Hi Guy,
I'll have to pick up that book. How fast does an A get progressively worse? Do you think she will maintain the quart a day for many years?
My ex-Abf has been drinking the same amount of beer for the past 20 years (he switched from Jack Daniels to beer that long ago, he has been drinking for about 35 years altogether). The worrisome thing is the waking up during the night and having a beer or two... and he's not sipping lately. I saw him kill a beer (his first beer of the day) in about 2 minutes one day. The second went somewhat slower, but not much. Then he slows down to about one every half hour. But lately those first two bring on the nasty personality change. It used to be number 4 or 5 where he started changing into someone else.
And yeah, good point about the BAC. I never really realized that he could probably be given a breathlyzer at any time and come up "dirty." He's never had a DUI though. Very slow and careful driver he is.