Table of contents:
- What is it like to drink alcohol?
- The stages of change in the body when drunk on alcohol
- 1. Relax
- 2. Euphoria
- 3. Heavy drunk
- 4. Loss of balance
- 5. Fainting
- 6. Comma
- 7. Death
Everyone probably knows that too much alcohol is bad for health. However, there are still many people who are willing to get drunk on alcohol just to get the sensation even if it's only for a moment. In fact, over time these bad habits can eat away at the body and trigger various diseases. Starting from hypertension, impaired liver function, brain damage, cancer, to death.
What is it like to drink alcohol?
The habit of drinking alcohol is one of the factors causing health problems. Based on data from RISKESDAS in 2007, as many as 5.5 percent of Indonesia's population aged 15-24 years are fond of drinking alcohol. This figure continues to increase to 6.7 percent of the population aged 25 to 34 years.
At first, people who start getting drunk on alcohol will experience the sensationtipsyor kliyengan head. I was so dizzy, you couldn't stand up and wanted to keep sitting to reduce the spinning sensation in your head.
The toxins in alcohol will continue to enter the blood vessels and poison the body. The initial signs of drunkenness usually appear after men consume 2 to 3 glasses of alcohol, while women will experience it after drinking 1 to 2 glasses of alcohol in an hour.
The stages of change in the body when drunk on alcohol
Sooner or later a person gets drunk on alcohol can vary. This depends on age, gender, posture, and alcohol tolerance.
Alcohol tolerance is the body's resistance to alcohol which increases over time. For people who are accustomed to drinking alcohol usually have a low alcohol tolerance so that he will drink more alcohol to achieve the targeted effects of intoxicating.
There are seven stages that will occur when you get drunk, including:
1. Relax
People who have just drank one glass of alcohol in an hour will usually feel a sensation of calm or relaxation. This is influenced by the level of blood alcohol (BAC) which is still small, which ranges from 0.01 to 0.05 percent.
At this stage, the alcohol drinkers still look normal and can do their usual activities. Often times it is this relaxed and light sensation that triggers us to drink even more alcohol. This of course aims to get a more intense sensation, as expected.
2. Euphoria
You will start to feel a sensation of euphoria,fly, or excess happiness after downing 2 to 3 glasses for men or 1 to 2 glasses for women in one hour. Usually, the BAC level starts to increase, which is around 0.03 to 0.12 percent.
People who experience light drinking tend to talk a lot and become more confident in front of large crowds. They even dare to take risks and are not shy when they act beyond their limits even in a conscious state.
3. Heavy drunk
A person can be said to be drunk after drinking 3 to 5 glasses of alcohol for men, and 2 to 4 glasses of alcohol for women in one hour. This occurs because the liver (liver) can no longer produce the alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme to convert alcohol into acetaldehyde.
If you drink a lot more alcohol than your liver can neutralize it, you will start to experience a hangover. This is usually marked by an unstable emotional change, whether it's getting excited or sad easily.
Gradually, you will also begin to lose concentration and find it difficult to remember all the things that happened before. The vision looks blurry, feels tired easily, until sleepy. This is influenced by the BAC level in the blood which reaches 0.09 to 0.25 percent.
4. Loss of balance
Over time, alcohol will enter the blood vessels and affect various body functions. When you drink more alcohol, which is 5 glasses of alcohol for men and 4 glasses of alcohol for women, your body and brain functions will slowly decline.
Often this makes it difficult for a person to stand and walk. Your vision will become increasingly blurry, black and unclear. This condition occurs as an effect of increasing BAC levels, namely 0.18 to 0.30 percent.
5. Fainting
The more alcohol you drink, the stronger the alcohol's effect on the body. Drinking alcohol causes the body to become dehydrated more quickly, vomiting, having seizures, and even fainting.
In this phase, you can no longer respond to everything that is happening around you. Your body will be difficult to move so you can't stand or walk, your face is pale, your skin turns blue until you have seizures.
Alcohol will suppress the vasopressin arginine hormone in the body, whose job is to maintain water levels in the body. Without this hormone, water in the body will quickly deplete and dehydrate all organs, including the brain. As a result, you will feel a great pain sensation in your head.
The fatal impact, you can not even breathe normally. This can be a sign of danger and needs to be treated by a doctor immediately to save your life.
6. Comma
Yes, getting drunk on alcohol can also put you in a coma. This condition can occur after you drink large amounts of alcohol until the BAC level in the blood reaches 0.35 to 0.45 percent.
7. Death
Your body is no longer able to tolerate the level of alcohol in the blood vessels. All organs of the body have been damaged due to alcohol poisoning, from the heart, pancreas, liver, to the intestines. If the BAC level reaches 0.45 percent or more, a person can experience death from alcohol poisoning.
