eli5 – Why does alcohol (broken down by the liver) make you need to pee (made by the kidneys)?

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eli5 – Why does alcohol (broken down by the liver) make you need to pee (made by the kidneys)?

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Your liver breaking down alcohol doesn’t make you pee. Alcohol inhibits the production of vasopressin, a hormone that tells your kidneys to reabsorb water. Without this hormone, your kidneys just passes the water into your bladder.

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