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Myth: The worst thing that can happen is a raging hangover.
Sorry. If you drink enough alcohol, fast enough, you can get an amount in your body that can kill you in only a few hours.
Myth: You'll get drunk a lot quicker with hard liquor than with a beer or wine cooler.
Did we mention that alcohol is alcohol?
Myth: Alcohol makes you more sexy.
The more you drink, the less you think. Alcohol may loosen you up and make someone more interested in sex, but it interferes with the body's ability to perform. And then there's pregnancy, AIDS, sexual assault, car crashes and worse, to worry about. Not sexy at all.
Myth: It's none of my business if a friend is drinking too much.
If you are a real friend, it is your business. You can't make someone change but you can be honest. Maybe they'll listen. You might even talk them into getting help.
Myth: Switching between beer, wine and liquor.
Whatever! Your blood alcohol content (BAC - the percent of alcohol in your blood) is what determines how drunk you are. Not the flavors you selected. Alcohol is alcohol.
Myth: It's just beer. It can't permanently damage you.
Large amounts of alcohol can do major damage to your digestive system. You can hurt your heart, liver, stomach, and several other critical organs as well as losing years from your life.
Myth: Drugs are a bigger problem than alcohol.
Alcohol and tobacco kill more than 50 times the number of people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every other illegal drug combined. Ten million Americans are addicted to alcohol. It is a drug.
Myth: Drugs are a bigger problem than alcohol.
Alcohol and tobacco kill more than 50 times the number of people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every other illegal drug combined. Ten million Americans are addicted to alcohol. It is a drug.
Myth: Alcohol gives you energy.
Nope. It's a depressant. It slows down your ability to think, speak, move and all that other silly stuff you like to do.
Myth: A cold shower or a cup of coffee will sober someone up.
Not on your life. Nothing sobers you up but time. With coffee, you're simply a wide-awake drunk!
Myth: Everybody reacts the same to alcohol.
Not hardly. There are dozens of factors that affect reactions to alcohol - body weight, time of day, how you feel mentally, body chemistry, your expectations, and the list goes on and on.
FALSE: I can tell when I'm going to fall asleep.
FALSE: Nearly everyone gets enough sleep.
FALSE: Young people need less sleep
FALSE: I'm a safe driver so it doesn't matter if I'm sleepy.
FALSE: Even people who sleep 8 hours may not feel rested.
FALSE: I can't take naps.
FALSE: Even people who sleep 8 hours may not feel rested.
FALSE: Drinking coffee cures drowsiness while driving.
FALSE: If I sleep a lot now, I won't need to sleep as much later.
True!: Everybody has a "biological clock."
True!: Being sleepy makes you misperceive things.
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