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by par 2721 days ago
Neurogenic studies of alcohol addiction: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607330/

Could you post a source that shows alcohol relaxes you?

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Alcohol is well established to have a sedative and depressant effect in addition to its stimulant effect - see e.g. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21560041

People commonly experience that effect as relaxation.

This doesn't substantiate your claim at all...
So you don't feel more relaxed after a drink?
Quite a few people become aggressive. I wouldn't consider alcohol universally relaxing. It might be universally an uninhibitor.