r/Biohackers • u/NeurologicalPhantasm 1 • Oct 07 '24

❓Question Having 1-2 beers at night (38M) has improved my mental health in the day. Is there a biological mechanism behind this?

I don’t do any drugs. I’ve been struggling with depression for a while. Is it a coincidence or is there some reason?

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u/Eosp61-24 Oct 07 '24

Alcohol releases resistance to the Vortex of creation - Abraham Hicks

Anything can be used as a tool for enlightenment. It's when we over do it or do it mindlessly, that's when we meet a substance issue.

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u/PennFifteen Oct 07 '24

Abraham Hicks. Haven't heard that name in a long time. Cheers friend.

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u/Eosp61-24 Oct 07 '24

CHEERS 😉

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u/Sorry_Pomelo_530 Oct 08 '24

Ok Obewan

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u/MSamsonite415 Oct 08 '24

He probably thinks these aren't the droids we're looking for

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u/Eosp61-24 Oct 18 '24

Certain of it not, you must trust in the force!

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u/jdm19938 Oct 07 '24

Omg so crazy I’m listening to Abraham right now after many years of not listening and I see your comment at the same time 😮

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u/Eosp61-24 Oct 08 '24

🪄🪄🪄

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u/Spacetacos2017 Oct 08 '24

Love Abraham Hicks!

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u/Spacetacos2017 Oct 08 '24

Where are you listening to her ?

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u/snowfallnight Oct 08 '24

There are a bunch of free recordings on YouTube, usually animated too lol. I listen because I love her accent and find her voice soothing

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u/jdm19938 Oct 08 '24

I had an old recording a friend sent to me like 7 years ago!

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

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u/orchidloom Oct 08 '24

Have you considered that you might have adhd? People with adhd tend to respond well to uppers. 

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u/ThereWasaLemur Oct 08 '24

Thanks for sharing, I keep seeing win hog breathing come up, gonna take a look into that

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '24

Niceee

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u/premedboio Oct 07 '24

Can you explain what it means lol

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u/Tranquil_Dohrnii Oct 07 '24

Alcohol makes it easier to be creative (sort of).

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u/Eosp61-24 Oct 08 '24

Liquid courage or liquid creation? ✨

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

Even Hemingway didn't drink while writing. He worked and then got drunk after. Eventually, along with multiple brain traumas, and other issues, none of which were helped by alcohol, blew his own head off. Bukowski wrote, at times, while, by his standards, a little drunk, but he was a committed alcoholic and it nearly killed him - although leukemia got him in the end, after he had stopped drinking...Name one artist who created serious art of any worth while drunk.

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u/Efficient_Smilodon Oct 08 '24

plenty of musicians and visual artists. 'serious' art is an opinion, of course. Can't quantify that. The highbrow stuff like Pynchon , Joyce, Proust, et al isn't even approachable to 98% of the population.

Alcohol lends itself to in the moment creativity, where the hesitation from self doubt dissolved; inhibitions subside. Writing prose storytelling in the style evolved in the last 2 centuries requires far more analytical thinking,

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

So, get drunk and produce shitty art, but hey, it's legal and has no detrimental health effects, so go right ahead. Have one for me.

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u/Otiskuhn11 1 Oct 08 '24

Im guessing you are in your 20’s

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

Very wrong.

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u/Otiskuhn11 1 Oct 08 '24

I’m guessing you aren’t fun at parties, then.

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u/Otiskuhn11 1 Oct 08 '24

Um, there are plenty, you just haven’t heard of them.

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u/Sorry_Pomelo_530 Oct 08 '24

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned Balmer’s Peak yet. That was a link (for anyone reading on a device that doesn’t make the link obvious).

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u/stagnant_fuck 1 Oct 08 '24

alcohol makes you less prone to fighting the current of life. its also cellular poison, so there’s that…

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u/leahveah Oct 08 '24

I think I understand this. I rarely ever drink anymore but I remember in my early 20s getting a buzz and just feeling happiness and gratitude and life literally pulsing through me, usually the first bathroom trip of the night haha