What I mean by that is I’ve heard countless stories of people who say that when they are drunk, and something happens to, let’s say, a friend, and they can’t take care of themselves, they can “sober up” and handle the situation, even though they’re also just as drunk most of the time. Obviously, that’s not how alcohol works in the body, so what is really happening when someone can go from being in a drunken state to a sober, alert state almost like a flipping a switch?
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Alcohol is a chemical that slows down some parts of the brain. If a situation calling us to action occurs, our bodies release chemicals to speed the brain up. The alcohol is then competing with more of other chemicals, so its effects are reduced.
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