Eli5: Why do alcohol make us change preferences?

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I totally get beer goggles or being more extroverted when drunk, lower inhibitions, worse judgement and all that.

But how does it change why we want to do. If I’m sober i actively dislike the dancefloor, I don’t know what to do, and i don’t see the point? If I’m already drunk though, i absolutely love it?

Same thing with cigarettes, i have friends you couldn’t pay to smoke while sober. Or making plans you would never ever make while sober?

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Alcohol disinhibits your inhibitions by working on your front parts of your brain which are important for self control, logic and decision making. You may not dance when you’re sober because you’re afraid to look stupid or do it wrong, but with alcohol, those worries become less important .

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