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To: Eric Blair 2084
Coffee doesn't sober people up, it just helps keep them from passing out. Granted if you are driving drunk it's probably better to be semi-alert with impaired reflexes than completely asleep, but the only thing that sobers a person up is time.
88 posted on 09/07/2007 1:29:03 PM PDT by amchugh (large and largely disgruntled)
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To: amchugh
“Coffee doesn’t sober people up....the only thing that sobers a person up is time.”

If you sit there drinking nothing but coffee for a couple of hours you’ll burn off a couple of drinks worth of the alcohol you drank before and while your BAC will still be the same as if you had switched to plain water the caffeine will actually counteract some of the depressant effect of the alcohol and be slightly less impaired than if you had just switched to plain water. I bet this would bear out in a controlled experiment where we took two control groups, had them all drink the same amount of alcohol and then had one group switch to water and the other to coffee. Stimulants do help counteract some of the impairment caused by depressants.

89 posted on 09/07/2007 2:09:40 PM PDT by TKDietz
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To: amchugh

That is a statement of fact, no doubt about it. I don’t think anyone disagrees.

Reminds me of the old Steven Wright standup comedy line about how he took amphetimines and Quailudes(sp)at the same time just to let them battle it out and see who would win.


91 posted on 09/07/2007 9:36:13 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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