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What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health

Andrew Huberman · 8.1M views · 2022-08-22 · 2:01:02

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Overview

A two-hour Huberman Lab podcast episode on the physiological effects of alcohol on the brain and body at different levels of consumption. It covers genetic predisposition to alcoholism, alcohol metabolism, and how it causes cellular stress and changes thinking and behavior.

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HN commenters say it convinced them to quit or cut down on drinking, and point to it as a more comprehensive treatment than most articles.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

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Neuroscience & the brainNutrition & diet scienceMental health & neurodiversity
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What people said

robrenaud · 2023-12 · Strong recommendation

It's Aug 2022 so a bit out of range for the OP, but his alcohol episode convinced me to really cut down on drinking, from about 2 beers (low variance/rarely drunk, just a homebrewer with a craft beer obsession) a day to a day to maximum 2 beers a week. I sleep better and lost 35 pounds in the last year. [VIDEO]

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pipes · 2023-10 · Strong recommendation

Listening to the huberman podcast about alcohol really hit home. I knew it was bad for me, just not as bad as he explains. It's a horrific drug that most people don't even see as a drug. I am a weekend drinker and I thought that was ok. It's not. I've decided to quit completely. Last drink was 12 days ago. Fuck alcohol. (I also used to take other drugs but that was many years ago). [VIDEO] Oh and I just finished the book: alcohol explained, utterly fantastic.

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cl42 · 2023-07 · Strong recommendation

Related: Andrew Huberman's 2-hour blog post on the negative effects of alcohol[1] convinced me to stop drinking. Once you stop drinking, it becomes so easy to see just how much alcohol pervades popular culture. People drink constantly on TV. People pressure you to drink in social situations, too. Unfortunately, it often feels like you need a 'good reason' to stop drinking or alternatively admit you were an alcoholic. It's really unfortunate and ... silly? Reddit's "stopdrinking" subreddit is also really good[2] if you are struggling with this. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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