Alcohol is considered a depressant, which slows down vital functions. Moreover, it can result in slurred speech, unsteady movement as well as disturbed perceptions.
Is Alcohol a drug?
Alcohol is undoubtedly a drug as it affects your mental functions and reduces the person’s ability to think rationally. However, it is classified as a depressant, moreover, the amount of alcohol one consumes determines the effect that he/she gets.
Most people drink alcoholic drinks for its stimulant effects such as beer or wine. Therefore, they only think about alcohol as a drink to loosen up for a little bit. Although, they do not know the real effects of drinking too much.
On the other hand, if a person consumes more than his body can handle, it will undoubtedly backfire on him on a later stage. Moreover, they will experience the depressant effect out of drinking alcohol excessively. They might feel like they have gone stupid or even feel some similar feelings to stupidity for instance as their functions are slowed down.
What happens if someone overdosed?
Alcohol overdosing might cause some intense depressant effect such as being painless or toxicity. Moreover, a person might get poisoned from too much drinking and might get even worse as the person might lose consciousness or get in a coma. In addition, some people might even die out of drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
Moreover, there are different kinds of alcohol such as Ethyl alcohol that is used in beverages and is produced by the fermentation of grains and other fruits. Fermenting is a chemical process in which yeast acts upon certain ingredients in food, then creating alcohol.
There are some drinks that have some alcohol amount more than others and here we will tackle some of them and the amounts of alcohol they have.
Moreover, these drinks include:
a) Beer 2–6% alcohol
b) Cider 4–8% alcohol
c) Wine 8–20% alcohol
d) Tequila 40% alcohol
e) Whiskey 40–50% alcohol
f) Vodka 40–50% alcohol
g) Brandy 40% or more alcohol