How does my rate of consumption affect my BAC?

How does my rate of consumption affect my BAC?

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Your rate of consumption has an affect on BAC level in that drinking the same amount of alcohol over a longer period of time slowly is going to cause you to reach a lower peak BAC level then if you drink that alcohol very quickly, if you were to chug some drinks very quickly. The reason for that is when you drink over a period of hours slowly, the alcohol that's absorbed initially begins to metabolize while later consumed alcohol is still absorbing. And so, for example if you drank your alcohol very quickly that might be enough to get you ultimately to a .12 BAC, where if you would drink that alcohol slowly over time you may only reach, say a .06 or .07 BAC.