Alcohol and your mood
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Although we don’t always think of it as such, alcohol is a psychoactive substance, meaning it can radically change the way we think and feel. Here, we look at some of the ways that alcohol can change our mood and our behaviour, and how it does that.
“Alcohol has been described as a ‘favourite coping mechanism’ in the UK.”
The feel-good factor
The human brain uses a number of chemicals – known as neurotransmitters – to carry messages. One of the most important of these is dopamine, which is ...
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