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What affects how drunk you get?
Oh! It’s a horrible experience after getting drunk. Let’s ask your friend who picked you up near the doorstep of the bar. Basically alcohol affects the nervous system. It slows down your body activity and makes you unsteady. Your reactions also slow down, and you may become uncoordinated or unsteady on your feet. Your speech may get slurred and you may start seeing double.
If you've had a lot to drink you may also experience strong emotional responses - for instance you may become aggressive or tearful. And because your judgment is impaired, you may do things that you might not normally do - from dancing on tables to going home with strangers. They may seem a good idea at the time, but can be extremely dangerous.
The amount of liquor consumed and at what rate you drink determines your blood and alcohol concentration. The other factors that affect this concentration level are-
- Drinking habits – A regular drinker’s body develops a kind of tolerance to alcohol. They are less likely to be affected. Therefore to have the same effect they drink more.
- Body size - Don’t ever challenge your friend that you can remain steady even if you drink the same amount of liquor as him. It’s a wrong conception. If you are shorter in size, your body volume is also small. As a result you’ll be affected more than him.
- Body water - If your body’s water concentration level is below normal, you will likely be affected more and vice versa.
- Gender- Generally we come across women who get high easily. But why? Because women are smaller than men and have less body water.
- Food consumed - Never whine about eating food before drinking. It is a good way to avoid getting drunk. If you have taken food then the alcohol will be absorption will be slowed down.
10 ways to turn down a drink
- Give your response in a sweet and short way for e.g. “No, thanks!”
- “I am allergic to liquor.”
- “I am ok for now.”
- “Thanks, I’ll get my own glass.”
- “Thanks, I’ve got to finish my work.”
- “I’ll be driving tonight.”
- “I have an important meeting.”
- Your response should be short and to the point like “I’ve had enough.”
- “No thanks, I am taking medicines.”
- “I am on diet and alcohol contains high calories.”
Safety & Control tips
- “No” is the safest response to do away with drinking troubles.
- Take a count of your drink and stick to your rules.
- Keep away from drinking if you are hungry, angry, and lonely and tired (HALT).
- Drink slowly or else you’ll get drunk faster.
- If you are a beginner dilute your drinks.
- Keep changing between alcohol and non-alcohol beverages.
- After drinking keep away from reckless behavior.
Kill your hangover
Suffering from a hangover! There is no point in chiding your last night’s drink.
After intoxicating the acetaldehyde start reacting with the nerve cells of the brain sending confused signals to the body. This is called hangover.
People experience terrible brain pain, twitchy nerves, nausea and unpleasantness. All this happens because the whole body is trying to remove toxins at the same time. You have an awful stomach pain, your kidneys and liver also add to the pain.
There are various ways to treat such a condition.
- Take some good food before you drink. Food will absorb the alcohol content before it goes into your bloodstream.
- Alcohol is a diuretic. You need to consume lot of fruit juice to replace water content.
- Drink tomato juice straight away, it will metabolize alcohol more quickly.
- Choose your own drink according to your body requirements. Darker the drink more the hangover.
- Don’t take painkillers or analgesics. They won’t heal the root cause.
- The morning after, eat cereals, rice, grains or peas and nuts.
- Used to drinking coffee before going to bed then drink lots of water as well.
- If you rise up early then go for a morning walk or do some exercises. This will pump your blood and help to get rid of toxins.
- Gently pull your hair. Again it will increase blood flow and take away your headache.
- Enjoy a warm and powerful shower on the backside of your neck. It will relieve your tension and headache. You will feel fresh too.
- Prepare for yourself banana milkshake with honey. Honey retains the lost sugar level, milk tries to rehydrate and banana contains vitamins.
- The more expensive the drink the lesser the toxins because they’re been subjected to more distillation and filtration. Try and order expensive drinks because it tastes better and you can’t splurge as much!
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