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Jan 29, 2021 at 03:07 PM
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Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, which produces feelings of euphoria and relaxation by increasing and decreasing levels of neurotransmitters like GABA and glutamate. While alcohol increases GABA in the brain, it decreases glutamate - the neurotransmitter believed to be the most important for normal brain function.
"Think of GABA and glutamate like a see-saw; when one goes up, the other goes down," says Joseph DeSanto, MD, an addiction specialist for the BioCorRx Recovery Program. "If you're [drinking heavily] on a regular basis, your see-saw tends to go in one direction. If you stop drinking suddenly, the see-saw slams down."
When a person stops drinking, GABA receptors suddenly become empty and glutamate rushes in, causing distress and overstimulation in the body.
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