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Opinion Si ng irï the alcohol blues To be responsible, we need to every thirty-five minutes. Better know facts, • not myths about to walk an extra mile or spend the alcohol. night at a friend’s than risk tak All those prep courses won’t ing lives on the road. help the student who gets behind 2. Eat something. Never drink the wheel thinking he’s had “just on an empty stomach. Eat be a few beers.” Far too many ac fore you go to a party, eat while cidents are caused by such you’re there. Solid food like misinformation. Maybe that’s cheese can slow down the alcohol why 50% of all driving fatalaties absorption rate. If you’re throw are caused by drunk drivers. And ing a party, serve lots of mun why two-thirds of all those ar chies and plenty of mixers. rested for DWI “just had beer.” 3. Don’t be pushed into drink Knowing some other common ing more than you can handle sense college survival tips may and don’t pressure your friends also save lives during the school to keep up with you. Everyone has an individual tolerance. Let year: your friends pace themselves. 1. Don’t drive after your next 4. Keep a watchful eye. tailgate party or happy hour - Cocktails should contain no more- oz. of spirits, wine is whether you’ve had beer, wine or than 1 spirits. One American dies in an commonly no more than a 5 oz. alcohol-related traffic accident serving and a typical serving of The party begins. 2 drinks later. After 4 drinks. c^~ After 5 drinks. 7 drinks in all. That's a fact, plain and simple. It's also a fact that 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1*A ounces of spirits all have the same alcohol content. And consumed in excess, all can affect you. Still, people drink too much and then go out and expect to handle a car. When you drink too much, you can't handle a car. You can't even handle a pen. A public service message from Will^o^efs Institute beer is 12oz. If you’re mixing again. Coffee may wake you up, your own drink, use a shot glass but it won’t sober you up. If you to measure your liquor. drink one too many and then 5. Know yourself and your have a cup of coffee and drive, mood. If you rarely drink, chug you are just a wide-awake drunk ging a few beers will affect you behind the wheel. Also, taking a faster than it would affect some cold shower won’t do the trick one who is accustomed to drink either. That’s only going to make ing. Your mood can also in you a wet drunk. fluence the way you react to a drink. If you’re depressed over a test, drinking will depress you further. Just as there are helpful tips to remember, there are also some common and dangerous myths about alcohol that should be dispelled: 1. Myth -1: You can pace yourself by switching from liquor to beer or wine. Wrong. You consume the same amount of alcohol - and can get just as drunk - from the most common servings of beer, wine and liquor. 2. Myth -2: Coffee can sober you up if you’re drunk. Wrong 1. False. When drinks are con- I sumed at the same pace, and I assuming typical servings, swit- I ching has no more effect than not | switching; your alcohol intake re- | mains the same. As for feeling | terrible, it may happen, not I necessarily because of the I alcohol, but because of the mix I of non-alcoholic ingredients. 2. True. Drinking “lightly” 1 means moderating the amount! you drink, not what you drink. I Beer, wine and liquor are all! beverage alcohol. The typical! servings of each can have the! same effect on you. Don’t think of wine or beer as substitutes fori alcoholic drinks. They are I alcoholic drinks. And they’re no “lighter” than a cocktail. 1. True or false. Switching Remember, a drink, is a drink, is] drinks during the evening will get a drink. you more drunk than staying with one type of drink. 2. True or false. When you want to drink “lightly,” it doesn’t matter if you have beer, wine or a mixed drink. 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