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5 Myths About Alcohol.
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1. Coffee will help to sober you up.
Coffee does not help to sober you up.
The only way of getting rid of alcohol from your body is to metabolize it and that takes time.
Coffee does not help to sober you up.
The only way of getting rid of alcohol from your body is to metabolize it and that takes time.
2. Eating a big meal before you drink will keep you sober.
Food in your stomach only delays the absorption of alcohol, it doesn't prevent intoxication.
Food in your stomach only delays the absorption of alcohol, it doesn't prevent intoxication.
3. You don't get drunk with fizzy alcoholic drinks.
Carbonated alcoholic drinks affect you more rapidly as carbonation allows alcohol to enter the bloodstream from the small intestine more quickly.
Carbonated alcoholic drinks affect you more rapidly as carbonation allows alcohol to enter the bloodstream from the small intestine more quickly.
4. Mixing drinks can make you more intoxicated.
The total amount of alcohol consumed will determine the level of intoxication.
However, when you mix drinks you might drink more.
The total amount of alcohol consumed will determine the level of intoxication.
However, when you mix drinks you might drink more.
5. Alcohol warms the body.
Alcohol causes a drop in the internal body temperature by dilating the blood vessels on the skin surface and the blood is cooled by greater exposure to the outer enviroment.
Alcohol causes a drop in the internal body temperature by dilating the blood vessels on the skin surface and the blood is cooled by greater exposure to the outer enviroment.
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