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Originally Posted by Arclight
The anger and violence caused by alcohol are basically a hoax; people fooling themselfs. I think they call it "alcohol expectations"; if someone believes alcohol makes you more violent they will become more violent if they believe they drank alcohol, even if all they really drank is water.
However, alcohol can lower bloodsugar. IIRC insulin production is cranked up under infuence, lowering the bloodsugar and making people cranky, but that doesn't account for the violence.
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Alcohol significantly lowers social inhibitions, this is why people are far more likely to have sex with a stranger when drunk, and also far more likely to get into a fight as lacking inhibitions the slightest little thing can get blown way out of proportion (same goes for love and sexual desire and other strong emotions). So no its not a hoax, though your other comment about expectations is also true to a degree.