Im underage I don't plan on drinking alcohol while underage so mods dont take this down. I won't be discussing any illegal activity or plan on breaking the law im just curious. If you reading this under the age of drinking in your country don't drink while underage. In 5 months it'll be legal for me to drink. I'll be 21. That thought crossed my mind so then I started having questions. So here they are:
1. How alert are you typically if you just get buzzed not like extremely drunk drinking? I don't plan on drinking even once I am of age cuz i dont like the idea of dulling my mind.
How buzzed you become depends on your mindset going into drinking, how quickly you drink and the quantity of alcohol in each drink. It is something that requires some experience with drinking to find that sweet spot in my experience. It is always best to drink with friends and people you trust in case you miss the mark.
The result I use is a warm, fuzzy feeling that I get in my cheeks that tells me that I have reached a level of intoxication that I am looking for. That is the mark where I feel the pleasant effects without losing my ability to think straight. It also lets me slow or stop to recover from it in a reasonable time before doing anything that requires my wits. Or it was, I don't drink much anymore except with a meal. Definitely not to excess, since, as you I don't like the loss of control that can come from overshooting the mark.
2. It's a sedative. That means it slows down your brain right? I've had morphine when in the hospital. It slowed my brain down. But it slowed it down differently then when i was on prescribed pills for ADHD. Do different types of alcohol slow the brain down differently? Do different types make your brain feel differently then if you drank another type? Like if you drank wine does it differ from beer in terms of brain feeling? Are they similar in some ways?
Alcohol is alcohol and the form it comes in has nothing to do with it's physiological effect on the brain. The form--beer, wine, straight shots, mixed drinks--has more to do with how quickly it is absorbed into the body so that the effects take place. There are many old tales associated with the form, but how much and whether you have eaten prior, your body weight, your own personal physiology, what it is mixed with, your mood and expectations and how much you drink are what count. Ethanol is a toxin and like any toxin it has a dose response. This response varies with the individual as well.
3. What are the main types of alcohol and how are they different from one another? What they taste like?
I have mentioned the general types previously. They are beer, wine, spirits (distilled, high alcohol content) and mixed drinks. I find it difficult to describe taste, since there are so many variations within each category with their own unique flavor profiles and the subjectivity associated with describing the flavors. Alcohol straight tastes sort of sweet and sharp to me, but it is a solvent and can pick up flavor and color from what it is in contact with during the brewing, vinification and distilling process. You can find better help with flavor on the internet and with sampling for taste on your own when it is a legally available option.
4. Whats the best part of drinking? Worse?
The buzz when sharing time with friends. It does relieve tension or anxiety and there is an increased feeling of well-being. Some of available literature describes it as a euphoria at low doses.
Ethanol is a toxin and a drug and like all of those things has positive effects at the right dose and negative effects with the wrong dose. The effects most of us are interested in are the immediate, acute effects, but there are chronic effects from regular use as well. The immediate effects that I have found the worst are loss of memory, too much inhibition, poor decision making and hangover. Hangover is the symptoms your body experiences detoxifying the ethanol. While obviously, I have not experienced it directly or indirectly through friends, death can occur with too much, but it does avoid the hangover. And how I put that says something about my memory of hangovers too.
Then there are those that are sober that have the experience of dealing with those that are very drunk. Sometimes that can be no fun at all.
Drinking alcohol is a decision that a person has to make for themselves, but it can be done responsibly and with pleasant results. You show a lot of wisdom in learning more before making the decision. But emotion and peer pressure can have an impact on decisions too. Try to keep it your own and with the courage of your convictions. But having a beer or a glass of wine with friends over a meal isn't likely to do more than enhance the pleasure as long as one remains aware and doesn't get carried away.
