Alcohol slows down your central nervous system. What the heck does that mean?

Question

Does it mean it makes you nervous, or more nervous. Or does that have nothing to do with it. What does it mean to slow down your central nervous system??

Answer 1

Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, that is, a drug that slows down the nervous system. As you drink, alcohol enters your bloodstream and affects your brain, where it alters your response time, your motor responses, reflexes, and balance, your muscle control, your judgment and ability to delay or inhibit your words and actions, and your emotions. Although alcohol use in moderation is considered socially acceptable in many parts of our culture today, excessive use and/or abuse of alcohol is associated with significant problems, for the individual and for society.

Here's another way of saying this in a simplified way:

Alcohol affects the nervous system. It slows down the transmission of messages leading to a variety of behavioral changes.
Alcohol slows down the time for the body to react. Thus, drivers who drink are more likely to cause accidents. Legally, there is zero tolerance for teenagers to have any blood alcohol level for driving.

Answer 2

The nervous system is part of your brain,it controlls your body.Alcohol destroys neurons and slows down your nervous system,so,untill those neurons figure out what the hell just killed them,you'll be left with no controll over your body.

Answer 3

It slows down all of your reactions. If your driving, and a car pulls out in front of you, it will take you longet to react than if you were sober. It has nothing to do with being nervous.

Answer 4

It is a depressant,slows every thing down.

Answer 5

sex , in girls also slows nervous system why name habit