
Wine has a reputation for producing particularly nasty hangovers. Unlike being wine drunk, wine hangovers may actually be a thing. Where do these expectations come from? Advertising, peers, and previous experiences, to name a few. The gist being that if you expect wine (or any drink) to make you feel a certain way, it probably will because you‘re expecting it to. Some research suggests that setting matters, too - as in where you do your drinking and the context.įor instance, in one British study, participants in the youngest age group consistently reported that drinking any boozy bev in a social setting was likely to boost their energy levels and confidence and make them feel more attractive.Įxpectations are another possible factor according to study authors. Your sex assigned at birth, body size, and tolerance also play a role in how drunk you get and the symptoms of intoxication you feel. The less you drink, the less severe the intoxication. Again, wine is often sipped and consumed slower than other drinks, which leads to drinking less. People tend to sip wine, which may explain why being wine drunk is described as feeling more relaxed and chill than say, beer drunk, which often involves chugging, or tequila drunk, which involves the quick pounding back of potent shots. The faster alcohol gets into your bloodstream, the drunker you’ll feel. The higher the alcohol concentration, the more buzzed you’ll feel. Which symptoms of intoxication you feel and how intense they are come down to a bunch of factors, none of which are the type of alcohol. No matter what your alcoholic beverage of choice, the symptoms you feel when intoxicated are produced by the same ingredient, which is ethyl alcohol or ethanol. No, though research shows that people report ~feeling~ different emotional responses to different drinks. Is it really that different from being drunk off beer or liquor?
