Positive Feedback Part 2

This is something mentioned by Mr Nicolantonio from Unimelb. Roughly..with a few things added in..

So basically you go to a bar during the weekend.

And you drink.

Not water la, ethanol!

So what does ethanol do to you? It acts as a central nervous depressant.

So what does this mean? Well..

You lose your inhibitions, including social norms and moral values. Or your drinking partner loses hers. Whatever. Not important. (What? Not everybody is a sex fiend..hehe..)

You secrete less of ADH, the hormone that allows you to regain some lost water from the kidneys.

This makes your bladder fill up fast.

Real fast.

So fast that you keep going to the loo/toilet/johns.

So much so that you become dehydrated from all that water loss.

So you think of getting something cool to drink.

Which is, in a bar, more chilled alcohol.

Which further adds to this vicious cycle.

End of story...or is it? Let's consider other things to add to the complexity of this since we are all bo liao inquisitive people. =p

While you're chugging away happily at your alcohol, you feel bored.

So what do you do?

Grab something to eat.

Something handy.

Something small.

Something in big amounts.

Like popcorn.

Or salted peanuts. (Yeah, no such thing as popcorn in bars I think. What? You think got free show? Even cinema free shows also need to buy your own popcorn leh)

Which contain lots of salt. (Duh)

Which makes you more thirsty.

Which makes you order more alcohol.

Which..well you know.

Additionally, notice how people who go to bars/discos/clubs/pubs tend to gyrate and dance? And gyrating people tend to produce more heat and the body counteracts this by...yes, you're right..sweating!

Which dehydrates you more.

And you know what.

In addition, think about the ambience. Nope, not the colors or deco. The ambient temperature. =p

It's never cold yeah? Until it's time to leave. Which means you get your metabolism rate and sweating up to a nice and fast rate.

Meaning more dehydration.

And..yada yada yada

So, in conclusion, it's a positive feedback loop. Yes, like what you learn in biology. Or medicine. Or physics electronics.

And the only thing to stop that is basically either:
a) They turn down the heat and cool you down.
b) You get so drunk that you get "escorted" out by the bouncers.
c) You get even more drunk than that and you faint.
d) You get so unimaginably drunk that you faint and need to get your stomach pumped to prevent further damage to your liver and all other cells within you.

All of which would most likely get you hungover.

That is, if you've not yet given up the ghost, so to speak.

And if you have not, there's always another weekend all over again.