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 does not change your preferences, it just makes you care less about consequences. You obviously see a lot of people use alcohol as an excuse for their bad decisions, but if alcohol genuinely made you do things you didn’t want to do it would be far too dangerous to be permitted. Think about it, everybody would be a potential mass-murderer after a few drinks, yet most people go about drinking without hurting anyone.

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