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The book Drunk spends a lot of time on this very point: From a long term health perspective, alcohol is very bad or even toxic for humans. That being said, it's been used throughout history for short term benefits ranging from creativity to facilitating social interactions. On the creativity side, the author explicitly states how drinking alcohol can help adults activate child like curiosity and thinking. The idea be…
This is my experience. I tend to "freeze up" when faced with a blank page. It becomes impossible to just start , because I get bogged down in planning or trying to predict future roadblocks. One glass of wine and I tend to just say "eff it" and start banging away at the keyboard.
I wonder if I am putting more effort into it, or lacking a genuine uninhibitedness which drinkers access easily. Or perhaps, on the contrary, by drinking they make it harder to access this state naturally?