Holy smoke, I'm learning some frightening facts about alcohol in my Chemical Dependency class. Alcohol is a POISON!!! OK, probably everyone but me knew that. It is toxic--as in "intoxicated"--but our bodies can tolerate it in small doses. Ether, the substance that makes alcohol um, alcoholic, used to be used to knock people out for surgeries. That's why, if you drink too much, you'll go unconscious. Aaannnddd, if you drink waaayy too much, you can knock your brain unconscious, a condition commonly referred to as "death."
Really...scary... Suffice it to say that next time I hanker for a little nip o' the hair o' the dog I'm going to have second thoughts. Maybe 3rd & 4th thoughts, too.
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