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The Nuance

What Alcohol Does to a Stressed-Out Brain

The relationship between alcohol and stress relief is a lot more complicated than conventional wisdom holds

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5 min readApr 30, 2020

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In mid-March, when the reality of Covid-19 was setting in across the United States, alcohol sales soared. According to figures quoted by Bloomberg News, beer and wine sales…

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Markham Heid
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I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.