7 of the Biggest Drinking Myths Debunked

Numerous studies have shown the speed and amount of alcohol have a much greater influence on your mood than the kind of drink you’ve had.

At least not alone. Alcohol does not cause weight gain; calories do. If you’re putting on the pounds, your overall diet and activity is probably a big factor.

Neither will eating mints, chewing on gum or smoking cigarettes. These are all often cited as methods to fool a breathalyzer, but none of them have been proven.

It’ll just get you intoxicated again and lead to another hangover later. You’re prolonging it, not fixing it.

There is no hallucinogen in absinthe. The sensations you’re experiencing are just a result of the spirit’s high alcohol content.

You may think you’re able to remember instances from your blackout, but according to studies any recollections you have from then are actually false memories. So unless someone’s recorded you on a camera, you won’t know what happened.

Going once is not a set-up for multiple subsequent trips to the bathroom. Instead it’s the alcohol’s diuretic properties that encourage you to pee a lot.