Neurologically, what actually happens when you are drunk?

Whether you're getting drunk, smashed, plastered or wasted, you're going to exhibit the number of visible and rather embarrassing effects of getting inebriated. This can range from belting your favorite song to vomiting on your flatmate's shoes. But what exactly is happening to your body when you're getting drunk? read more

In extreme cases, you could experience a blackout. I would imagine the difference between being tipsy and drunk has to do with the severity of how your nervous system is reacting to the attack your body believes it is under. read more

How quickly you get drunk is dependent on a number of factors, such as how much you’ve eaten beforehand. While alcohol is known to be a depressant, it actually has two different "phases." “In the first half an hour or so of drinking, you’re going to experience stimulating effects and euphoria. read more

If you drink at a rate faster than a unit an hour you will get drunk more quickly. Step 3. It is when the alcohol reaches the brain that we start to feel drunk and it inhibits areas of the brain in a specific order. Each brain area is responsible for different things and as each one is affected it alters your behaviour in different ways. read more