How to Know You've Had Too Much to Drink

The way you behave when you're drinking alcohol can indicate whether you're drinking too much. Light intoxication can improve your mood and be considered pleasant by many, but if you drink too much alcohol, your behavior can significantly change for the worse. Drinking too much alcohol is hazardous to your health and can ultimately be fatal. Your behavior, judgment, coordination and physical appearance can all indicate you've had too much to drink.

Instructions

• 1

  Observe your physical appearance. If your eyes are bloodshot, your eyelids are droopy, you're sweating and your face is flushed, you've probably drunk too much.

• 2

  Walk in a straight line. If you're unable to do so and lose your balance, bump into things, fall on the floor or pass out, you've had too much to drink. Alcohol impairs your coordination. Everyday things -- drinking from a glass and sitting on a chair, for example -- become challenging.

• 3

  Close your eyes and open them. Look around the room. If you're seeing double, it's an indication that you drank too much alcohol.

• 4

  Write your name on a piece of paper. If you're unable to control your penmanship, you're most likely intoxicated.

• 5

  Have a friend listen to your speech. If you talk loudly and are slurring your words, you've probably drunk too much. Having slower or faster speech than normal and using foul language are also signs of intoxication.

• 6

  Monitor how you feel the next day. If you had too much to drink the day before, you may have hangover symptoms, such as a headache, memory loss, fatigue, dehydration and nausea.