Title: Blackouts: What Causes a Blackout?
Headings: What Causes Blackouts?
What Causes Blackouts?
What Is a Blackout?
What Causes Blackouts?
How Does Alcohol Cause Blackouts?
Who’s at Risk for Alcohol-Related Blackouts?
Is It Dangerous to Black Out?
What Else Causes Blackouts?
What To Do If You’re Blacking Out

Content: Sometimes, people who drink too much may have spotty memories of what happened the night before. Other times, someone who’s heavily intoxicated may lose hours of memory. If the memories never formed in the first place, there’s no way to get them back. Who’s at Risk for Alcohol-Related Blackouts? People who binge drink -- consuming four to five drinks in about two hours -- are more likely to have alcohol-related blackouts. When people drink this much, blood alcohol levels may reach or exceed 0.08 or higher, which is the legal limit to be considered impaired. The more quickly alcohol enters the bloodstream, the more likely a person is to black out. Alcohol-related blackouts can happen to anyone, but certain things like the following can make them more likely: Taking prescription medications or other drugs while drinking
Drinking on an empty stomach
Drinking too fast
Being younger aged, which makes a person more likely to binge drink and to overestimate how much he can handle
Lower weight
Is It Dangerous to Black Out? Alcohol-related blackouts generally don’t cause more widespread loss of memory.