How are average-sized and above-average-sized people sometimes able to develop huge tolerances to alcohol and not immediately die?

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I’m sure we’ve all heard and read endless anecdotes about the guy who got pulled over and blew a .46, or someone that can drink entire bottle of vodka. Or Ric Flair, for example, who told a story in a documentary about a time when he drank a six-pack of beer before arriving at an airport, drank 10 double tequila, cranberry and sodas before the flight at the airport bar, had eight bloody Mary’s on the flight, and drank another six-pack of beer upon landing. Like, how does that not kill someone?

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In short, practice.

They train, the same way anyone with mastery trains. Daily drinking, steadily increasing amounts.

You, too, can blow a .4 or .5 or even, maybe, a .6, and live, if you are willing to drink a fifth a day for six months. You will possibly destroy one or more organs. Your risk of several cancers will skyrocket. You may die in the attempt, and you may sustain permanent brain damage.

But you can get there. For a while. It’s a very unstable pinnacle. The prizes suck, too.

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