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UCLA Brain Scientists Crack Mystery Of How Alcohol Causes Intoxication
Science Daily ^
| February 20, 2005
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Posted on 02/20/2005 4:13:54 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough
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To: LurkedLongEnough
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posted on
02/20/2005 4:53:58 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. -Johnny Carson)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
I have a friend who becomes a genius after a few bottles of Boone's Farm Strawberry wine.
I much prefer a Guinness or a fine, very aged scotch, meself!
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posted on
02/20/2005 4:55:54 PM PST
by
Thumper1960
("It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."-V.I.Lenin)
To: Arkinsaw
Yeah, I'm having trouble with that one too.
23
posted on
02/20/2005 4:55:59 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: LurkedLongEnough
"I just can't figure out how a topic like this could pre-occupy so many bright minds."
Perhaps you've answered your own question?
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posted on
02/20/2005 4:56:27 PM PST
by
Smartaleck
(Tom Delay TX: (Dems have no plan, no agenda, no solutions.))
To: LurkedLongEnough
This is great! Maybe now someone will devise a calorie-free means of achieving the same effects. 'Scuse me. Gotta go get another lite beer...
To: petro45acp
"Getting older, I find I enjoy the taste of fine spirits and good beer more but really dislike the mind numbing effect."
Excellent!!! Figure out how to make the former without the later and there's billions to be made.
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posted on
02/20/2005 4:59:09 PM PST
by
Smartaleck
(Tom Delay TX: (Dems have no plan, no agenda, no solutions.))
To: ScottFromSpokane
Guy wins the lottery. Tells the college he'll donate enough to build a dorm if they'll name it after him. They say, okay. Next fall, he's invited to the ribbon cutting ceremony for "Lucky B@stard Hall." (rimshot)
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posted on
02/20/2005 5:02:05 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
To: anniegetyourgun
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posted on
02/20/2005 5:03:42 PM PST
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
To: Smartaleck
Whew! Game, set and match...
30
posted on
02/20/2005 5:10:01 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
To: LurkedLongEnough
> It's never the drunk's fault, it's the way the alcohol affects the brain.
> I just can't figure out how a topic like this could pre-occupy so many bright minds.
As someone who has long struggled with a drinking problem, let me assure you that the fight can be difficult.
It's hard to explain. I can go months without drinking, and then something will happen which will set me off. It can be something tiny and seemingly inconsequential, like a light bulb burning out. It usually isn't the big things.
I know that seems crazy. That's because it IS crazy.
To: LurkedLongEnough
I just can't figure out how a topic like this could pre-occupy so many bright minds. too many experiments?
32
posted on
02/20/2005 5:13:21 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
(."...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)
To: LurkedLongEnough
no kidding.....I find the more I drink, the more I"m the most important, handsome, clever and funniest man in the room.......isn't that a good thing?????
To: Mercat
no, just givem all the free booze he can drink.
To: anniegetyourgun
woah!
that's serious. I know cause I been there. People hold that kind of stuff against you for a really long time.
To: LurkedLongEnough
Actually, a famous example of this was Ulysses S. Grant. He got the reputation of a frequent drunk while he was a general, on duty. Later on, the officers who were with him while drinking remembered that he only ever took one or two shots of whiskey. One sip and he would begin slurring his speech and loose his balance. He was definitely drunk, but it took almost no booze to get him plastered.
To: LurkedLongEnough
I smell a rat in this undoubtedly taxpayer funded study.
Alcohol anesthetizes the brain cells.It puts them to sleep.
Take two alcohol molecules, remove the H2O and your left with ether.
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posted on
02/20/2005 5:34:33 PM PST
by
philetus
(What goes around comes around)
To: LurkedLongEnough
This is very interesting stuff. The researchers aren't trying to make a social statement about alcohol consumption. They are trying to understand the fundamental chemistry in the brain that causes alcohol's effects. Based on this article, they have found a genetic effect on alcohol sensitivity. In other words, why different people can experience differing degrees of alcohol's effects. some people do get drunk much more easily than others, even after weight and sex are considered.
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posted on
02/20/2005 5:47:23 PM PST
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: Thumper1960
I have a friend who becomes a genius after a few bottles of Boone's Farm Strawberry wine. ... I much prefer a Guinness or a fine, very aged scotch, meself! It's just the same with me. In my younger days I downed many a bottle of Boone's Farm. You know, I don't see the Apple variety in the stores any longer. If I did, I'd probably get a bottle, just for old time's sake. But yes, now that I can afford some of the finer things, there's nothing quite like a good Scotch, or stout, or lager, or ale.
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posted on
02/20/2005 5:47:52 PM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: djf
I hate being abused by alcohol.
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posted on
02/20/2005 5:48:43 PM PST
by
livius
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