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Alcohol & Stress

Stressed-out rats consume more alcohol, revealing related brain chemistry

Rodents that had been exposed to stress had a weakened alcohol-induced dopamine response and voluntarily drank more alcohol compared to controls, a new study has found. The blunted dopamine signaling to ethanol arose due to changes in the circuitry in the ventral tegmental area, the heart of the brain's reward system. Ref. Source 8h.

Stress and Alcohol

This makes plenty of sense honestly. Most people that I know that drink is usually stress induced, myself included.

Alcohol & Stress Health & Special Psychology

I haven't seen this so much myself, since I'm more of a social drinker who doesn't often drink otherwise, but I can see why stress could lead to a person drinking more. Where it does seem to make a lot of sense.

Stress and Alcohol

Sometimes when I drink alcohol, the next day, I don't feel like doing anything, maybe that affects your mood.