Imagine you are at a party. Maybe you are a teenager, maybe a mature adult. You see that someone has been imbibing a bit too much alcohol and gets sick. The person begins throwing up and passes out. How strong is the urge to just let the person sleep it off? How strong is the urge to seek medical attention?
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Have you ever heard the phrase “Don’t shoot the messenger?” The nervous system is just that, the messenger between a person’s body and their mind. When a person takes alcohol, it can wreak havoc with a person’s central nervous system. It can cause the nervous system to send mixed messages to the brain and vice versa. Because the central nervous system is responsible for primarily all body functions, it can be a nuisance and a problem to have it affected by alcohol, especially on an ongoing basis.
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