Why does alcohol make us drunk?
Basically because it is a drug which attacks the whole of the nervous system It commences by attacvking the area of the brain which causes inhibitions which explains why, although it is a depressant, it has the initial, though false, appearance of being a stimulant That also explains why, when strating with the intention of ‘just one or two’ control is lost…the higher centres having been ‘knocked out’ first. Alcohol gets at parts that other drugs cannot reach It then proceeds to attack the motor co-ordination which creates slurred speech, faulty handling, walking, etc. Taken to even further excess it affects lungs, and brain to the extent of shutting off breathing. Even a minimal amount of alcohol destroys brain cells which are irreplaceable. Shakespeare put it well when he said’ “Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brain” More lives have probably been destroyed by alcohol than all other drugs put together.
