Not Medical Advice: Bradfordhealth.com states that several things factor into how much alcohol affects you. You need to consider not only what you drink, but also how much you have eaten, what you have eaten, your gender, your weight, and any medications you may have taken.
It may take an hour to metabolize a drink, but it takes approximately thirty minutes before you feel alcohol’s effects.
As stated at Mentalfloss.com, take three or more shots of tequila and you’re bound to pass out. A single shot can have the same effect—just not in that drunken stupor kind of way.
According to Salon.com, if people claim they get more wasted on six shots of tequila than a six-pack of beer, the reason is not that they’re drinking more alcohol or a different form of it—they are most likely sucking down the shots much more rapidly than they’re swilling the brew skis. For all but the most crazed beer-hounds, it takes at least a few minutes to finish that beer, while multiple shots can be downed rapid-fire in a matter of seconds.
That rapid ingestion of alcohol is going to cause a rapid spike in blood alcohol levels, as well as an associated rapid decrease in inhibitions, sense of propriety, judgment, and motor skills. But it’s not because you drank hard liquor instead of beer; it’s because you ingested massive amounts of ethanol in a hurry.
Of interest, check out these 7 surprising uses for tequila featured at Mentalfloss.com.