What helps a person sober up after consuming alcohol?
- Only time ✓
- A cold shower
- Eating food
- Drinking coffee
Answer: A. Only time
Only time helps a person sober up after drinking alcohol.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists common beliefs about sobering up and says they do not work: cold showers, black coffee, and exercise will not make a person sober. It states that only time, depending on body weight, how many drinks were consumed, and food intake, can reduce the effects of alcohol. It also notes the body clears roughly one drink per hour. Because food is listed only as something that affects how strongly alcohol hits, not as a way to speed up sobering, the correct choice is time alone.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. A cold shower — The handbook names cold showers as a myth and says they will not make a person sober.
- C. Eating food — Food intake is mentioned only as something that, along with body weight and number of drinks, affects how much the alcohol shows, not as a way to sober someone up.
- D. Drinking coffee — The handbook says drinking black coffee will not make a person sober, and elsewhere notes caffeine cannot make a drunk driver sober.
Remember it
If someone at your party starts listing home remedies, remember the handbook calls them myths. Sobering up takes clock time, about one hour per drink.