why is that drinking an alcoholic beverage has an almost immediate effect on the body?
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if u dont drink scocialy or causualy or often or are a younger person, 21 or so, you  could have a low tolerence level, the more you drink, in time of about a year, the more you will be aible to tolerate, please be responsable and dont drive drunk or be mean to people when u do, just have fun, mean no harm and keep it cool, too many people forget that too easy.
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Alchohol is not a natural item that should be in your system. It can be harmful to you in overconsumption. When you consume more than your body can absorb or can eliminate quickly your body rejects it in an attempt to prevent alchohol poisoning.\n\nYou can prevent this by drinking less. Try to consume less than one drink per hour (That is the rate at which alchohol is burned in your system.) Or eating before you drink. The food in your stomach absorbs the alchohol and allows it to pass through your system more efficiently.\n\nIn short...\nBody's self preservation + alchohol = ralph!
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Yep, too much alcohol consumption will pickle your liver, cause cirrhosis and in turn cause jaundice. You do have to be a very heavy drinker for a fairly long period of time for this to happen, unless your liver is already compromised and unhealthy.
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drunk, marajuana affects your lungs. Alcohol just gives you a hangover.
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Moderate alcohol use may worsen bipolar illness\n\nThe effect of alcohol consumption on bipolar disorder severity may not be confined to heavy drinkers, say researchers who found adverse effects even for those who drink alcohol at levels consistent with low-risk drinking guidelines.\n\nThe effects of alcohol are dependent on a variety of factors, including a person's size, weight, age, and sex, as well as the amount of food and alcohol consumed. \nAlcohol is a depressant, which slows down thinking and actions\nModerate amounts of alcohol raise levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or "good" cholesterol),(6) and higher HDL levels are associated with greater protection against heart disease. Moderate alcohol consumption has also been linked with beneficial changes in a variety of factors that influence blood clotting, such as tissue type plasminogen activator, fibrinogen, clotting factor VII, and Von Willebrand factor.(6) Such changes would tend to prevent the formation of small blood clots that can block arteries in the heart, neck, and brain, the ultimate cause of many heart attacks and the most common kind of stroke\n\nAlcohol can be good for you and bad for you:\nModerately taken, it has some health benefits, however it is when you drink too much that the benefits turn into bad things.
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your body is trying to compensate for the loss of nutrients caused by the alcohol
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You might be sensitive to some ingredient.\nI've seen people get hives, turn red and splotchy around the eyes, break into a sweat and get weak, etc after drinking even small amounts. These same people will have no adverse effects with a different drink on a different night.
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Bad idea to drink yet.  Alcohol tends to thin the blood and it could cause blood clots that have occured in the pockets where your teeth were to open up and you could start bleeding.
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i think you should worry about why your taking your pulse so often.  Alcohol often speeds up the heart rate so unless you are experiencing palpitations or pain you should just relax and enjoy your drink.
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Yep I get a massive migraine after drinking alcohol.  I think it shuts something in my system down.  It's just not good to everyone.
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Generally, if you're conscious you don't have alcohol poisoning. This is an excerpt from Wikipedia...\n\n After excessive drinking, unconsciousness can occur and extreme levels of consumption can lead to alcohol poisoning and death (a concentration in the blood stream of 0.55% will kill half of those affected).
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It is a depressant. It relaxes your judgement and ability to reason (hence the stupid decisions that can result from drinking). It also relaxes your inhibitions, the thing that tells you not to do or say something wrong.\n\nIt is a poison, and that is why your kidneys and liver filter it out of your body. If you drink faster than your organs can filter out the poison, you will automatically throw up to eject the excess poison.
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Because the alcohol leads the drug into your system faster than if it were in say a water base or oil base.
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The liver can metabolize only a certain amount of alcohol per hour, regardless of the amount that has been consumed. The rate of alcohol metabolism depends, in part, on the amount of metabolizing enzymes in the liver, which varies among individuals and appears to have genetic determinants (1,4). In general, after the consumption of one standard drink, the amount of alcohol in the drinker's blood (blood alcohol concentration, or BAC) peaks within 30 to 45 minutes. (A standard drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits, all of which contain the same amount of alcohol.) . Alcohol is metabolized more slowly than it is absorbed. Since the metabolism of alcohol is slow, consumption needs to be controlled to prevent accumulation in the body and intoxication.
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Alcohol takes a toll on your whole body, including your muscles.\nThe pain you feel, may be the strain on your muscles as you push yourself to go about your day as normal. Your muscles have been weakened and are in the recovery state.\n\nIt's common for people who jog to not have the strength in their legs to jog after drinking a small amount the previous night.\n\nIt can take up to 4 days for your body to completely recover from alcohol.\n\nThat being said, it may not be alcohol related, in which case, you should visit your doctor.\n\nYou could also try going at least a week without drinking to help you determine if the pain is alcohol related or not.
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Expansion! However, it doesn't happen to a can of beer because of the alcohol content and it acts much slower in a sugary product such as coke or pepsi.  Diet drinks on the hand.......boom!
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Everyone's talked about eating and that's all true - increased likelihood of throwing up, cramps, etc. But you asked about drinking beer as well.\n\nIt's not a good idea to drink alcohol before swimming (especially in rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.) because:\n\n- alcohol increases blood circulation to the skin and extremities. Result: you get colder quicker (and water takes away body heat 20x faster than air at the same temperature does)\n- being cold slows down your thinking. If you're also muzzed with alcohol, that makes it much easier to get into a dangerous situation ('cos you're less likely to see it coming)\n- alcohol slows down your thinking, so a bad situation is more likely to get worse than better\n- you're significantly more likely to drown, or get someone else into trouble when they try and rescue your sorry butt\n- a very high percentage of drowning deaths are the direct result of drinking before going swimming.\n\nSo, don't do it!