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Editor's note
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The weekend is coming up, and it’s more than likely that a lot of us will have a drink or two to celebrate. Some of us might even have a few more.
So what’s actually happening in our bodies when we drink? Why, when alcohol can make us feel incredibly sick (particularly the next day), do we often drink more than we intended?
We’ve put together a series of short and sharp animated videos to explain everything about what alcohol does in the human body – from fermentation, into your stomach and through to each stage of intoxication (up to, and including, death). Know what you’re getting into when you take that first sip!
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Wes Mountain
Deputy Multimedia Editor
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Top story
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There’s a reason we apologise to our livers after a big night, and it’s not pretty.
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Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation
What is it that makes us feel drunk when we drink? And why do we keep drinking if it can make us feel so terrible?
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Arts + Culture
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Anna Clark, University of Technology Sydney
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Patricia Pender, University of Newcastle
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Jacqui Somerville, Griffith University
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Politics + Society
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Samuel Berhanu Woldemariam, University of Newcastle; Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle; Jason von Meding, University of Newcastle
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Lisa Gowthorp
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David Rowe, Western Sydney University
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Science + Technology
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Robert Merkel, Monash University
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Luke Barnes, Western Sydney University
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
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David Peetz, Griffith University
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Education
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Megan Pedler, Southern Cross University
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Cities
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Environment + Energy
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Thomas Neitzert, Auckland University of Technology
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Britta Denise Hardesty, CSIRO; Qamar Schuyler, CSIRO
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Health + Medicine
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Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute
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