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EP 448: What I Wish I Knew Before My First Drink - The Thief of Joy

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Why Do Adults Drink Alcohol?

A little pure alcohol would kill you. Even water down alcohol kills more than twice as many people as drugs do every single year. Our taste buds can be fooled, but our body knows the truth. So as soon as alcohol enters the system, the body goes on red alert and tries to get rid of the poison. At this job, caking the alcohol out is so important that the body will actually stop doing other things like digesting food or maintaining your blood sugar levels - which is a guaranteed recipe to make you angry.

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