What is it in the alcohol that can make us do something really silly but then not remember a thing.. ?? Not happened to me for a while (I think) but the times that it has happened sounded like it should have been embarrasingly memorable..
2006-12-07 09:18:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
But what does it actually do to the brain functions.. I really wsh I could remember some of the things I've been told!!
2006-12-07 09:23:55 · update #1
This is what you are looking for mate,
Ethanol is a 2-carbon alcohol, responsible for the behavior-altering effects of Alcoholic Beverages, and for the devastation of the social and physical well being of alcoholics and their communities. This alcohol is a simple molecule, a carbohydrate, which is "burned" as a fuel supplying energy to cells. Ethanol in its disguise as a fuel can be considered a non-essential nutrient. But before it is metabolized as a fuel, it is an active brain-drug and an all-purpose cellular toxin.
As a brain drug, ethanol acts to depress brain function from the top down, very much in the style of an anesthetic. With low blood concentration, the cortical depression of ethanol seems to release behaviors that are otherwise inhibited. At this low level of mind intoxication, ethanol is useful and possibly pleasant. The relaxation of inhibitions releases playful behavior and laughter, promotes chatty talk, and facilitates socialization. If the use of AB's were constrained to occasional, low-dose cortical inhibition, we would likely praise AB's as socially useful drugs.
2006-12-07 09:40:05 · answer #1 · answered by Player 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but its a weird experience when you think about it. If something other than alcohol caused the same memory loss we would be quite worried but as its alcohol its just accepted. Its fun though when half way through the day after you've been out you begin to remember snippets from the night before - always amusing
2006-12-08 10:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by loknights 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol does things to the brain.
It makes the brain function in different ways.
Makes you forget.
makes you angry
Makes you sad/ The more alcohol that is consumed
through the years, damages brain cells
Some People get violent when drinking or being drunk to where they are normally not violent when sober.
http://www.alcoholeffects/brain.com
2006-12-07 17:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you know i can drink Bacardi (rum) till the cows come home and wake up with no hang over but give me a vodka
a) I'm anybodies
b) i get emotional
c) i get sick
and worst of all
d) i cant remember a bloody thing in the morning
i wake up to my hubby saying "i heard you throwing up last night" (was i??) and my sis ringing me saying "you upset me last night by telling me what song you want at your funeral" (i did!!!)
2006-12-07 17:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by angel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it impairs your judgement and slows you down mentally, the worst affects on your brain function are from long term drinking which can effect your reactions and speech by slowing them down
2006-12-07 17:29:44 · answer #5 · answered by kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hte alcohol itself. interferes with brain functions.
2006-12-07 17:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by blah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it effects your brain ,i have been told things later
2006-12-08 00:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by meg_509 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smirnoff or vodika
2006-12-07 17:53:26 · answer #8 · answered by sharmayne j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will kill brain cells
2006-12-07 18:30:34 · answer #9 · answered by Larry m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno but have done many a thing on a night out
2006-12-07 17:21:43 · answer #10 · answered by snow_patrol_lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋