Bacchus Posted:

I’ve heard that many times, but never seen it successful in action. Carbs make your bowels work and put you to sleep, so they’re great for letting you know when you’ve had too much because you’ll go right the **** to sleep… but they don’t change how drunk you are. Arguably they help the hangover.

well backus, if you soak the alcohol in a bolus of food, it prevents it from pbuming into the intestines, where absorption occurs. this is why drinking on an empty stomach gets you drunker, because the alcohol spends no time in your stomach being churned around, it simply pbumes thru to your intestines, where absorption occurs rapidly and the alcohol hits your bloodstream all at the same time.

perhaps you are correct that it won’t help in this matter if it’s been quite a while since your last drink, but the bread sponge trick will definitely help to sober you, if, for example, you’ve been drinking and suddenly need to leave a party. it will at least slow down the alcohol already in your stomach and prevent it from intoxicating you further.