Why do alcoholics livers seem to work better (it takes more to get them drunk) when alcohol damages your liver?
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Luc Thiet Thuan
ANSWERS: 4
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Nothing to do with the liver, its tolerance.
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It's not the liver that causes the reduced sensitivity. The body becomes less sensitive because of changes in how the body and brain interact with the alcohol.
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You adapt and you start to need more to get the high you once were able to get with a single drink.
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a drunk's liver doesn't work better. the purpose of the liver is to filter toxins (like alcohol) out of the blood. an alcholic simply builds up a tolerance to alcohol, which you can do with practically any substance, and it doesn't matter if the liver is functioning properly or not.
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