Alcohol Explained

by William Porter

Let’s assume the regular drinker has only a very few alcoholic drinks, but does so on successive days. Assuming the best case, in which they have no actual nausea and/or headaches, even the very small amount they are imbibing will cause them sleep disruption, which as mentioned previously is accumulative. So, to take a hypothetical situation, on day one they have one drink. The next day they suffer very little ill effect other than a slight increase in tiredness. This could be very small indeed and may not even be consciously noticeable if they are young and otherwise have been sleeping well. However, it is there for the duration of day two, and come the evening and the next very small amount of alcohol, this tiredness is relieved. That alcohol, however, causes the next night’s sleep to be disrupted, so for day three there is another slight increase in the feeling of tiredness. It is important to note that as this is an increase on day two, they have now had two nights’ poor sleep, not just one, and so are more tired on day three than day two. The alcohol on the evening of day three is even more important as the feeling of tiredness that is being relieved is even more pronounced. As you can see, as time wears on the requirement for alcohol increases as the tiredness increases. This in and of itself is bad enough, but other factors come into play. Firstly, as noted above, there is a feeling of tension and aggravation that is also caused by each drink, so that as time wear...

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