Journey to the Sunnyside 4 Hidden Costs of Drinking Beyond the Hangover
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Sep 22, 2025 Discover the unexpected costs of drinking that go beyond the typical hangover. Alcohol alters your mood and patience, affecting emotional stability for days. It can diminish creativity and decision-making, leading to a scarcity mindset. The discussion also highlights how drinking impacts connections with yourself and others. Tune in to explore these hidden effects and gain insight into the 'in-between' moments that reveal the true price of alcohol.
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Alcohol Lowers Your Emotional Baseline
- Alcohol shifts your emotional baseline and can make you shorter and less patient in the days after drinking.
- These mood changes can last days and often go unnoticed because we don't connect them to drinking.
Creativity And Problem Solving Get Blunted
- Alcohol reduces prefrontal cortex activity and undermines cognitive flexibility and creativity.
- Suppressed REM sleep means missed insights and breakthroughs that never surface.
Drinking Narrows Your Mindset
- Regular drinking narrows focus into scarcity thinking and consumes mental bandwidth.
- That cognitive load hides opportunities and makes you less likely to notice or pursue them.