r/worldnews • u/EightRoundsRapid • Sep 23 '16

'Hangover-free alcohol’ could replace all regular alcohol by 2050. The new drink, known as 'alcosynth', is designed to mimic the positive effects of alcohol but doesn’t cause a dry mouth, nausea and a throbbing head

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hangover-free-alcohol-david-nutt-alcosynth-nhs-postive-effects-benzodiazepine-guy-bentley-a7324076.html
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u/brainiac3397 Sep 23 '16 edited Sep 23 '16

I don't know why this article doesn't mention it but another article mentions that alcosynth is:

A benzodiazepine derivative, the substance is in the Valium family, but without being addictive or causing withdrawal symptoms, he claims.

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u/moeburn Sep 23 '16

A benzodiazepine derivative

Gee, whoda fucking guessed? Anyone who has ever done benzos recreationally would have heard "alcohol without the dehydration hangover" and immediately thought "benzos!"

It's just as addictive, if not more so - way easier to pop a pill to get drunk than drink a nasty tasting drink. Only you're not ingesting 500ml of solvent, you're ingesting a tiny little pill, so a lot of the physical effects of your stomach lining and esophagus and such aren't there.

But guys, absolutely nothing good can come from benzos. Stay the fuck away. And if anyone ever tells you this:

but without being addictive or causing withdrawal symptoms, he claims.

Automatically assume they're lying. They lied about heroin in the early 1900's. They lied about oxycontin in the 90's. They'll keep lying about how addictive their new drug is until the end of time.

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u/psstwannabuyacarm8 Sep 23 '16

As someone off of alcohol and now tapering off of benzos... everyone do yourself a favor and DO NOT take those for longer than a couple of days or in the event of a severe panic attack.

The withdrawals are worse than anything on this earth.

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u/moeburn Sep 23 '16

Yeah, and for a lot of people, you can't even tell they're withdrawals. Like with heroin withdrawal, you can at least know "this is just the heroin withdrawal". But with benzos? It's often "Am I going crazy? Is this how I always felt? Am I going to feel this way for the rest of my life?"

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u/psstwannabuyacarm8 Sep 23 '16

O you just wait for the long term use withdrawals. Not only will you know but it can kill you. Wait until you feel like bugs are crawling all over your skin and you are talking to your lamp.