When your day is long And the night, the night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough Of this life, well hang on Don't let yourself go 'Cause everybody cries And everybody poops sometimes
Alcohol is an indirect GABA (neurotransmitter) agonist. It also inhibits glutamate (another neurotransmitter) leading to a cascade of serotonin and dopamine which activates the basal forebrain at the nucleus accumbens and amygdala. It clearly effects cognition.