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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It’s likely there is many other variables effecting this and the person isn’t taking those into account.
Like, they drink only tequila at parties, where it’s already very energetic with music, so they think tequila gives them energy, or maybe they mix it with energy drinks.
Or they take vodka late at night alone, so they think it makes them sleepy, when it’s already past their usually sleep time.
Or maybe they are mixing it with medications they take which causes additional side effects.
There can be some amount of placebo/social effect, if the person states what each alcoholic drink “does” to them, they might be taking it as a social cue to act that way based on what drinks they are offered.
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