Tag: Drinking factors

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a person's genetic makeup can account for roughly half of their risk for developing an alcohol use disorder, highlighting how individual factors significantly alter alcohol's effects. This reveals that a multitude of variables determine how alcohol is processed and perceived.

According to the NIAAA, alcohol is distributed through the water in your bloodstream, a process that is highly dependent on your body weight. This mechanism helps explain why heavier people are able to drink more than their lighter counterparts before reaching a comparable level of intoxication.