Your body gets rid of approximately:
- Three alcoholic drinks an hour.
- One alcoholic drink an hour. ✓
- Two alcoholic drinks an hour.
- None of the above.
Answer: B. One alcoholic drink an hour.
Your body gets rid of approximately one alcoholic drink an hour.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says myths like cold showers, black coffee, or exercise will not sober a person up. It states that only time, along with body weight, number of drinks, and food intake, can minimize alcohol's effects, and that the body takes about one hour to clear each drink consumed. That matches one alcoholic drink an hour, so the other rates are too fast or deny any clearance.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Three alcoholic drinks an hour. — The handbook gives about one hour per drink, not three drinks in an hour.
- C. Two alcoholic drinks an hour. — The handbook gives about one hour per drink, not two drinks in an hour.
- D. None of the above. — The handbook does state a clearance rate, so saying none of these is wrong.
Remember it
One drink, one hour: let time do the sobering.