title pretty much says it all, i heard stories (Dont know if true or not tbh) of people falling from great hights and people being ran over by trains ect. surviving, mainly (or really?) because they was drunk
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Part of what can hurt you in a fall is your instinct to tense up. This increases your body’s stiffness, which tends to concentrate loads around the impact point and break things. If you are relaxed and “floppy” you can spread the impact load out more and potentially lessen the overall damage. If you’re drunk you’re more likely to pass out or be sufficiently unaware and be more relaxed.
BUT…there’s a tight window where that’s going to help you…fall from high enough, and you’ll die regardless. Hit in the wrong orientation and you’re going to die regardless. And the risk of falling in the first place goes *way* up if you’re drunk (poor judgement, poor balance, poor coordination) so you’re certainly not safer by being drunk.
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