What Happens When You Get Blackout Drunk: How Heavy Drinking Affects Your Personality

Blacking out from drinking alcohol is more common than you might think; some research has suggested that at least half of all young people who drink alcohol will experience a blackout before they graduate college. The stories of what you did and said during your alcohol-induced blackout are enough to make you swear off the stuff forever, but does this alcoholic alter-ego have anything to do with your actual personality, or is it simply the result of taking one too many shots?

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