Why is it, that when people are so drunk, they can hardly walk and have trouble talking...?

Question

..the only things they want to do are dance and sing!?

Answer 1

It slows their motor skills...as well as their cognitive reasoning!

Answer 2

Being drunk diminishes your inhibitions, although you can be happy, sad, mad, scared, and confused all at the same time. Alcohol makes your motor skills go dumb for the duration of the drunk, the funny thing about the dancing and singing is that they think they are really good at either one or both. Believe me I know I used to be a major drunk, I got messed up just about everyday straight for two years I was the epitomy of singing anyways I know I can't dance drunk or straight so I don't torture people with it. I also thought I could drive good, which is the just about the worst thing you can do while drunk. Every drunk person says they can drive, they are like " Ayyeee I auumm ooookaaayyy tooooo drove", I enjoy watching some people get drunk now that I don't do it anymore I get some great laughs from it and lets me know I made the right decision to quit.

Answer 3

Hello!

Well first of all, not everyone who is drunk wants to sing and dance. Many often become depressed and withdrawn, and some even angry and belligerent.

Ethyl alcohol, the thing in drinks that makes people drunk, is something that isn't natural to the body. It interferes with the body by depressing the central nervous system.

The most important part of the central nervous system is the brain. The brain helps us to think and speak clearly, to make good judgements, and to walk in a straight line.

When the brain's depressed, none of these functions work well.
So that's why you see people slurring their speech, doing things they usually wouldn't do, and zig zag when they walk, have hang-overs and can't remember what happened the night before.

Not everyone's body handles a drink in the same way. Some people can take one drink and feel nothing, another feels a little "tipsy", while others feel really dizzy. In any case, even if you feel nothing, your body is still depressed. And that's not a good time to drive!

I hope this helps!

Answer 4

As a recovering alcoholic and ex pro beer hider I think I can answer this one. once your drunk enough you loose all inhibitions and I do mean all. you become giddy to a fault and want everyone to feel the same. The best way to do that is to get them laughfing hence the song and dance rutine. I once while rather drunk drove a three year old pickup into a farm pond at about sixty mile an hrs. I was sure it would skip to the outher side...see what I mean?after I got out of the emergency room me and my drunken buddys pulled the truck out with a tractor I replaced the grill and radiator and that was that. Sober I would'nt even concider such a thing, you gotta go at least 90! :-)

Answer 5

The dancing and singing is the reason they call alcohol "spirits". Besides, it's part of mating dance. Talking rarely gets anyone into bed, dancing up a storm almost always works (yea right).

Answer 6

Alcohol thins the fluids in your body (blood and such), and this includes the fluids that are in the vestibular canals of the inner ear (which control balance and the perception of movement). When you move your head back and forth, for example, the fluids in your inner ear move and send a message to your brain the direction your head has moved.

Alcohol thins these fluids, so when they spin and slosh in the semicircular canals of your ear, they do not stop when they should, they just keep going, giving your brain, and hence, you, the impression that your whole body is still "going" when really it's just the fluids. This makes you dizzy, gives you the feeling of moving, and causes you to fall down and stagger. Without the perception of your direction of movement, you cannot properly navigate your body ;)

Answer 7

Alcohol affects the physical body of the individual - nerve centers, judgment, balance, inhibitions, etc... But, they are still able to think and reason (somewhat) and generally tend to do whatever they want at that specific time... Moreover, ask a lot of wives and their children at the shelters... Their husbands didn't want to dance or sing...

Answer 8

Because alchol interferes with the walking and talking centers of the brain, and stimulates the dancing and singing centers.

Answer 9

When I'm drunk, everyone else is walking funny and can hardly talk.

Actually, coordination is impaired and aphasia sets in, if you know what I mean.

Answer 10

Alcohol can't be digested, it gets absorbed into the blood stream and affects all of you motor and cogntive skills. Plus, it lowers their inhibitions, which is why they enjoy singing and dancing. :)

Answer 11

And they seem to follow the white line in the road home.No matter how drunk you are you seem to always get home lol