★ A Blackout

A blackout is more likely to be experienced when you are drinking too much too quickly. Women are more likely to experience blackouts. Blackouts typically occur between a BAC of .10 - .15%.

A blackout is not the same as passing out. A blackout is when a person is unable to remember what they did when they were drinking because his or her hippocampus was impaired and can occur at BAC levels in the range of 0.10-0.15%.

After drinking heavily, it's possible to impair the nerve signals that control breathing or the vital reflexes that control gagging. It's also possible to suffer alcohol poisoning or a "blackout", when you can't remember what you did while drinking.

A blackout is most likely to occur when the alcoholic drinks are drunk rapidly. If you had an alcoholic blackout, you would have failed to remember events during the period of intoxication. Blackouts are when a drinker is conscious but has no memory of her or his actions or conversations.

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