You go out to drink on work night with friends and get a ride home, but could you be driving drunk to work the next morning?

To find out, KXAN's Jenny Hoff gathered some volunteers who drank the night away on Sixth Street.

Then she showed up the next morning to get some answers.

We got volunteers of different sizes and ages and hit several bars on Sixth Street. Now, no bar over served our volunteers, but after hitting a few places, they were definitely intoxicated and in need of taxis home which we provided.

We also provided a wake-up call the next morning consisting of me, a deputy and a breathalyzer test.

We took Haley, Michael, Armando, Brian and Amy out for a night on the town and watched as they drank, beers, shots and cocktails from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the morning.

Brian downed 11 beers. Haley had six. Her husband Michael, had three beers and 10 cocktails.

Armando had 11 beers and two shots. Amy put away 10 mixed drinks and one beer.

"Nothing a shower and some coffee can't handle," Armando said.

We'll see about that.

Our first stop is the Cihocks, Michael and Haley. After a field sobriety test and two breathalizers, we found out the smallest one of the bunch, Haley, woke up with a BAC of 0.028.

Michael, on the other hand, blew a 0.07 more than four hours after he finished drinking and about the same time he would be heading out for work.

"It's interesting to see how the results came out, hours later and after we had already gone to sleep," Michael said.

The next stop is at Armando Enriquez's. A breathalizer showed him at a .049, but, Deputy Brian Hawn says his performance on the field sobriety test could have still put him in a squad car.

"In the state of Texas, numbers don't kill people. Impairment is what kills people," Hawn said.

But, our most surprising results came from the last house. We visited Amy and Brian almost six hours after we sent them home.

After a not so stellar sobriety test, Brian blew exactly a 0.08 -- legally drunk in the state of Texas.

Amy blew a 0.103 -- well above the legal limit.

"I guess I didn't realize how long it lasts in your system when you wake up in the morning," Amy said.

Again, it is illegal in the state of Texas to drive impaired so even if your blood alcohol concentration is just below the legal limit, you could still find yourself convicted of driving under the influence.