# Role of Adrenaline in Processing Alcohol? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-of-adrenaline-in-processing-alcohol/324905 "2005-10-05T16:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-of-adrenaline-in-processing-alcohol/324905/1 "2005-10-05T16:14:01Z")
I noted a distinct difference in how my body seems to process alcohol if I am experiencing an adrenaline rush - to whit: - I play in a band and gigged this weekend. Very pumped, in Performance Mode - lots of high energy and sweat. Many (many) shots and beers later, I fall into bed at about 3am. I wake up at 8am, make the kids breakfast and play baseball catch with my son. No real headache or other symptoms except a basic sluggishness which might just be written off to the (few) hours I slept. - Last night I make dinner and split, oh, a bottle and a half of wine with my wife and a friend who came over. I wake up at 4am with a headache - clearly hungover. Creaky, cotton-mouth - yuck. Drink lots of water and ride the exercise bike and life returned to normal. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-of-adrenaline-in-processing-alcohol/324905/2 "2005-10-05T16:25:08Z")
Did the wine contain sulfites? I know people who have a problem handling sulfites. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-of-adrenaline-in-processing-alcohol/324905/3 "2005-10-05T17:00:45Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Did the wine contain sulfites? I know people who have a problem handling sulfites. It was a commonly available red wine, so I suspect that yes, it did contain sulfites. Worth looking into - but I am pretty sure I get a hungover feeling consuming beer and spirits in roughly the same amount as the wine I drank. But the other night - I had a lot more. And felt much less. So I suspect - obviously since I am starting this thread - that there is more to it than that…