> To use a possibly relatable issue: most people find consuming shots of vodka more efficacious than consuming the equivalent amount of beer by alcohol. 3 shots will probably get you more wasted than necking 3 beers
But it won't, after drinking 3 beers after each other your BAC will go to the same level, just takes a little more time to get there.
Subjectively, you start feeling drunk much more quickly because the change is faster with Vodka, but your capabilities are as much impaired.
This is not true and is the nature of the discussion. Alcohol and caffeine are processed differently depending on what they are consumed with, like how the digestive cofactors in apples make it have a lower glycemic index than it's fructose content should produce.
To stay with alcohol, this is easily testable. Drink five shots of vodka and see how drunk it gets you. Separately, drink five shots of vodka with honey added and you will get significantly drunker. Your liver prioritizes sugars first, so the alcohol is rapidly absorbed and takes effect instead of being processed out. You do not reach the same BAC in each case, just like drinking 5 shots in five days won't either.
But it won't, after drinking 3 beers after each other your BAC will go to the same level, just takes a little more time to get there.
Subjectively, you start feeling drunk much more quickly because the change is faster with Vodka, but your capabilities are as much impaired.