Many people drink alcohol for its anxiety-reducing and stress relieving effects. However, alcohol consumption can also act as a stressor, triggering the body’s stress response system. Research has shown that alcohol can activate and, over time, disrupt the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal, or HPA axis. HPA Axis Stress Response When a stressor is detected, neurons in the paraventricular [...]
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