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Alcohol is absorbed directly into your blood. From your blood, the
uids in your body tissues absorb alcohol. Your brain is made up of
a lot of uid and will absorb a lot of the alcohol you drink. Your
liver eliminates the absorption of alcohol at its speed, and nothing
you eat or drink can accelerate this process. Your liver does this by
oxidizing alcohol (converting it into water and carbon dioxide).
1.1.3 The Way Alcohol Aects the Human Body
Alcohol is a depressant, which has a releasing eect on the
muscles in your body. Alcohol makes your eyes’ muscles relaxed
and hard to focus. Blurred eyesight, double vision even slower
brain activity will occur. In conclusion, alcohol has such a bad
inuence on your judgment, responsiveness, and coordination.
Divide the harm of alcohol into two categories below: Eyesight &
Mental.
1.1.4 The Way Alcohol Aects Driving
Eyesight and brain, as the most important factors in driving safely,
will be damaged by drinking.
Eyesight harm
-Narrow your eye horizon
-Damage your depth perception
-Decrease your night vision
-Increased your sensitivity to glare
Mental harm
-Become reckless and conceited
-Hard to keep balance or respond in time
-Diculty in making decisions or judgments