Just wondered about this after getting a bit drunk at the weekend!
2007-01-07 20:59:44 · 10 answers · asked by disco_stoo_1 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
I wonder if the alcohol relaxes the muscles associated with you being able to "hold it in" - making the desire to wee stronger
2007-01-07 21:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by big pup in a small bath 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alcohol is a diuretic which means it makes the body wee more!! Hence why you also become dehydrated when drinking alcohol.
2007-01-08 09:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by Tania P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all to do with the chemicals in your body. Your kidneys have ducts which open and close to let the water go into your body. When you drink alcohol a chemical is released which closes these ducts therefore making you dehydrated. The liquid you've consumed has to go somewhere though, so you go to the toilet more often.
2007-01-10 00:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by ktina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol is a poison, one that your body refuses and your liver cleanses. When you drink whiskey (which has high alcohol content) you are getting intoxicated. That relaxes you, and you gain less control over your bladder. That is one reason you have to urinate. Secondly, since the poison is in your system, your body goes to work on trying to remove it, once your liver cleanses the alcohol, you must remove it from your body, and your body wants that to happen fast. So, you get the urge to urinate.
In other words, 2 things: relaxation, and cleansing of the alcohol.
2007-01-08 05:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is a power full diuretic the same as any other alcoholic drink!
2007-01-08 07:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by azman5998 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to do with muscles relaxing - this only happens when you are so bladdered you wet yourself (I presume you weren't THAT drunk?!!).
Alcohol is a diuretic, that's the reason.
2007-01-08 06:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by derbyandrew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your information, the alcohol will dehydrate your body... That's why you were peeing so much
2007-01-08 05:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by BB2791 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its just makes slur a bit more lol.
2007-01-08 05:01:54 · answer #8 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny...doesn't seem to have that affect on me...Sorry I could not help...
2007-01-08 05:44:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because alcohol is a "Diuretic" (it makes you pee)
2007-01-08 06:05:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋