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>>13078362
You might as well ask which one has blue eyes. How would we fucking know?

There are many factors involved. Alcohol tolerance is definitely genetic, but is also something that you build up through drinking. If you're just asking how much damage they did in that one night then I'd say it's purely genetic, or dependent on how healthy they are otherwise. I can drink most people under the table, but I probably drank a third of a handle of vodka earlier in the day before drinking those 15 beers, so obviously I'm doing more damage to myself. Then again, I don't drink macro swill so this would never happen.

>>13078362
literally everyone who is going to give an answer ITT is just guessing because they want to sound smart

>>13078362
The damage done is only related to how much you drank and your constitution, not how drunk you feel

A. Google "kindling"

>Based on animal studies, regular binge drinking in the long-term is thought to be more likely to result in brain damage than chronic (daily) alcoholism. This is due to the 4- to 5-fold increase in glutamate release in nucleus accumbens during the acute withdrawal state between binges but only in dose 3 g/kg, in 2 g/kg there is no increase in glutamate release. In contrast, during withdrawal from chronic alcoholism only a 2- to 3-fold increase in glutamate release occurs. The high levels of glutamate release causes a chain reaction in other neurotransmitter systems. The reason that chronic sustained alcoholism is thought by some researchers to be less brain damaging than binge drinking is because tolerance develops to the effects of alcohol and unlike binge drinking repeated periods of acute withdrawal does not occur,[3][4] but there are also many alcoholics who typically drink in binges followed by periods of no drinking.[8]

>>13078362
dumb question, person a probably did more damage but person b is fucked

>>13078461
They're both fucked. You aren't metabolizing 15 drinks laying down for 8 hours, they're both waking up with plenty of liquor left. Person B is probably quite used to it, and hydrated or used to being dehydrated.

the person who didn't drink alcohol has damaged neither

>>13078490
>hydrated
>or used to being dehydrated
It definitely takes me a lot more alcohol to get drunk than a normal, but I still feel like shit (the next day). Feeling like shit being your norm doesn't make it easier.

>>13078490
Some people really do just naturally not get bad hangovers and have high tolerance. I know cause I'm one of em. Either that or everyone else is a pussy. For example, I also simply never get head aches. I had one when I was a kid after a concussion but that's it, so I've never had to deal with that after a night of drinking straight away. I also have a pretty strong stomach in that I very rarely throw up or feel nauseated, even when sick. Another thing I don't deal with hungover.
I do wake up still feeling drunk though, and end up drinking lots of water.

As far as tolerance goes, on a long night I can go through a 30 rack on my own at 180 pounds.

>>13078530
yes....but are you getting damaged in the same way that a lightweight is?

>>13078362
Person A is recovering and may recover fully, person B has already made that damage permanent.

>>13079139
Oh, yeah probably. My bad I've been drinking