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My understanding was that increased alcohol intake raises hormone levels, especially cortisol, which raises blood pressure/breathing/etc and keeps you from dying. Also note the jitters experienced as the alcohol is metabolized and things swing out of balance in the opposite direction.

So it would just be a matter of training your adrenals to recognize and react quickly to the incoming booze, which for some people is almost like a violent allergic reaction to a bee sting, causing them to drink heavily in order to calm down. I don't really have any research to back this part up though.




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