What are the short-term effects of drinking?
Drinking alcohol can have these effects, varying with the amount the person drinks: • Slower reaction times and reflexes. • Heavy sweating. • Blurry or double vision. • Nausea and vomiting. • Lowered reasoning ability. • Lower inhibitions (doing or saying things you otherwise would not.) • Poor motor coordination. • Inability to drive a car. • Slowed heart rate. • Slowed breathing rate. • Reduced blood pressure. • Anxiety, restlessness. • Mental confusion. • Memory loss. • Coma • Death from respiratory arrest.
