Know the science behind drunk talking!

“Let’s talk over a pint of beer.” We often joke about getting our friends drunk to extract the truth out of him. This is not a simple joke anymore. A small gulp of vodka makes your alter ego come out, a recent study by a group of psychology researchers from the University of Missouri at Columbia has shown.

Whether it is that guy being extra cheerful or that guy who picked up a fight with the bouncer or the one who is talking with the bartender being as sober as he woke up in that morning or the one who is engrossed dancing with a stranger, we have always heard stories or witnessed these four kinds of drunk while enjoying our drink quietly sitting at the corner.

In the study ‘Addiction Research and Theory’, they have found that there are four kinds of drunk, Ernest Hemingway, Mary Poppins, Mr. Hyde and Nutty Professor. “The primary purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which levels of sober and drunk personality traits can be grouped into meaningful clusters (i.e. ‘‘drunk types’’), with the second aim being to examine the association between cluster membership and negative alcohol-related harms,” stated the study.

Are you a social drinker or someone who poses the risk of harming others but is unaware of it? Read on to know. Happy drinking!
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