what happens if you drink under the legal drinking age?

Question

not legally i mean to your body will it mess up your brain or something? What will happen? can someone please tell me? thanks.

Answer 1

Liver damage is a big problem. It can increase your risk of getting liver damage.Alcoholics have trouble recognizing and avoiding dangerous situations because the area of their brain that is used to appreciate those kinds of concerns is functioning at a reduce level, stunting their ability to perceive danger.Alcohol consumption can induce sleep disorders by disrupting the sequence and duration of sleep states and by altering total sleep time.Prolonged, heavy use of alcohol can lead to addiction (alcoholism). Sudden cessation of long term, extensive alcohol intake is likely to produce withdrawal symptoms, including severe anxiety, tremors, hallucinations and convulsions. Long-term effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol, especially when combined with poor nutrition, can lead to permanent damage to vital organs such as the brain and liver. And dont forget the next day hangover which consists of headache, nausea, thirst, dizziness, and fatigue. And alcohol is a depressant. So yea, good luck!

Answer 2

Most of the people who answered are just trying to scare you. Anyhow, the legal drinking age is just a social and legal construct. Physiologically, drinking under 21 is no worse than drinking over the age 21. Your body is affected the same way. Alcohol is a depressant and it impaired your thinking. It also has an affect on your liver if your drinking becomes more of habit than a social activity.

Answer 3

rosie45 lied its marijuana that kills brain cells!!! the legal drinking age is 21, why? because when you under the age of 21, your body is still developing. even when you turn 18 your legally an adult, your body is still developing. After the age 21 a beer or drink every day or two is acually good for you, how? after you turn about 21 maybe later, you develop plaque around your heart and alcohol cleans it off!

Answer 4

The Legal Drinking Age doesn't mean you're immune to the long-term or short-term effects of alcohol

Long-term effects can be something as serious as liver cancer.

Short-term effects can be impaired judgment (I slept with WHO last night?)


Drinking is very much a social thing, and sometimes a 'comfort' thing. Younger girls tend to drink because it makes them feel older and more liberated.

Answer 5

First of all, you don't go to jail (which, wasn't what you were asking, but I thought I'd correct one of the other responses). BUT JUST DON'T DRIVE AND DRINK!!! It's the number-one cause of death for youth, by far.

Drinking one glass of wine a day is actually good for you when you are older. It won't really have much affect on the average teen long-term. Short term, drinking just impairs (sp?) judgment.

And that just means that you might not say "No" to something you otherwise wouldn't want. And, that can lead to all kinds of life-changing situations (e.g. pregnancy, social disease, worse disease, severe embarrassment, and, as stated above, death).

Answer 6

yeah, if you drink under the legal age limit, your head pops off. No, man, nothing happens out of the ordinary, especially if you just drink a small amount. No one should overindulge, no matter how old you are. Don't worry about any physical damage until you drink so much you become dehydrated or too disorientated that you could be taken advantage of or fall and hurt yourself. have fun, you rebel.

Answer 7

Uh, if a child drinks there may be some lasting effects. If a pregnant woman drinks, she may cause FAS in her child. If you are driving under the influence under age, it can cause major problems. If you are irresponsible, you can wind up with alcohol poisoning, blacking out or doing something with lasting consequences due to poor judgment.

Answer 8

It all depends. It depends on how your body reacts to it. Thats why they have a drinking age in the first place. If you are going to drink illegally anyways, drink a small amount till youk now how much your body can handle. But drinking causes liver cancer for anyone. Doesn't matter how old you are. It also becomes addictive and causes mental problems.

Answer 9

It doesn't really have that much more of an effect on you, healthwise, than drinking once you're legal. Of course, a 10-year-old will probably have a few more problems than a 30-year-old would. But there's not some magical threshold that you pass through at 21.

Answer 10

drinking is bad for your body under the legal drinking age and above drinking age. you should just stay away from it