Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol

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Understanding your drunken stupor, from the brain's perspective. Find out how alcohol molecules alter your brain, ultimately resulting in a night that you...hopefully remember.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

Music by Mitchell Moffit

Art by Gregory and Mitchell

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I've always wondered how ingesting one simple substance could make me take a dump in a cop car. Thank you.

BinkieMcFartnuggets

Alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I started drinking alcohol since my teenage, spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes and alcohol addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. This is something that really need to be use globally to help people with related health challenges.

Mcdogmom

The most drunk I’ve ever been was when I was 15. I stole a whole bottle of Rum from my parents liquor cabinet and started drinking one day when I was home alone. After about 5 shots I had to start drinking OJ with it because it tastes horrible. I took so many shots because I wanted to feel drunk, but it never occurred to me that it would take time for it to happen. So after about 10 shots or so I started to feel a little woozy and fuzzy so I stopped drinking, hid the bottle, and masked the smell of everything and got everything back to normal before I got too wild. About 15 minutes later I was hammered. Good thing I had started a voice recording on my phone before I went out of it so now I have a few hours of complete none sense on voice recording. The hard drunk ness lasted about 8 hours. I slept for about 3 of those hours. Then my parents came home and the whole family went out to eat. By then i wasn’t nearly as drunk, but I had bad hiccups and was still a little fuzzy in the head. So when we went out I was still saying a few weird things and laughing a little bit excessively. But I didn’t get caught, and the rest of that bottle of alcohol is still hidden in my room today, 6 years later

chickenofthecave

I'm 15 months free of alcohol. This video made so much sense. "Thinking clearly about nothing" was so on point. Thank you for making these videos!

michaelriegler

That explains why my dad is never coming back.

planeman

i am the only one? sometimes when i get drunk with my friends we start to discuss about science and universe and our meaning in life and politics....and when we are awake we just talk about girls/booty/etc...

DaxxieGfx

You didn't mention how alcohol helps you get over your girlfriend breaking up with you without saying a word to you afterwards.

borip

It also releases endorphins, which is incredibly important to mention. Which causes pain relief, as well as adding to the addictive qualities. It can also push other opioids out of the body, increasing the rate of opioid withdrawal.

kevingillis

Alcohol has the worst high / come down payoff ratio. Almost always not worth it. There as so many better highs (also far less physically toxic).

frtuzer

Alcohol and weed have opposite effects. I did them both simultaneously once and I swear there was a 5 minute lag between my actions and my perception of them. Sooo much fun 😂

TheBroddha

There's actually more to alcohol than just GABA. When levels are rising, alcohol triggers endorphin release which dulls pain and in turn causes dopamine release, resulting in excitation and reward seeking. In addition, it inhibits NDMA, which is primarily what makes you dizzy/eventually pass out.

TheCtenoMan

So it basically turns you into a politician? Thinking clearly about nothing....

HIDEUNTILGANK

During my normal life I'm a socially anxious and depressed person. When I'm under the influence of alcohol I feel much better. I get the feeling of "this is how life should be." I feel very little anxiety and don't feel depressed.

felixf

This is actually so interesting. I've long wondered how a simple drink and do so much to you. Really, being the right level of drunk is the BEST. It's not turning you into a different person, it's you being what you would be like without all those pesky social inhibitions, if just for a night. And most people are great to be around drunk :P

dunnowy