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What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health

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Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Tolerance

The negative effects of alcohol that happen after the initial feeling good extend longer and in fact get more robust. People are ingesting more and more alcohol as an attempt to get that feeling of well being back. But what they're really getting is an extended period of punishment, of pain and of malaise from the alcohol. If you abstain from drinking for some period of time, these systems reset.

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