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-You get loads more drunk when
you drink through a straw.

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-False.

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There's no real evidence
to support this.

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Some people think if
you mix your drinks,

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and you drink vodka
and Coke, then

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the vodka's going to be at
the bottom of the glass,

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so you drink all
the alcohol quickly.

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But actually, all
the evidence suggests

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that it's not probably true.

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I just think that
if you're caught

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with a straw in your pint,
it's so embarrassing that you

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want to down it really quickly.

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-Is it true alcohol
can make you depressed?

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-This is true.

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The reason for that is
alcohol is a depressant drug.

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So it can change
your personality.

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It depends on individual
circumstances,

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how much it affects you.

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But it can definitely
lower your mood

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and make you feel really down.

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-Apparently, because
we're under 25,

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we haven't developed the
part of the brain that

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let's us assess risk, which
is why we keep binge drinking.

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-False.

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This is because binge
drinking is entirely related

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to behaviour, and what
you're used to doing,

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and what habits you've got into.

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By the time you're
about 18 to 21,

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your brain is fully developed.

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So you've got all the nerve
cells and neurons that you need

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to be able to make the decisions
about your drinking behaviour.

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-If you have a fry up, it
will sober you right up.

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-False.

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This is because
that type of meal

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has just too many salts in it.

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And it can make you
feel really dehydrated.

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It would be much better
to have some orange juice

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and some corn flakes to make
you feel a good bit better.

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-Drinking makes me aggressive.

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-True.

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This is because alcohol
changes your personality

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and affects the frontal
lobe of your brain,

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reducing your inhibitions.

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So if you're a naturally
a pent up person,

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it might make you
much more aggressive

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than you would normally be.

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-If you keep drinking, it
will straighten you right out.

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-False.

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This is because alcohol
builds up in the body,

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and continues to have
an effect on the brain.

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So eventually you become
more and more intoxicated,

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you can fall into a
coma, and even die.

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-I drank eight pints last night,
and I didn't even get drunk.

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I've built up a tolerance mate.

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-True.

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This is because
the more you drink

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the more and more tolerance you
build up, and the more alcohol

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you need to experience
the same effects.

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It can often be a sign
of alcohol dependence.

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-Have a cup of coffee.

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It will sober you up.

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-False.

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This is because,
although there's

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plenty of caffeine in
coffee, and it can give you

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a buzz when you've
got a hangover,

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it only lasts for
about 10 or 15 minutes.

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In actual fact, you need some
water and plenty of fluids

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to really rehydrate you
and make you feel better.

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-Alcohol makes you
way more confident.

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-True.

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This is because alcohol
reduces your inhibitions,

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and it makes you feel much more
outgoing, much more gregarious,

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and can make you
go up to that girl

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that you haven't spoken to
before, and ask her out.

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-I can drink all
men under the table.

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-False.

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This is because women have
a different distribution

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of fat in their body.

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So less alcohol
can actually make

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them feel just as drunk, or
even more drunk than men.

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-Oh, my god.

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I think I've killed about
a million brain cells

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this weekend.

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-True.

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This is because in
the long run, alcohol

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can cause memory
impairment, dementia,

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and it can affect the
entire neurological system.

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So if you're downing
too much booze,

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you could find that you can't
remember when you started.

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