{"id":580,"date":"2011-08-30T01:45:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T01:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rid-usa.org\/rid-usa-inc\/?p=580"},"modified":"2021-04-27T20:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T00:01:32","slug":"how-to-send-your-guests-home-sober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rid-usa.org\/rid-usa-inc\/2011\/08\/30\/how-to-send-your-guests-home-sober\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Send Guests Home Sober"},"content":{"rendered":"
RID President, Doris Aiken and James Schaefer, retired director of the office of alcohol other drug abuse programming at the University of Minnesota, tell how to ensure a successful and safe party.<\/span><\/h6>\n
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  1. Plan the event carefully. Estimate how much alcohol to have on\u00a0hand, based on the number of guests and the length of the party (one drink per guest per hour) and limit the amount of liquor you purchase in the first place.<\/li>\n
  2. Suggest the concept of the “designated driver”. One person is\u00a0elected in advance to be the driver for the evening. That person\u00a0\u00a0agrees not to drink.<\/li>\n
  3. Regard alcohol as the highly toxic substance it is, know its\u00a0effects. Importantly, know yourself and how much you can consume.<\/li>\n
  4. Know the law in your state and follow it. At parties with\u00a0youths,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0be conscious of the drinking age and remember, serving minors\u00a0is\u00a0illegal. Hosts may be liable for impaired minors’ accidents.<\/li>\n
  5. Provide attractive, non-alcoholic drinks as a matter of\u00a0course.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Make them look festive, not buried in the ‘fridge.<\/li>\n
  6. Avoid carbonated mixers in favor of non-carbonated ones (such fruit juice.) Carbonation speeds alcohol absorption.<\/li>\n
  7. Provide nutritious, attractively presented foods throughout the\u00a0evening so the alcohol won’t be totally absorbed into the\u00a0bloodstream.<\/li>\n
  8. Avoid having an open bar and be certain to measure all drinks.\u00a0Enjoy, savor, and sip, but treat alcohol as a drug. Don’t push guests\u00a0to drink. One drink per hour is about all the body can absorb. Adrink is a 1.5 Oz shot of 80 proof spirits, a 12 Oz can of beer and a\u00a04 oz glass of wine.\u00a0\u00a0Let guests ask for refills.<\/li>\n
  9. Avoid serving after dinner drinks (substitute coffee or another\u00a0non-alcoholic beverage). And cut off drinks at least one hour before\u00a0the party closes.<\/li>\n
  10. Recognize that drunkenness is neither healthy, humorous, nor safe.\u00a0\u00a0Don’t excuse otherwise unacceptable behavior just because\u00a0someone had\u00a0“too much to drink”. Accepting drunkenness encourages alcohol misuse.<\/li>\n
  11. If in spite of precautions your guests are impaired, assume\u00a0responsibility for their safety. Consider driving them home yourself,\u00a0calling a taxi or encouraging them to stay overnight.<\/li>\n
  12. Always have on hand a list of telephone numbers for emergency\u00a0health care, police or taxis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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