Alcohol and balance? judgement?

Question

My main questions here are, how and why does alcohol effect your balance? and why and how does alcohol effect your judgement? Thanks.

Answer 1

The glycine receptor is an inhibitory receptor distributed largely in the spinal cord and brainstem. Ethanol potentiates this receptor at concentrations directly overlaying its recreational plasma concentrations. This could cause a variety of effects like inhibition of signaling from the brain to the body, and might also be responsible for respiratory depression at high doses, but is unlikely to mediate the classical cognitive of ethanol......go to erowid.com and click on alcohol then click on Chemistry & Pharmacology. you can read all about what it does to your brain which basically sums up why you cant balance and why your judgment is impaired.