World records for the most Blood Alcohol Content w/ pics & staggering 'holy s***' numbers

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Posted: 9/17/2009 9:03:01 AM EDT

Shit-faced: World Record Drunks

Sep 9th 2009

Have you ever been subjected to field sobriety tests such as walk a
straight line, or follow the pen? These tests can prove faulty at
times, but the standardized Breathalyzer test gives readings as
accurate as 99.1%. The Breathalyzer measures the blood alcohol content
(BAC) of an individual to determine the approximate level of
intoxication. The legal limit for intoxication in most states is .08%
and, the lethal limit generally begins at .40%. The following people
have baffled the medical and scientific communities, as they have
recorded the highest blood alcohol contents in the world.
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34 year old man from Portland, Maine

Source

On September 5th, 1991 a 34 year old man from Portland, Maine died
in his apartment due to alcohol poisoning. His name was withheld from
the article, so he shall remain unknown until further research is
concluded. His blood alcohol content was registered at .39%, but
medical examiners claim it could have been higher at the time of death.

Denise Thomson

Source

When Denise Thomson was arrested for DUI in Omaha, Nebraska her
blood alcohol content was more than five times the legal limit, or
.41%. Thomson was also charged with child abuse and negligence, as an
eight year old ward of the Department of Health and Human Services was
in the car with her at the time of arrest. Sarpy County Sheriff Jeff
Davis stated that Thomson’s BAC was the highest he’d ever encountered
while working in law enforcement.

49 year old man from Oakland, Maine

Source

In 1991, a 49 year old man from Oakland, Maine died from a
self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His blood alcohol content was
recorded at .42% at the time of his discovery. This is a prime example
as to why guns and alcohol do not mix.

Australian man from Brisbane

Source

An Australian man from Brisbane was arrested for allegedly driving
under the influence at a staggering eight times the legal limit of .05.
This 48 year old man’s blood alcohol content may set a Queensland
record for the most impaired driver ever recorded. Australia isn’t as
tolerant as other countries when dealing with impaired driving, that’s
why the limit is low and enforcement is high.

41 year old woman from Farmingdale, Maine

Source

In 1991 a 41 year old woman from Farmingdale, Maine was found dead
from asphyxiation and alcohol poisoning. Her blood alcohol content was
stated to be .45% at the time of death. Coroners would speculate that
she choked on her own vomit due to the inability to move, because of
the high levels of alcohol in her body. When the body reaches
intoxication levels of .45% the central nervous system will shut down
which can be fatal.

Deana Jarrett

Source

In April 2007, a former Seattle policewoman was apprehended under
the suspicion of drunk driving. Deana Jarrett is being charged with a
second DUI and is wanted for questioning about an earlier hit and run
case that is still open. Jarrett will serve 440 days consecutively
behind bars, and upon her release will be enrolled in Alcoholics
Anonymous and confined to her house for the remainder of her probation.
Jarrett stunned police in the Seattle-Tacoma area when her blood
alcohol content was measured to be .47%.

Stanley Kobierowski

Source

While driving on route 95 in North Providence, Rhode Island Stanley
Kobierowski was arrested for DUI after he was found to have struck an
electronic road sign. Kobierowski, like many agitated drunks, decided
to resist arrest, but this wasn’t what surprised officers. When
Kobierowski’s blood alcohol content was taken, it registered a lethal
.49%. Kobierowski holds the Rhode Island record for highest BAC ever
recorded.

Cloyd Dull

Source

In the small town of Lorain, Ohio a local man named Cloyd Dull made
history. When found slumped over in the front seat of his Plymouth with
a 40 ounce in the cup holder local authorities discovered Mr. Dull’s
blood alcohol content to be .53%, which is five times the legal limit
in Ohio. Upon judgment, Cloyd will attend two AA meetings a week, pay
more than $500 court fees, and will not be driving for the next six
months to a year.

Meagan Harper

Source

Not often do you come across a mug shot and second guess yourself as
to whether your looking at a criminal or not. Meagan Harper, a 30 year
old woman from Oregon, standing at five feet and eleven inches tall and
weighing 130 pounds doesn’t seem a likely candidate for DUI. In her
lifetime, the strikingly pretty blonde has collected numerous DUI’s but
this latest is her biggest as her blood alcohol content was found to be
.55%. Meagan’s bail was posted at $50,000 in a Clackamas county
courthouse.

Lithuanian National

Source

The policeman in the small town of Alytus, Lithuania set a record
with the arrest of a 38 year old Lithuanian national, whose blood
alcohol content was .65%. There are many doubts to the credibility of
the story; however, authorities were amazed that the man was still
alive with such a high level of intoxication.

Willard Ashley III

Source

According to the La Porte Sheriff’s Office in Indiana, Willard
Ashley III and his friend Jacob Prawat were arrested for public
intoxication. Upon arriving to the hospital, Ashley’s blood alcohol
content was determined to be a staggering .69%. This is the highest BAC
ever recorded in Indiana. Willard has two outstanding warrants for his
arrest, and upon his release from the hospital was taken into custody.

Terri Comer

Source

In Klamath County, Oregon police discovered an unconscious woman
behind the wheel of a wrecked Toyota. The woman’s name is Terri Comer,
and upon arrival to the hospital her blood alcohol content was so high
it became a state record at .72%. Nine times the legal limit in Oregon,
doctors were stunned she survived. The irony in her situation is that
when she was found comatose she had wrecked approximately 50 feet from
an electronic road sign reminding citizens not to drink and drive.

Lithuanian National II

Source

In the summer of 2006, the policeman of the small town Utenia,
Lithuania arrested a man for drunk driving, and discovered his blood
alcohol content to be .84%! Refusing initial tests, doctors
administered blood samples to determine toxicity. The tests proved
right, as the result of .839% came back again. The man’s name isn’t
identified, but his arrest is well documented.

Eric Kelly

Source

Around 2:37 am October 19th, 2007, Lock Haven police arrested
undergraduate student Eric Kelly on Bellefonte Ave. for public
intoxication. When Mr. Kelly was admitted to the Lock Haven hospital,
his blood alcohol content registered .90%! Eric was treated and
released, and later charged with public drunkenness by the Lock Haven
Police Department. On a BAC chart, .40% and beyond is considered
lethal, so the fact that Eric Kelly is alive is amazing.

Pyotr Petrov

Source

At the top of plastered mountain we have reigning champion Pyotr
Petrov, a Bulgarian national from the town of Plovdiv. On December
20th, 2004 a Mercedes struck the 67 year old Petrov, and he was taken
to a nearby hospital. Suffering minor injuries from the collision,
Petrov appeared fine and was speaking to doctors coherently, until his
blood alcohol content was recorded at .91%. This is the highest BAC
registered in the world, as toxicologists explained he had imbibed two
liters of vodka that day to achieve that BAC. After being treated and
tested multiple times Petrov was released from the hospital.

“Now I want you to touch your nose with your index finger.”

Sobriety tests are necessary in order to determine the difference
between impaired and functional drivers. Blood alcohol content varies
from person to person based on chemistry, weight, sex, age, and
personal tolerance. You may have learned that .40% BAC will result in
death, but some of these people are living proof that what holds true
for one, does not necessarily hold true for the other.

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I remember that last one... I think the article was posted in here a while back.
All I can say is... Damn...
ETA: Fixing the pics... I hate this editor....

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:04:45 AM EDT

[#1]

Tag for pictorial enjoyment.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:07:26 AM EDT

[#2]

What is .91% in octane?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:07:38 AM EDT

[#3]

.91

I don't even think anyone could do that if they had an IV of straight alcohol hooked up to them

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:08:41 AM EDT

[#4]

.9? You have to have more alcohol than blood in you at that point right?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:08:59 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Meagan Harper

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg

Source

Not often do you come across a mug shot and second guess yourself asto whether your looking at a criminal or not. Meagan Harper, a 30 yearold woman from Oregon, standing at five feet and eleven inches tall andweighing 130 pounds doesn’t seem a likely candidate for DUI. In herlifetime, the strikingly pretty blonde has collected numerous DUI’s butthis latest is her biggest as her blood alcohol content was found to be.55%. Meagan’s bail was posted at $50,000 in a Clackamas countycourthouse.

Hello

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:11:37 AM EDT

[#6]

Dnag! The highest I have ever delt with was .33BAC.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:13:14 AM EDT

[#7]

Lol I am in Bulgaria now and my buddies cant wait to get a day to get drunk.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:14:50 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
.91

I don't even think anyone could do that if they had an IV of straight alcohol hooked up to them

uh yeah, it's still less than 1% by volume.

.91%

Get it?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:15:18 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Meagan Harper

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg
Source

Not often do you come across a mug shot and second guess yourself asto whether your looking at a criminal or not. Meagan Harper, a 30 yearold woman from Oregon, standing at five feet and eleven inches tall andweighing 130 pounds doesn’t seem a likely candidate for DUI. In herlifetime, the strikingly pretty blonde has collected numerous DUI’s butthis latest is her biggest as her blood alcohol content was found to be.55%. Meagan’s bail was posted at $50,000 in a Clackamas countycourthouse.

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg

Hello

How did you get into my head?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:16:06 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
.9? You have to have more alcohol than blood in you at that point right?

How the fuck is that even possible?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:17:58 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

.91

I don't even think anyone could do that if they had an IV of straight alcohol hooked up to them

I've got an IV kit and a liter bag of NS I can inject with alcohol.

Sounds like a challenge to me.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:18:41 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
.9? You have to have more alcohol than blood in you at that point right?

That's 0.9 percent - almost 1 part in one hundred of the blood being alcohol.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:21:28 AM EDT

[#13]

point 9 percent
That's .009 of your blood by volume as ethanol-so just under 1% of your blood circulating is booze.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:22:13 AM EDT

[#14]

Do you think that with that much alcohol in the system... the body would evaporate a lot of alcohol from the skin... does that mean we're not suppose to light a match near them?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:22:33 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
.9? You have to have more alcohol than blood in you at that point right?

go back to school.... .9% is less than 1%

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:23:40 AM EDT

[#16]

I went to high school with Denise Thomson....... She played soccer and had the body too

Heard she got into a abusive relationship and this was shortly after all of that went down.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:23:45 AM EDT

[#17]

The vast difference between impaired and beyond....to hammered, blasted, blitzed, etc.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:23:48 AM EDT

[#18]

I ran the test on a guy who blew a .35. He was functioning pretty normal and had been pulled over for slightly weaving. He was definitely a professional drunk.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:26:40 AM EDT

[#19]

.91? Holy martinis batman

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:27:30 AM EDT

[#20]

I arrested a guy whose BAC was .533 in a blood draw taken two hours after the accident he caused.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:33:00 AM EDT

[#21]

When I checked myself into the hospital to detox, I was .24 and was perfectly coherent. I actually was starting to get the shakes from needing a drink while I was in admitting. Fortunately, I brought in a pint of vodka with me.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:40:33 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Meagan Harper

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg

Source

Not often do you come across a mug shot and second guess yourself asto whether your looking at a criminal or not. Meagan Harper, a 30 yearold woman from Oregon, standing at five feet and eleven inches tall andweighing 130 pounds doesn’t seem a likely candidate for DUI. In herlifetime, the strikingly pretty blonde has collected numerous DUI’s butthis latest is her biggest as her blood alcohol content was found to be.55%. Meagan’s bail was posted at $50,000 in a Clackamas countycourthouse.

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg

Hello

Be careful. I heard she's NOT a cheap date.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:41:32 AM EDT

[#23]

Well you know what they say...

"Practice makes perfect"

Chris

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:42:26 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Meagan Harper

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg
Source

Not often do you come across a mug shot and second guess yourself asto whether your looking at a criminal or not. Meagan Harper, a 30 yearold woman from Oregon, standing at five feet and eleven inches tall andweighing 130 pounds doesn’t seem a likely candidate for DUI. In herlifetime, the strikingly pretty blonde has collected numerous DUI’s butthis latest is her biggest as her blood alcohol content was found to be.55%. Meagan’s bail was posted at $50,000 in a Clackamas countycourthouse.

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/meagan-harp1.jpg

Hello

This girl needs to get help before she drinks herself ugly

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:51:42 AM EDT

[#25]

It's not so amazing to be at .4 and higher, anyone can just start chugging and not stop until they shutdown. The amazing part to me is that these people were caught doing things that people in the .2 range have trouble with. Driving for example, it's widely accepted that once you get above .3 you generally can't drive because you're so disoriented that you wouldn't know what to do and/or have the internal drive to do it. Yet some of these people were caught driving at double that and even triple that.

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:54:17 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
It's not so amazing to be at .4 and higher, anyone can just start chugging and not stop until they shutdown. .

But how do they not throw up?

Posted: 9/17/2009 9:59:40 AM EDT

[#27]

That makes my brother's .34 on his last DUI look like nothing...

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:00:21 AM EDT

[#28]

Thats funny. A few guys from the FD were asking one of our LEO's about what his highest DUI was. It was from years ago, but he still had a copy of the print out. It was a .42 IIRC. He was weaving all over the place, going very slow, and driving on lawns, so they pulled him over and he was just blitzed. The guy (who was fairly young) ended up dying, not right then but a few months later.

All I can say is .90!!! That's insane, especially if they're still functional!!

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:05:29 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
That makes my brother's .34 on his last DUI look like nothing...

As in, he's had prior DUIs????

I can't believe this guy is 49.....

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:14:55 AM EDT

[#30]

.91!

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:16:47 AM EDT

[#31]

impressive

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:22:00 AM EDT

[#32]

I recently purchased a breathalyzer, just for shits and gigs for party's and get togethers and such. I recently blew this, it's the highest I've personally gotten it, but my brother got a .34. The max is .40, and we've got a running bet going with 4 of us. The first one to max it out gets 100 dollars from the other participants.

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:25:50 AM EDT

[#33]

Highest I ever dealt with was .58......some of these are amazing.

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:26:05 AM EDT

[#34]

I treated a .524% and a .42% last week in the ER (confirmed by blood test). Both were attributed to vodka ...a lot of vodka. You can't pull those kind of numbers and live to tell about it without some experience.

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:26:23 AM EDT

[#35]

I had a 41 come through the ER once. The person had fallen and injured her ankle. An ETOH was run as a "what the hell" test. Since the person mentioned that they had a few drinks.

About 20 minutes after the labs were drawn. The lab tech called down and asked if the person was breathing on thier own.

fwiw, I am a pretty decent judge of telling who has been drinking or not. I see it several times per shift. some people are honest, some are not.
If the woman had not said she was drinking, I would of missed it. No slurring, decent balance, appropriate mentation.

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:26:40 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

.91!

Yeah, no shit. What a pussy, right?

A man doesn't have my respect until he reaches 1.0!

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:27:37 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
I treated a .524% and a .42% last week in the ER (confirmed by blood test). Both were attributed to vodka ...a lot of vodka. You can't pull those kind of numbers and live to tell about it without some experience.

there is a big difference between amatuer and professionals.

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:28:50 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
I recently purchased a breathalyzer, just for shits and gigs for party's and get togethers and such. I recently blew this, it's the highest I've personally gotten it, but my brother got a .34. The max is .40, and we've got a running bet going with 4 of us. The first one to max it out gets 100 dollars from the other participants.

http://i32.tinypic.com/1581tmx.jpg

If your meter is somewhat accurate, then that's a stupid game to be playing (and a 100 bucks isn't the stupid prize you'll likely be winning).

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:29:03 AM EDT

[#39]

I've done .3 a few times, even .4 twice when I was drinking. Be 5 years clean in December. I got a new hobbie now, gun collecting. So I suppose I could get into a altogether different kind of trouble theses days. By the way .9 = 90%.

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:33:12 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I recently purchased a breathalyzer, just for shits and gigs for party's and get togethers and such. I recently blew this, it's the highest I've personally gotten it, but my brother got a .34. The max is .40, and we've got a running bet going with 4 of us. The first one to max it out gets 100 dollars from the other participants.

http://i32.tinypic.com/1581tmx.jpg

If your meter is somewhat accurate, then that's a stupid game to be playing (and a 100 bucks isn't the stupid prize you'll likely be winning).

Pussy

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:37:31 AM EDT

[#41]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:47:40 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:

That makes my brother's .34 on his last DUI look like nothing...

As in, he's had prior DUIs????

I can't believe this guy is 49.....

http://www.barstools.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/drunk-old-man1.jpg

That guy is a Actor,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glover_(actor)

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:57:53 AM EDT

[#43]

about as meaningful a # as BMI.

npd223 got curious at the Hun Farm one weekend and pulled a breathalyzer out of the trunk of his car. i blew a .429 but JAFO still beat me

Posted: 9/17/2009 10:59:16 AM EDT

[#44]

I start throwing up after too much

Posted: 9/17/2009 11:16:34 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

I recently purchased a breathalyzer, just for shits and gigs for party's and get togethers and such. I recently blew this, it's the highest I've personally gotten it, but my brother got a .34. The max is .40, and we've got a running bet going with 4 of us. The first one to max it out gets 100 dollars from the other participants.

http://i32.tinypic.com/1581tmx.jpg

good way to get someone killed

Posted: 9/17/2009 5:13:21 PM EDT

[#46]

GO MAINE!!

Posted: 9/17/2009 5:23:47 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
What is .91% in octane?

Almost 2 proof.

Posted: 9/17/2009 5:25:27 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
GO MAINE!!

[Tim Sample] Ayuh, they should be wicked proud of that accomplishment... [/Tim Sample]

Posted: 9/17/2009 5:27:23 PM EDT

[#49]

Some of those are GOD DAMN FUCKING IMPRESSIVE!!!

I hope I never get my BAC taken though.

Posted: 9/17/2009 5:30:15 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
about as meaningful a # as BMI.

npd223 got curious at the Hun Farm one weekend and pulled a breathalyzer out of the trunk of his car. i blew a .429 but JAFO still beat me

Correct. Some people process the booze better than others. The fact that someone can still function at .4% shows that.
Many,many times have I been around guys in the .4 and above range. Never did death cross my mind.