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What is the Catholic definition of drunk? Is it a specific BAC? 0.08 is legally drunk but I don't even have a buzz after 4 drinks

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The short and answer is we are drunk when we consume too much alcohol.

Long answer starts now:

Too much is signified with the loss of our reason. In other words when a person's intellect is obscured to a point where they cannot know (fully) what is right an what is wrong.

Its a little complicated because the amount any particular individual can consume with out being drunk is different for a large number of reason. Additionally for some a BAC of .08 would not be drunkenness for others it might be due to their constitution.

Further reading

http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3150.htm

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