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When People Drink Themselves Silly, and Why

By BENEDICT CAREY [NY TIMES - web link]
Published: March 4, 2008
The urge to binge mindlessly, though it can strike at any time, seems to stir in the collective unconscious during the last weeks of winter. Maybe it’s the television images from places like Fort Lauderdale and Cabo San Lucas, of communications majors’ face planting [...]

The Immediate Effect of Alcohol

Alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream very quickly. The absorption rate depends on the amount and type of food in your stomach. For example, high carbohydrate and high fat foods lessen the absorption rates. A carbonated alcoholic drink, like champagne, will be absorbed faster.
The effects of alcohol may appear within 10 minutes and peak at [...]