Do Different Types of Liquor/Alcohol Really Have Different Effects? If so, why? If not, why do people claim they do?

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I’ve seen people claim that getting drunk off of X causes them to party, while getting drunk off of Y causes them to sleep, and getting drunk off of Z causes them to be more depressed, but X causes them to be more happy, etc.

Is this actually true? If so,

– I presume it’s dependent on the person, so what physical or mental differences in a person make them more or less likely?

– What about the alcohols could affect this?

– How does what you mix it with take a role? (Like do Citrus mix-ins have a different effect than caffeine mix-ins, etc).

If it’s not true:

– Why do people claim that it’s true so fervently?

Edit: So the consensus seems to be “The difference comes from the atmosphere and emotions you have going in. The alcohol itself likely has little difference. However, some alcohol has more or less histamines, melatonin, or are often paired with things with more sugar or caffeine, or contain more or less fluids to hydrate, so these all may play roles”.

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No. Alcohol is alcohol.
It’s a mix of 1. People expecting it (tequila made me clothes fall off last time so that’ll happen everytime). And 2. Where your likely drinking it (tequila is more common on a night partying where wine or beer I’d usually a chill at home thing, it might be different per individual but this is the idea atleast).
3. Mixers and other ingredients do have an effect (like blaming vodka for giving you energy when you drink vodka redbulls).

People claim it cause it’s just not something people take the time to think about it

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