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”.
In: Chemistry
Partly it’s cultural associations or assumptions that aren’t really related to the substance. So the “tequila makes you go crazy” thing is probably more related to the fact that tequila usually either comes in a fruity drink where you can’t taste it and so drink more, or because the only time you do tequila shots is when you want to get drunk and rowdy so it’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
Partly it’s the way you consume it. If you only drink a certain type of liquor as shots then it’ll have a different impact than it you get it as a single and slowly sip it. I know for me personally is sip red wine and drink it slowly, while white wine I tend to drink like it was water.
And partly it may actually be the substance itself. Alcohol is alcohol regardless, but anywhere from 50-95% of the beverage you’re drinking is NOT alcohol. I’m not aware of any data on the impact of the non-alcohol part of the drink (outside of like allergies) but I’m certainly open to the idea of that having an impact.
Latest Answers