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: 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. But blackouts can be very dangerous. That’s because people who’ve blacked out don’t know what they are doing and may do things they otherwise wouldn’t. The consequences may be embarrassing, or they could be dangerous. For example, you could become a victim of a violent crime. Blackouts may even be life-threatening.