Why don’t I feel anything from alcohol?

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I’ve tried drinking many times — got up to a BAC of 0.2.

Sure, my speech gets slurred and I feel wobbly, but at no point does my subjective experience improve nor do I feel better.

I find it hard to believe that peoples’ personality changes when they drink, or that they lose “control” when they do, as from my experience I just get a headache.

My theory is that I already feel good at baseline, so drinking doesn’t do anything. It’s strange though because my parents often get drunk from the same things I drink (chiefly, water kefir, a fermented beverage that can get quite alcoholic)

I suspect this is due to my anhedonia, but that strangely this doesn’t seem to apply for other schizoids, who react normally to alcohol.

Any ideas?

Posted May 2, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC

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