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Why alcohol makes you repeat behaviors you regret

I get drunk and text my ex every few weeks and then spend days mortified about what I said but I keep doing it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Chemical disinhibition can override learning from experience, trapping us in cycles of regret.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Alcohol and the body?”

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