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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We often have a preference and am inhibition both. Think of the preference at a 2 and inhibition at 8 normally. More yuck than want. If you take away all the yuck there is still want.

We also often have related preferences. Without inhibition I may want to break rules. It’s not an urge to smoke but an urge to break a rule and the not smoking rule is right there.

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