A few

yaboyabobo

As I start this thread,I've had a few.For those who dont know,it means I've had a few beers.My point is why does everything about us change when we've had a few?I mean,we say things we wouldn't say in a million years sober.We think stuff that would mortify Genghis Khan.So my question is "What is in alcohol to disrupt our thought process so much".Looking forward to all those "intelligent" answers.

easyeason3

I'd hazzard a guess & say that it's the amount of alcohol you drink that alters what you do.

It's only a guess now so don't quote me on it.

TheZohanS

800 years!


(you're excused Brummy Tom )

useful_contacts

Its tuesday night have you no control:D

yaboyabobo

Some people can drink Lough Erne dry and it doesn't seem to affect them yet the likes of me has 3 pints and the world caves in.

http://ephemerist.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/beer_goggles3.jpg

AnonoBoy

yaboyabobo wrote: »

"What is in alcohol to disrupt our thought process so much".

Ethanol.

javaboy

TheZohan wrote: »

800 years!

Oh no this thread's already been Cromwin'd.

My name is URL

Confucius Say...

When the spunk come out, it always the same

TheZohanS

yaboyabobo wrote: »

Some people can drink Lough Erne dry and it doesn't seem to affect them yet the likes of me has 3 pints and the world caves in.

It's just tolerance yaboyabobo.

Alcohol generally amplifies how we are feeling at the time, although it can make us say stupid things.

If you find yourself getting in a sh1tty mood when you drink you sould give it a miss for the night.

TheZohanS

javaboy wrote: »

Oh no this thread's already been Cromwin'd.

If in doubt...

yaboyabobo

But Zohan,it works both ways,sometime ****ty and sometimes clean.

Overheal

javaboy wrote: »

Oh no this thread's already been Cromwin'd.

You're on a very lonely pedestal with that one Javaboy.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Cromwin%27d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Congratulations, you just made a new word.

Shryke

Ok, I'm drinking whiskey for the last three hours and I don't feel any different except when I stood up there to go to the bathroom and I almost fell on top of the dog. And then I almost fell over an arm chair. I was waving about a fair bit ok. But I'm otherwise sober I think. But my whiskeys almost gone and the offies are closed.

brummytom

TheZohan wrote: »

800 years!

You get a bit rowdy at a tea-party in Boston hundreds of years ago and still hold it against me?

You can have coffee if you want...?

(you're excused Brummy Tom )

I was excused from PE today... guess why? Swine Flu! Told ya I'm milking it for all I can

yaboyabobo

Dont tell me u cant get a drop in Galway at a quarter to eleven.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Depends: how you getting home?

Yakult

I like the mix of sleeping tablets and vodka. Seem to cancel eachother out.

Prof.Badass

GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain.

Alcohol is a drug that binds to the GABA receptors thus making various neurons less likely to fire.

In effect it acts as a dimmer switch in your brain.

While under the influence of alcohol your cognitive processes are slowed and you're less able to regulate your own behaviour. This makes you live more for the present and less anxious in general, which helps when socialising/partying.

Also it makes things feel better/ more pleasurable than normal as your brain cannot regulate these feelings as well.

Other drugs that affect the GABA system include;

Valium, xanax, ghb and rohypnol.