How come alcohol dehydrates you even if you drink lots of water as well?

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I used to drink to the point of ending up detoxing in hospital (I’m 3 years sober now). I’d be downing vodka but at the same time I’d be downing water too, loads of it. But every time I’d end up in hospital they’d say I was chronically dehydrated. I’d have thick brown pee. I don’t understand it. Where was all the water actually going?!

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Alcohol suppresses your body’s production of a hormone that tells your kidneys to concentrate urine, and pull water back into the body. So, all that water you were chugging got pissed out in the next couple of hours.

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