I have heard this from multiple people even when I worked at a liquor store. That when you are on an upper or something that gives you speed that you cannot get drunk. Is this true? And how?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

I have heard this from multiple people even when I worked at a liquor store. That when you are on an upper or something that gives you speed that you cannot get drunk. Is this true? And how?

tal@lemmy.today · 2 months ago

alcohol is also an upper

Uppers are stimulants. Alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

As a psychoactive depressant, it is the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages, and the second most consumed drug globally behind caffeine.[13]

Captain Poofter@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 months ago

you’re actually only partially correct. alcohol is a stimulant when your BAC is increasing (like it does when you’re actively drinking). it only becomes a depressant when your BAC is decreasing. pretty interesting and strange, and definitely something you don’t wanna mix with medical stimulants!