"
Alcohols" are units to measure how much people drank, regardless of what type of beverage they consumed. One "alcohol" is one ounce of alcohol. You measure how many "
alcohols" you drank by multiplying the number of ounces you drank by the percentage of alcohol. So, if you drink 5
Coors Lights, 12 ounce cans with 4.2% alcohol, you will have consumed 2.
52 “alcohols” (5x12x0.042). If you drink 10 ounces of
Skyy vodka, with 40% alcohol, you will have consumed 4 "alcohols.
Tom: "How many alcohols did you drink last night?"
Nick: "I only let myself drink 2 alcohols, I have a
chem test this week."
Tom: "Did you see Nicole last night? She must have
had at least 7 alcohols."
Nick: "Yeah, well she was drinking
Everclear, that has a lot of alcohols in it."