Alcoholics often suffer from low serotonin levels, which they try to combat by “self-medicating” with alcohol. Unfortunately, the increase in serotonin levels is only temporary, and overtime, the natural production of this neurotransmitter is depleted. This is why alcoholics who suddenly stop drinking, experience heightened irritability, not to mention uncontrollable shaking and seizing. Since their natural levels have been completely depleted, the only way to get back to a normal level or homeostasis is by taking another drink of alcohol. Of course, this only propagates the deficiency, which explains why alcohol is so harmful. You end up having to drink more and more just to feel “normal”, when, in reality, the alcohol is slowly deteriorating your brain and liver.
Alcoholics often suffer from low serotonin levels, which they try to combat by “self-medicating” with alcohol. Unfortunately, the increase in serotonin levels is only temporary, and overtime, the natural production of this neurotransmitter is depleted.
Alcoholics often suffer from low serotonin levels, which they try to combat by “self-medicating” with alcohol. Unfortunately, the increase in serotonin levels is only temporary, and overtime, the natural production of this neurotransmitter is depleted. This is why alcoholics who suddenly stop drinking, experience heightened irritability, not to mention uncontrollable shaking and seizing. Since their natural levels have been completely depleted, the only way to get back to a normal level or homeostasis is by taking another drink of alcohol. Of course, this only propagates the deficiency, which explains why alcohol is so harmful. You end up having to drink more and more just to feel “normal”, when, in reality, the alcohol is slowly deteriorating your brain and liver.
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