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.
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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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