Spring Break
Uncover The Age Old Drinking Myth
Katie Uhlan
Issue date: 4/21/06 Section: Focus
"The only thing that is going to cure a hangover is not to drink so much," Szigethy said.
Answerbag.com says the phrase can be true.
"Yes and no. It all depends on the individual; their tolerance to alcohol and their level of intoxication ... a common mistake is that while teens or inexperienced people drink, they feel like the alcohol is not doing anything for them. Then, by doing shots or making stronger drinks, they try to catch up to their friends. As a result, they can go from a relative buzz to being belligerent because of the amount of time it takes for the alcohol to enter your bloodstream. By then, it is usually too late. The person may have the spins, vomit, black out, pass out or even suffer from further alcohol poisoning."
Dr. Janice Roberts Wilbur, the HEART program coordinator, said there are many reasons a person would get sick from drinking alcohol. If a person drinks too much too fast, if you don't usually drink, if you smoke weed and then drink, if you don't eat and then drink or if you spend time out in the sun and drink - all of these could make a person sick from drinking alcohol.
"If you are drinking a lot in a small amount of time it doesn't matter if you're drinking beer before wine," Wilbur said.
"The body can't take it [drinking a lot in a short period of time] so you get sick, it's not something you do," said L.J. Fiorenzano, an 8th-semester political science major and Heart Program Intern.
Wilbur and Fiorenzano agreed that vomiting is not a bad thing after drinking a lot.
"It's the body's way of keeping you alive," Fiorenzano said.
Whether this phrase is true or not is up to you, just make sure you have a safe and healthy Spring Weekend.
Answerbag.com says the phrase can be true.
"Yes and no. It all depends on the individual; their tolerance to alcohol and their level of intoxication ... a common mistake is that while teens or inexperienced people drink, they feel like the alcohol is not doing anything for them. Then, by doing shots or making stronger drinks, they try to catch up to their friends. As a result, they can go from a relative buzz to being belligerent because of the amount of time it takes for the alcohol to enter your bloodstream. By then, it is usually too late. The person may have the spins, vomit, black out, pass out or even suffer from further alcohol poisoning."
Dr. Janice Roberts Wilbur, the HEART program coordinator, said there are many reasons a person would get sick from drinking alcohol. If a person drinks too much too fast, if you don't usually drink, if you smoke weed and then drink, if you don't eat and then drink or if you spend time out in the sun and drink - all of these could make a person sick from drinking alcohol.
"If you are drinking a lot in a small amount of time it doesn't matter if you're drinking beer before wine," Wilbur said.
"The body can't take it [drinking a lot in a short period of time] so you get sick, it's not something you do," said L.J. Fiorenzano, an 8th-semester political science major and Heart Program Intern.
Wilbur and Fiorenzano agreed that vomiting is not a bad thing after drinking a lot.
"It's the body's way of keeping you alive," Fiorenzano said.
Whether this phrase is true or not is up to you, just make sure you have a safe and healthy Spring Weekend.
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