When a person is really drunk, they get told to drink water. What does the water do?

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It helps with dehydration. The alcohol suppresses a hormone that makes your kidney reabsorb water, making all the water go away in your pee.
That not only makes you dehydrated, but increases the concentration of alcohol in your blood, increasing the poisoning caused by the alcohol.
That way, when you drink water, it keeps you from dehydrating and dilutes the alcohol in your blood.

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