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What is alcohol? The kind that is used in alcoholic drinks is ethyl alcohol. Sometimes it is called grain alcohol because so much of it is made from grain. Three common types of alcoholic beverages are beer, wine and "hard" liquors. The hard liquors include whiskey, rum, vodka and gin. Beer is about 3 to 6 percent alcohol. The alcoholic content in wines may vary from 12 to 14 percent. This may be raised to 18 to 20 percent if the wines are fortified by the addition of more alcohol. The alcoholic content of liquors ranges from 40 to 50 percent. Alcohol is a depressant. It is not primarily a stimulant as many people think it is. Alcohol slows down the activity of the brain. When a person swallows a drink containing alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed from the stomach and small intestine and into the bloodstream. The speed of the absorption varies. The speed depends upon such things as the presence of food in the stomach and the size of the drinker. But, unlike food, alcohol does not have to be digested before it is absorbed. All the alcohol taken into the body goes directly into the bloodstream. Soon it reaches the brain. Because alcohol is a depressant, the first effect of small quantities of alcohol that reach the brain is a mild, relaxing one. When alcohol is taken in larger quantities, the controls that govern a person's behavior are weakened. Drinkers may become loud or irritable or moody. Different people react differently to alcohol. And it may affect the same person in different ways at different times. This is true with all drugs. No one can be sure exactly what the effects will be. Taken in very large quantities, alcohol affects muscular coordination. Thus a person finds it difficult to speak clearly because he or she cannot control the tongue. A person finds it difficult to walk because he or she cannot control the muscles of the legs. Sight will be affected too. A person may have blurred or doubled vision. Because individuals differ in their responses to the same amount of alcohol, some persons experience these reactions sooner than others. Weight is a factor as well. All drug dosages are related to weight. People who are slight in build are more quickly affected by the same amount of alcohol than heavier people are. Too much alcohol taken at one time can be a poison. Young people should keep this in mind. Irsan's passion is to write on wide varieties of subjects. His latest writing is at http://www.valentineoneradardetector.org which contains reviews on valentine one radar detector and other information about radar detectors. ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
