Why Coffee Can’t Sober You Up After Drinking Alcohol
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Drinking black coffee after consuming alcohol is a common myth for sobering up, but it doesn’t actually reduce the effects of alcohol in your system. While caffeine can make you feel more alert, it does not speed up the body’s process of eliminating alcohol. The liver still metabolizes alcohol at its usual rate, regardless of caffeine intake.
This means that even if you feel less drowsy after a cup of coffee, your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) remains the same, and your judgment and reaction times are still impaired. Relying on coffee to become sober enough to drive is both unsafe and ineffective. The only effective way to sober up is to allow your body time to process the alcohol.
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