Drinking strong coffee will not help. The liver of a healthy 150- pound man takes about an hour to get rid of one drink. An alcoholic drink is any drink that contains half an ounce of alcohol. Beer and wine are as dangerous as hard liquor. There is no way to know what amount is safe because people respond differently to alcohol.
Alcohol causes different feelings in different people.
It can also cause different feelings in the same person at the same time. Young people are more affected by alcohol than older people. Using alcohol with another drug can increase the effects of both drugs. Many deaths have resulted from mixing alcohol with illegal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine or heroin. Using alcohol and legal drugs such as sleeping pills, tranquilizers, antidepressants, pain killers and cold and allergy medicines is also dangerous.