# How does alcohol make you drunk?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Judy Grisel
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/judy_grisel_how_does_alcohol_make_you_drunk)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Ethanol: this molecule, made of little more than a few carbon atoms, is responsible for drunkenness. Often simply referred to as alcohol, ethanol is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages. So how exactly does it cause drunkenness, and why does it have dramatically different effects on different people? Judy Grisel explores alcohol's journey through the body. \[Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott\].

## Lectures

1. [How does alcohol make you drunk?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/judy_grisel_how_does_alcohol_make_you_drunk/b8c9b840a13f), 6 min (TED's player)