Alcohol Explained

by William Porter

As the body becomes more proficient at countering the alcohol, it will be capable of doing so more and more efficiently. The amount of stimulant the body is able to create and release will increase, and the speed at which it does so in reaction to alcohol entering the body will also increase. So as we become more and more used to alcohol we need more alcohol to feel normal, and the relaxing effect of a drink will wear off correspondingly quickly and will just as quickly be replaced with the feeling of worry and anxiety. Indeed, the process actually goes beyond this. Eventually the body becomes so proficient at countering the alcohol and so used to alcohol being imbibed at a certain level, that it not only reacts to alcohol that has entered our system, but it reacts in expectation of alcohol that has not yet even been imbibed. To explain this fully, by way of an example, if every time you drink you average, say, ten drinks, your body and brain will get used to this. Therefore, when you imbibe one drink your body will immediately expect the next nine, and will act in full expectation of all ten drinks rather than the one you have imbibed.