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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I think most people don’t say the alcohol affects them differently in the moment, its the after effects.
“I drank wine last night, and now I have a hang over, should have sticked to beer.”
And hang overs are generally just dehydration to some degree, which is my theory. If you drink X amount of wine by alcohol, you are getting Y amount of water. If you drink X amount of beer, you are getting 3 * Y amount of water per X amount of beer by alcohol.
In effect, when you drink beer you are drinking more water with your beer, particularly if you are drinking lighter beers.
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