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Alcohol enema

Okay kiddo, so you know that grown-ups sometimes drink a special drink called alcohol, right? Well, sometimes people want to get drunk faster, so they put the alcohol directly into their bottoms instead of drinking it through their mouth.

This is called an alcohol enema. It's like when you go to the doctor and they give you medicine using a special thing that goes into your bottom, called a suppository. But instead of medicine, people use alcohol.

Now, this is very dangerous and can make you very sick or even kill you. The reason is that the alcohol goes straight into your bloodstream and bypasses your liver, which is the part of your body that helps get rid of toxins in alcohol. This means that the alcohol can make you drunk very quickly, and you might not realize how much you've had.

Plus, putting something in your bottom that isn't meant to be there can be very harmful and can cause damage. So, it's important to remember that alcohol should always be consumed responsibly and safely, which means drinking it through your mouth, not putting it in your bottom.
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