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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this happening every weekend? Try abstaining next Friday and see if anything changes.[/quote]

When I’ve abstained I don’t experience this.

But how can 2 drinks result in this??[/quote]

Because psychologically you are using those 2 beers as your excuse to binge the entire weekend (you have "no control" because you drank 2 beers).  Bingeing during/immediately after drinking 2 beers? Sure. But what possible physiological reason can there be for continuing to binge 1 or 2 days later, when the alcohol is long gone from your system?[/quote]

Alcohol and anti-anxiety drugs (namely benzodiazepines) have a shared neurobiological mechanism. Both of them bind to GABA receptors in your brain and make it easier for GABA to bind there. (GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in your brain -- this is actually why a combo of benzodiazepines and alcohol can be fatal... it can cause too much depression of nervous system activity).

It is possible that the 2 beers have an anti-anxiety effect on you similar to what a Xanax or Valium would do. Then when you are in "withdrawal" from the alcohol (not legitimate withdrawal syndrome, but rather when the alcohol is no longer stimulating the GABA receptors) you experience rebound anxiety which in turn triggers the binge eating. Rebound anxiety is a known effect of abruptly stopping benzodiazepine use.[/quote]

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