Sobering up techniques

 

Introduction

Sobering up technique part two Prompt is one of the funniest episodes of the MythBusters. It is full of different experiments and hypothesis testing examples that are done by Adam and Jaime. They come up with different techniques for sobering up and later make conclusions of whether the techniques are wrong or right. Below is a review of my stand point of all the conclusions they make, I agree with them on some techniques and disagree with them on some techniques.

I agree with them on that the technique of drinking black coffee cannot help someone sober up. Coffee is a stimulant and alcohol is a sedative. Coffee is a stimulant it starts stimulating the brain, one does not get sober from taking any kind of coffee (Taylor,2015). Caffeine actually tricks the brain to think it is more sober than the person is. Turning off the sedative effects of alcohol using coffee does nor result into any good outcomes.  The work of caffeine taken after one is drunk is to mask alcohol’s sedation not to reduce the amount of alcohol in one’s blood (Taylor, 2015). Whether it is pre coffee or post coffee, it does not work. Coffee will actually slow down the process of metabolizing alcohol because it is a stimulant.

            The other technique they had tried is vigorous exercise, pre exercise and post exercise I agree with them that vigorous exercise do not help anyone sober up. Whether one exercises before they get drunk or after they get drunk, physical exercise is not among the things that a drunk person would want to engage in. Dr. Jim Schaefer completely ascertains that raising metabolism by exercising has a minimal effect on the alcohol level in the body of the drunk. Running home from a bar is not any different to taking cab, alcohol hangover cannot also be exercised away (Beresini, 2012). No physical exercise can reduce the chemical soup in one’s gut brought about by alcohol.

Another technique they test is dunking their heads in cold water to see if it will help them sober up but it did not. I disagree with their conclusion that it did not work it should have worked in sobering them up a little since cold showers are known to jolt the body in a state of alertness although it wasn’t necessarily a shower. Deeping their head in ice frozen water should have jolted them to a state of awareness (Weber, n.d). The other technique of slapping one on the face concluded that it works and I highly disagree with them, since I believe that is a myth that is actualized in the movies but not in real-life. It does not help one sober up, although the adrenaline caused by the slap will make one alert temporarily. it might even make the alcohol to pop up in the mouth causing vomiting which again will not make one sober up (Bitel, n.d).

Conclusion

Adam and Jaime engage in in activities to see which activities will have sober them up fast after getting drunk, the first technique they test is drinking coffee and it failed to work, and I completely agree with them since coffee is a stimulant and alcohol is a sedative, therefore the coffee will cover the sedative effect and even tricking the brain to think that it is more sober than it actually is. Vigorous exercise does not help in sobering on either and I completely agree with them on that. I disagree with them on the fac that dunking one’s head in cold water does not help one sober up, it should since this activity is meant to bring someone into a certain state of alertness. Lastly, I agree with them does not help one sober up.

 

 

 

 

 

References

Beresini, E. (2012). Can I Swear Out Alcohol? Retrieved from;             https://www.outsideonline.com/1959661/can-i-sweat-out-alcohol

Bitel, M. N. (n.d). Can You Actually Sober Up? Retrieved from;     https://www.supercall.com/culture/how-to-sober-up-from-alcohol

MythBusters Sobering up techniques, part 2 480 x 640.mp4. retrieved from;             https://www.google.com/search?q=Mythbusters+Sobering+up+techniques%2C+part+2+               480+x+            640.mp4&oq=Mythbusters+Sobering+up+techniques%2C+part+2+480+x+640.mp4&aqs      =chrome..69i57.3456j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Taylor, M. (2015). Whey you shouldn’t drink coffee when you are drunk. Retrieved from;             https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19547938/does-coffee-sober-you-up/

Weber, L. (n.d). Ways to Sober Up. Retrieved from; https://www.livestrong.com/article/164588-  ways-to-sober-up/

 

 

 

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