Alcohol Presentation

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The alcohol in your drink is absorbed into your
body through the stomach and small intestine.
Food slows down the rate of absorption - alcohol
will affect you more quickly on an empty
stomach.
From here, the alcohol is distributed via the
bloodstream throughout the body, reaching your
heart, brain, muscles and other tissues. This
happens within a few minutes. Usually, though
not always, this has a pleasant effect.
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From here, the alcohol is distributed via the
bloodstream throughout the body, reaching your
heart, brain, muscles and other tissues. This
happens within a few minutes. Usually, though
not always, this has a pleasant effect.
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Your body's ability to process alcohol depends
on various things, like your age, weight and
sex. Your body breaks down alcohol at a rate of
about one unit per hour, there's no way you
can speed this up!
Your body can't store alcohol, so it has to get
rid of it - mostly via your liver. First, the
liver changes alcohol into acetaldehyde - a
highly toxic substance. This turns into
acetate, a harmless substance, which is passed
out in the urine. Some alcohol is also
excreted through the breath and sweat.
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The amount of alcohol in the blood is known as
the blood alcohol concentration or BAC. Your
BAC depends on how much you've drunk and how
quickly you drank it.
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If you're small, your blood alcohol volume is
obviously less than that of someone who is
larger. So the same amount of alcohol will
probably affect you more.
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What makes you feel drunk?
Alcohol is quite simply a type of drug. It
affects the nerves that pass messages around the
body by slowing them down. And the more you drink
the greater the effect. The reason people often
get more lively when they've had a drink is that
alcohol affects parts of the brain responsible
for self-control.
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Your reactions 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.
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To check how many units are in different drinks
use the link below.
http//www.drinkaware.co.uk/how-many-units.html
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References from www.drinkaware.co.uk