standingfirminChrist
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John N. Moore and Harold Slusher writing on the subject in their book, A Search for Order in Complexity, states:
Alcohol is seldom consumed for its food value, although when drunk regularly in small amounts it seems to build up fat. It may seem to be a stimulant, but actually it is a narcotic. All of its effects interfere with some bodily process. If it seems to make a person more active, it is because the normal controls are stopped.
After a drink a person may feel warm because the arteries leading to the skin dilate and let more blood through. But this process causes the body to cool off rapidly. The principal effect of drinking alcohol is on the nervous system, and the higher centers are affected first. For example, a person may not distinguish between what is funny and what is obscene. He may be friendly, but then suddenly change from affability to unprovoked rage. Thus he can become an unpredictable and dangerous person, even when he might not admit that he is drunk.
Alcohol is seldom consumed for its food value, although when drunk regularly in small amounts it seems to build up fat. It may seem to be a stimulant, but actually it is a narcotic. All of its effects interfere with some bodily process. If it seems to make a person more active, it is because the normal controls are stopped.
After a drink a person may feel warm because the arteries leading to the skin dilate and let more blood through. But this process causes the body to cool off rapidly. The principal effect of drinking alcohol is on the nervous system, and the higher centers are affected first. For example, a person may not distinguish between what is funny and what is obscene. He may be friendly, but then suddenly change from affability to unprovoked rage. Thus he can become an unpredictable and dangerous person, even when he might not admit that he is drunk.