How does an intoxicated person’s mind suddenly become sober when something very serious happens?
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Well, being intoxicated is also partly psychological. I don’t remember the number (and the exact number is probably bullshit) but in college a course I took said a certain percentage of the effect of alcohol is not due to the substance itself but from the social situation you are drinking in and also your own expectations of alcohol. So when something very serious happens, these feelings go away.
And I think that’s obvious, we all know people who behave differently when drunk. A lot of what we perceive as intoxication is an interaction between the substance and our own mindset.
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