Alcohol is a drug
Yes, alcohol is a powerful drug produced by the fermentation of sugars and is the active principle of intoxicating drinks.
Your brain cells are surrounded by a fatty substance which acts like an insulator to the signals being sent. Alcohol has the effect of making this substance spongy, allowing the signals to leak out and short circuit, the effect being:
Alcohol is a stimulant drug
False, alcohol is not a stimulant as you may think, it's a depressant so it slows down the processes occurring in the brain making you less alert.
The reason for this misunderstanding is that at first alcohol seems to make a person stimulated and light headed, but what is actually happening is that the alcohol is depressing (or slowing) the part of the brain called the social restraint centre and thus we feel less inhibited.
The brain is affected a bit at a time beginning with the most recently developed part which is the frontal lobes (29% in human beings; 17% in chimps and 3.5% in cats). This centre deals with all the functions which make us homo sapiens, ie self awareness, advanced planning and impulse control. The next part to be effected is the cerebral cortex which controls complex reasoning, calculations and other sophisticated skills including memory and perception. Further down the brain is the primitive part which regulates your more basic functions, ie emotion, hunger, thirst, anger, fear and sex.
"... it (alcoholic drink) provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance".
William Shakespeare...
The Porter's speech at line 28 of Act II, scene ii in Macbeth.
Which statement is true?
All of the statements all true!
Approximately how many people in the UK died last year from alcohol related causes?
The 120,000 relates to yearly deaths attributed to smoking whilst the 1,000 relates to approximately the number of deaths caused by illegal drugs
Drinking too much alcohol on one occasion can kill a person
Yes, drinking too much alcohol on one occasion can kill a person!
What are the Government's recommended daily alcohol limits for men and women in the UK?
Even if you only drink alcohol once a week, it is best not to exceed these limits, as binge drinking increases the likelihood of you having an accident or acting in a way that you later regret - as well as having potential long term health consequences.
1 pint of ordinary strength beer contains the approximately the same amount of alcohol as...
1 unit of alcohol is equal to:
Fizzy alcoholic drinks make you feel the effects quicker.
Fizzy alcoholic drinks make you feel the effects quicker. Studies have shown that alcohol in fizzy drinks, such as champagne, are absorbed more quickly into your bloodstream, making you feel the effects more quickly. The same applies when you add fizzy mixers to your drink.
How many children are taken to hospital each year with alcohol poisoning?
Lincolnshire has one of the worst rates
According to Government statistics, which age-group are most likely to drink heavily - more than eight units a day for men or six units for women?
Sixteen to 24 year olds are particularly prone to drinking too much alcohol (32% of men and 24% of women).
On average, how quickly does the body process and break down one unit of alcohol?
Although your body's ability to process alcohol depends on various factors including your sex, size and age the body generally breaks down alcohol at a rate of about one unit per hour. What's more, there's no way you can reduce this time.
40% of A and E admissions are related to alcohol - true or false?
Unfortunately this is true.
Alcohol misuse can cause cirrhosis of one of the main organs of the body. Which organ?
If alcohol is consumed in high quantities over a long period of time, this can cause cirrhosis of the liver, which in severe cases can lead to liver failure and death.
Which of the following is an effective way of sobering up?
The only thing that will help with sobering up is 'time'.
Excessive drinking plays a part in what percentage of hospital admissions for men?
Each year 150,000 hospital admissions are associated with alcohol misuse
The cost to the NHS of treating the effects of alcohol misuse is up to £1.7 billion per year
It's also estimated that alcohol misuse has societal costs of £20 billion
Alcohol has been in existence for approximately how many years
While no one knows exactly when alcohol was first used, the discovery of late Stone Age beer jugs has established the fact that intentionally fermented alcohol existed at least as early as the Neolithic period which was 10,000 BC!!
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