Just had an old fashioned equaling what I normally drink straight in whiskey over the same time period; why do I feel so much more drunk?
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It shouldn’t, biologically speaking there isn’t a reason why adding sugar should increase the alcohol content of a drink, I mean unless you try to fermentate your drink, the added sugar won’t do a thing.
So several hypothesis.
1 : It’s stronger alcohol than usual ?
2 : You drank it quicker than you thought. Sugar and alcohol are both rewarding to your brain, they trigger some similar brain regions involved in addictive behavior. Adding sugar to an alcoholic drink could enhance the appetitive aspect of alcohol and make you inconsciously drink it faster and drink it more.
3 : You just had a shitton of sugar in your drink, didn’t quite feel the alcohol because of the sugary taste and drank a lot more without realising it.
4 : A combination of all 3 above
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