How Does Alcohol Get You Drunk?

Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions AUDIENCE SURVEY: http://bit.ly/ReactionsSurvey2016 It’s almost time to ring in 2017. And since most New Year’s celebrations include alcohol, Reactions’ latest episode explains the chemistry behind its effects – drunkenness, frequent bathroom breaks and occasionally poor decision-making. Find us on all these places: Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Tumblr! http://tumblr.com/ACSReactions LA Funk - Cragkeys Pure Natural - Touch Me Producer: Elaine Seward Writer: Tien Nguyen, Ph.D. Executive Producer: Adam Dylewski Scientific consultants: John Malin, Ph.D. Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D. Kyle Nackers Sources: http://baltimoreauthors.ubalt.edu/writers/fscottfitzgerald.htm http://hams.cc/metabolism/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423111505.htm http://visual.ly/how-alcohol-travels-through-body http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/01/31/170748045/why-mixing-alcohol-with-diet-soda-may-make-you-drunker http://www.umd.edu/ocrsm/files/Alcohol_&_GenderDifferences.pdf http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/drugs-alcohol/how-alcohol-makes-drunk.htm http://hams.cc/dopamine.pdf http://alcoholicsanonymous.com/how-alcohol-affects-the-brain/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/092549279090007S - effect of alcohol on cerebral cortex and cellebellum http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-1/53.pdf