Alcohol has effects you probably don't know.
For instance, every summer people die mixing lake fun and alcohol, and never does anyone mention hazards other than impairment.
One sip of beer deadens the nerves that trigger your gag reflex. One sip makes it much less uncomfortable to inhale water, and non-saline water in your lungs does massive cellular damage. You don't drown in that situation as much as you explode your lung cells.
A little bit of alcohol starts to limit your ability to hold your breath.
Alcohol also accelerates hypothermia, which still happens in relatively warm water (it just takes a lot longer).
Stupidity, in other words, probably doesn't always kill as quickly as the physiological effects of alcohol.
I have nothing against drinking and I reserve the right to drink myself under the table, it just happens I never do that. Not sure why, I just don't.
Makes it easy not to drink and carry.
