Do We Need An Alcohol Detox?

You had a wild night out, made some questionable choices (ordering El Jefe’s at 3 am), and now your body is in full recovery mode. Are you curious about what actually happens when you decide to take a break from alcohol? Spoiler alert: It’s a lot. From your brain to your skin to your social life, here’s what goes down when your body officially ghosts alcohol like that one toxic ex.

The Detox Hustle

Your liver is working overtime when you’re out drinking all day and night. It’s breaking down alcohol into less toxic compounds, but in the meantime, you might be feeling the effects of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. You might experience random leg cramps and muscle spasms.

Brain Clarity

The morning after might feel like your thoughts are moving through molasses, but once alcohol fully leaves your system, your brain starts firing on and remembering all its developmental tasks. Decision-making, focus, and memory improve. Maybe next weekend, you’ll actually remember whether you locked your front door.

A Post Toxic Glow Up

Alcohol is a major dehydrator, which is why your skin looks dull, puffy, or even breaks out after a couple of nights out. Once the alcohol is out of your system, your hydration levels bounce back, and your skin can finally stop looking like it just pulled an all-nighter. Your under-eye bags will de-puff and your acne will clear up as well.

Back To Business

Ever notice how alcohol makes your stomach feel like it’s hosting a UFC match? It can be swirling around and fighting for its life at times, but that’s because it irritates your gut lining. Once alcohol is out of your system, digestion improves, bloating subsides and your stomach can finally chill. Your gut is like a second brain, so allowing it time to recover is good for your whole body.

Mood Swings and Emotional Resets

Alcohol plays games with your serotonin and dopamine levels, which is why you might feel the famous hangxiety down after a big night out. Once it’s gone, your mood stabilizes, and you stop overthinking that one text you sent at 2 a.m. or how you acted around strangers at the bar. No one likes to have hangxiety, but with drinking, it’s inevitable. Taking time away from binge drinking, you’ll notice how much your morning anxiety levels drop.

Less Drama

Drunk you might think texting your ex is a great idea, but sober you won’t be happy with your decisions. Alcohol affects people in different ways. There is the messy drunk, the loud drunk, the funny drunk and the most dangerous: the angry drunk. The angry drunk picks fights with people just because or simply gets annoyed at little things. When alcohol is out of your system, you have more clarity in your interactions and are less likely to stir up unnecessary drama.

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