a person's BAC go down?
No amount of coffee, water, mints, bread or physicalactivity will make it go down faster. Your BACwill fall as your liver processes the alcohol. Generally, theliver processes about 1 standard drink per hour, but thiswill vary depending on the size and health of theperson.
By the time alcohol has reached your bloodstream,there's no other way to eliminate it except through normalmetabolic processes. The only way throwing up when drunkwill help to reduce your blood alcohol levelwill be to get rid of any alcohol currently in yourstomach, thereby preventing it's absorption.