Whether dancing on tabletops or hopping
over fences when you’ve forgotten your
house keys, alcohol can make you do
things you wouldn’t dream of doing sober.
But the feeling you get when the amount
of alcohol in your blood increases can have
disastrous consequences. It can make you
overestimate your own abilities and
behave recklessly. That road doesn’t look
as busy, that gap isn’t so big and besides,
you are an expert long jumper...
As blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
rises, so does the risk of accidents. BAC, the
amount of alcohol in your breath or blood,
is measured in mg of alcohol per 100ml of
blood, or mg%. It’s affected by all sorts of
factors, including how much alcohol you
drink, how fast you drink it, your body size,
how much you’ve eaten, your gender and
even your emotional health.
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The more you drink, the more likely
you are to have an accident