MYTH: A cold shower or a cup of coffee will sober someone up.
FACT: Not on your life. Nothing sobers you up but time. You may be clean and awake, but you're still drunk.

MYTH: Fresh air will sober me up. I'll just roll down the window.
FACT: Wrong again! You will just be a wide awake, cold drunk.

MYTH: It's none of my business if a friend is drinking too much.
FACT: If you are a real friend, it is your business. You can't make someone change but you can be honest. Maybe they'll listen. You might even talk them into getting help.

MYTH: The worst thing that can happen is a raging hangover.
FACT: Sorry. If you drink enough alcohol, fast enough, you can get an amount in your body that can kill you in only a few hours.

MYTH: Everybody reacts the same to alcohol.
FACT: Not hardly. There are dozens of factors to that affect reactions to alcohol-body weight, time of day, how you feel mentally, body chemistry, your expectations, food quantity and type in stomach, metabolism, and the list goes on and on.

MYTH: Drugs are a bigger problem than alcohol.
FACT: Alcohol and tobacco kill more that 50 times the number of people killed by cocaine, heroin, and every other illegal drug combined. Ten Million Americans are addicted to alcohol. It is a drug!

MYTH: Alcohol gives you energy.
FACT: Nope. It's a depressant. It slows down your ability to think, speak more and all that other silly stuff you like to do.

MYTH: Alcohol makes you more sexy.
FACT: The more you drink, the less you think. Alcohol may loosen you up and make someone more interested in sex, nut it interferes with the body's ability to perform. And then there's pregnancy, AIDS, sexual assault, car crashes and worse, not to worry about. Not sexy at all.

MYTH: If I wear a seat belt, I might be trapped in a burning car.
FACT: Less than ½ of one percent of all injury-producing collisions involve fire or submersion. If fire or submersion does occur, wearing a seat belt can save your life; you will more likely be uninjured, alert, and capable of escaping quickly.

MYTH:I only need to wear a seat belt when I go on long trips or at high speeds.
FACT: 80% of deaths and serious injuries occur in cars traveling under 40 miles per hour, and 75% of deaths or injuries occur less than 25 miles from your home.