Posted on 11/22/2017 9:37:09 AM PST by Red Badger
Spirits are associated with confidence and red wine is linked to relaxation – and researchers hope findings will help people consider alcohol’s emotional effects
While indulging in booze can inspire cheerful merrymaking in some, for others it can lead to a tearful journey to the bottom of the glass. Now researchers say the emotions people feel when drinking could be linked to their tipple of choice.
An international survey has revealed that spirits are often associated with feelings of energy, confidence and sexiness – but on the flip-side anger and tearfulness – while red wine is the drink most commonly linked to relaxation, but also tiredness.
While the researchers say the reasons for the links are likely to be complex, they hope the study will urge individuals to think carefully about the alcohol they consume.
“From a public health perspective a lot of the time we have focused on issues around cancer, heart disease and liver disease – but an important aspect is the balance of emotional outcomes that people are getting from alcohol,” said Mark Bellis, co-author of the research from Public Health Wales NHS Trust.
The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, is based on an anonymous online questionnaire that was completed by individuals aged between 18 and 34 who had drunk alcohol in the previous year. Part of an international survey on alcohol and drug use, the questions probed the type of alcohol drunk and associated emotions, and were asked in 11 different languages, with participants taking part from 21 countries around the world.
The results, based on answers from almost 30,000 participants who had reported consuming both red and white wine as well as beer and spirits in the past year, reveal that certain types of alcoholic drink appear to be linked to particular emotions.
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Red wine is the greatest invention ever by our creator
Beer especially IPA is a close second !
Cheers !
Taste and smell can inspire some powerful emotions, I'm sure.
Maybe it’s just me, but drinking beer makes me feel like I have to pee.
Tequila proved this to me long ago.
Type?
Well, I try to avoid wood alcohol.
That would make you........................dead.....................
Gin makes a man mean.
Tequila makes peoples clothes fall off....................
It’s the juniper berries................
Back at ya!
Buy that man a red wine!
Or would you prefer an IPA?
This was all scientifically proven by Tom T. Hall years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i5k4I1AOEI
Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer Lyrics
In some of my songs I have casually mentioned
The fact that I like to drink beer
This little song is more to the point
Roll out the barrel and lend me your ears
(Chorus)
I like beer. It makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer. It helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (Makes him feel mellow)
Whiskey’s too rough, champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gear
This little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer
(He likes beer)
My wife often frowns when we’re out on the town
And I’m wearing a suit and a tie
She’s sipping vermouth and she thinks I’m uncouth
When I yell as the waiter goes by
(Chorus)
Last night I dreamed that I passed from the scene
And I went to a place so sublime
Aw, the water was clear and tasted like beer
Then they turned it all into wine (awww)
I like beer. It makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer. It helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (Makes him feel mellow)
Whiskey’s too rough, champagne costs too much, and vodka puts my mouth in gear
Aw, this little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I love beer
(Yes, he likes beer)
Songwriters: TOM HALL
that the sense of smell is most effective in unlocking forgotten or suppressed memories.
I graduated from high school in 1972 (the year is relevant). About three years ago, my stepson handed me a Rainier beer. Now, Rainier was supposed to have gone out of business some time ago and I was never a fan, but I thought I’d give it a try.
I took a sip. Immediately I was transported back in time to the night of my graduation from high school, in the wet woods outside of Black Diamond, WA, running from the cops through the trees and ferns at around midnight.
The cops were busting our senior kegger and, yep, the beer was Rainier.
Taste and smell are very powerful memory triggers. :)
So they relied on answers from people who drank red and white wine along with beer and hard liquor?
“Describe how you felt after drinking all this liquor.”
“Sick. I mean really sick.”
That would make you........................dead.....................
You should never mix your liquors. It will give you a horrid headache and hangover.
What ever you start with that’s what you stay with...............
I’m skeptical of the basis of the study. Does drinking certain types of alcoholic beverages predispose one to certain types of behaviors, or is it the other way around?
I have a good friend who used to say that alcohol serves to reveal the inner person. An inherently happy person gets happier under the influence, while sad people get sadder, and mean people - even and especially those who keep it under wraps for the most part - get especially mean when drunk.
As Tom T Hall says, “whiskeys to ruff, champaign cost too much and vodka puts my mouth in gears, I like beer!
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