On first sip, methanol gets you just as drunk as ethanol does. Both are, in medical parlance, depressants of the central nervous system. After consuming a lot of methanol, you might feel fine for a few hours, up to a full day. And then you get sick: vomiting, dizziness, and a variety of flu-like symptoms. That’s ADH making formaldehyde, which is bad, but doesn’t last long. The problem is, it turns into formic acid—ant venom.
