1.   This is exactly what would be expected if alcohol acts as a spindle disrupting agent.

2.   Alcohol acts as a diuretic, making you even more dehydrated.

3.   A. The handyman was right, but the rubbing alcohol must have acted as a bleach, triggered by the rain.

4.   Alcohol also acts as a diuretic, which leads to dehydration.

5.   But too much alcohol acts as a depressant.

6.   Perhaps alcohol acts on the same receptor as nicotine, the acetylcholine receptor.