On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Phosphor wrote:

> do u piss out more than you have drunk? no. its another load of bull.

Alcohol causes dehydration and as a result you become thirsty. You become
dehydrated because alcohol acts as an ADH (anti-diuretic hormone)
inhibitor. When ADH is in the blood supply your kidneys reabsorb water.
The lack of ADH in the blood supply, because its release is being
inhibited by alcohol, essentially tells the kidneys not to reabsorb water.
When the kidneys are not absorbing water it is excreted from the body as
urine.

This abundant loss of water (as urine) leads to dehydration.

So, to answer your question, yes you piss out more than if you weren't
drinking alcohol.

Craig

PS: you've obviously never had a hangover :)