
Dry January: is giving up booze beneficial?
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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How Does Synthahole Work?
If you try to cut down and find it really difficult then that's probably quite a big red flag. If you're primarily sort of drinking alone or drinking to manage negative mood those things tend to be associated with the development of a problematic relationship with alcohol. Now in Star Trek they called it Synthahole an alcohol substitute that simulates the look and feel of alcohol but for which the intoxicating effects are easily dismissed. And just like many of the prescient technologies made famous by Kirk and his successors this is close to becoming a reality because Imperial College neurophoncologist David Nutt that his company Gabalabs are working on alcohol replacements.
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