Behavioral cues ✔✔inhibitions, judgment, reactions, coordination Inhibitions ✔✔relaxed and talkative and could display mood swings Judgment ✔✔overly friendly, dancing or singing Reactions ✔✔Lose their train of thought, glassy, unfocused eyes, slurred speech Coordination ✔✔stagger, stumble, spill drinks Intoxication Rate Factors ✔✔size, gender, rate of consumption, strength of the drink, drug use, food intake 1/2 oz pure alcohol ✔✔12 oz beer, 5 oz wine, 1 oz 100-proof liquor Why does alcohol differ from food and other beverages? ✔✔your body does not have to digest it before absorbing it. It can be absorbed directly into the blood stream BAC: Blood Alcohol Content ✔✔measurement of the amount of alcohol in a person's blood What is the only thing that can lower a person's BAC level? ✔✔Time What can make assessing behavioral cues more difficult? ✔✔Tollerance Aspirin ✔✔causes damage to the stomach lining and possibly internal bleeding Antibiotics ✔✔There are too many variations to be specific Antihistamines ✔✔Depress the central nervous system and can cause drowsiness Narcotics ✔✔Depress the CNS and respiratory functions. May cause loss of consciousness a 150-pound male drinking for 1 hour on an empty stomach ✔✔2 drinks=.05BAC 4 drinks=.10BAC 8 drinks=.20BAC 12 drinks=.30BAC To prevent intoxication in guests, you need to make what? ✔✔reasonable effort Common negligence ✔✔these laws set a minimum standard for the actions a reasonable person should take to prevent problems Dram shop liability ✔✔makes servers of alcohol beverages responsible for sales to persons under the legal drinking age or those who are visibly intoxicated Acceptable form of ID must have ✔✔photo and dob Steps to check ID ✔✔ask guest to remove from wallet, determine validity, communicate by asking questions, ask for second form of ID, know where the alcohol is going, don't make the sale if you still have doubts People skills are? ✔✔observing how people act, hearing what they say, judging their needs, responding appropriately