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Myth Alcohol isn't harmful to my body.
Fact Large amounts of alcohol can take its toll on your body, causing disturbed sleep, nausea, and vomiting as well as a dreaded hangover. Heavy drinking can inhibit the firing of nerve cells that control breathing, a condition known as respiratory depression — a condition that can be fatal.

Myth White wine is a good choice for a person who wants a light drink with less alcohol.
Fact A glass of white or red wine, a bottle of beer and a shot of whiskey or other distilled spirits all contain equivalent amounts of alcohol and are the same to a Breathalyzer.

Myth Switching between beer,wine and spirits will make you more drunk
Fact Mixing types of drinks may make you sicker by upsetting your stomach, but not more
intoxicated.

Myth Men and women of the same height and weight can drink the same.
Fact Women are affected more rapidly because they tend to have a slightly higher proportion of fat to lean muscle tissue, thus concentrating alcohol a little more easily in their lower percentage of body water. They also have less of an enzyme (dehydrogenase) that metabolizes or breaks down alcohol, and hormonal changes during their menstrual cycle might also affect alcohol absorption to some degree.

Myth Drinking coffee will help a drunk person to sober up.
Fact Only time can sober up a person…..not black coffee, cold showers, exercise or any other common ‘cures’. Alcohol leaves the body of virtually everyone at a constant rate of about .015 percent of blood alcohol content (BAC) per hour. Thus, a person with a BAC of .015 would be completely sober in an hour while a person with a BAC ten times that (.15) would require ten hours to become completely sober. This is true regardless of sex, age, weight and similar factors.





We hear and read many items about alcohol, its effects and what it is doing to ourselves. But what really is fact and myth? Read on to find out the real facts about alcohol.