What is in alcohol that makes people do crazy things?

Question

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Answer 1

alcohol  in it self  

Answer 2

What you are doing when you drink alcohol is basically poisoning yourself on a small scale. Your liver can only process a fixed amount of alcohol per hour, so if you drink more than that amount, the result is intoxication. This means that there is alcohol in the bloodstream (when there normally is not) which causes different systems in the body (such as the nervous system) to react in ways other than normal.  

Answer 3

Alcohol is a nervous system depressant that fogs your thoughts and can make you that that the irrational is rational.  It temporarily skews your judgment, interferes with balance, and alters your thought processes. It appears to short circuit your mind.

Answer 4

The chemical in alcohol that makes people drunk is ethanol.  

Answer 5

C2H5OH

Answer 6

Before an alcoholic beverage even reaches your stomach, the alcohol molecule itself enters your bloodstream as you can feel the very first signs of a warm mellowness. Alcohol is unusual in that it is absorbed right through the mucosae, the lining of your mouth, esophagus and stomach. It is such a small molecule that it doesn’t have to be broken down by any digestive enzymes and thus passes directly through the wall of any portion of the gut. This is in distinct contrast to most foods containing the three major energy sources: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Most of these are large complex molecules that must be broken down into smaller molecular fragments by stomach acid or by digestive enzymes in the mouth or small intestine to be absorbed. Absorption of alcohol begins immediately after that first swallow, and continues until the last two-carbon fragment is absorbed in the small intestine. Unlike many foods and most medications, alcohol is 100% absorbed into the blood stream, quickly and evenly distributed to all organs of the body, muscles, fat, and, of course, the brain.

Since alcohol is so simple chemically, the body assimilates it very quickly. Its small size and simple structure allows it to pass readily through the membrane of every cell in the body. Alcohol functions as a two-carbon sugar, so it is considered to be in the carbohydrate family. It is metabolized preferentially over glucose in the liver; converted to a chemical called acetaldehyde at a fixed rate of one ounce per hour. Acetaldehyde is a toxic, cancer-causing chemical, and it is the toxicity that is responsible for a large portion of the damage alcohol does to the body. The higher the blood alcohol, the higher the acetaldehyde concentration.

Alcohol is a cell poison. At high concentrations it interferes with normal cell metabolism and is toxic to many cells in the body, including the liver, heart, and nervous system.

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