Eli5 If alcohol is a poison why does it make us feel good?
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It floods your brain with dopamine, the happiness chemical that our brains uses to tell us we’re doing a good job.
Alcohol hacks that system. It’s still your dopamine, you’re just using tomorrow’s supply for today. Which is fine if you’re only doing it a little bit, but leaves you short long-term.
It also does bad things to your liver, etc, but that’s where the poison part comes in.
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