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Alcohol poisoning is a serious - sometimes deadly - result of consuming dangerous amounts of alcohol. When your body absorbs too much alcohol, it can directly impact your central nervous system, slowing your breathing, heart rate and gag reflex. This can lead to choking, coma and even death. Even if someone survives an alcohol overdose, he or she can suffer irreversible brain damage.

Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning

Recognizing the signs of alcohol poisoning and knowing when to get help can save a life.

How do you Die from Alcohol Poisoning

Your body can eliminate the alcohol from a 12-ounce can of beer in about one hour (or 1¼ oz. of 80-proof liquor, or 4 oz. of table wine). If your body absorbs more alcohol than it can eliminate, your blood alcohol concentration goes up.

Alcohol Poisoning:

A drug overdose.
Alcohol poisoning occurs when the body absorbs too much alcohol causing the areas in the brain that control consciousness, respiration and heart rate to shut down, which may lead to a coma or ultimately death.