Add this to yet another benefit of intoxication: it can save you from freezing to death!
A drunk man found lying on a frozen park bench in his underwear survived because of the amount of alcohol in his blood.
Aleksander Andrzej, 32, was spotted in the Warsaw park - where the temperature was -5C - and taken to hospital by police, reports Metro.
A breath test showed he had 1,024 micrograms per 100ml, nearly 30 times the legal limit for driving, which doctors say helped him live.
They believe alcohol in his blood acted like anti-freeze ...
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That's like 3x leathal dose...
Here's how it works: if you're cold, your body will pull blood from non-vital parts to keep the vital organs warm. Your extremities will have little blood circulation, which might lead to frost bite, but will give you better odds to survive the coldness altogether. Alcohol opens those blood vessels which your cold body wants to close. This will feel more comfortable (at first anyway) but you will cool off more rapidly.
They make even the Irish look like lightweights! [ducks] :P
I've always thought I started to freeze.