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How Alcoholism Works

Stuff You Should Know

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The Effects of Alcohol on the Brain

Alcohol alters the levels of your neurotransmitters. Those are what send those chemical messages all around and your body. Gabba release or gabba production is increased when alcohol is introduced to the body. Glutamate actually, which is an excitatory neurotransmitter, gets you up, up, up. But don't you wonder though? No. You can eat brains in like a can at the grocery store. And that was impotted meat? I'm sure there's some impotted meat, but I think potted meat makes like a brains brand.

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