Why does alcohol stop tasting like alcohol when you’re drunk?
In: Biology
When you’re drunk, even your breath tastes strongly of alcohol (it comes out of your blood when you breathe). When humans feel a constant sensory input, our brains eventually start blocking it out ([Neural adaptation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_adaptation)).
So because our mouths constantly taste of alcohol, we can’t taste alcohol as well. It’s the same reason smelly people can’t smell their own BO.
Latest Answers