If You Notice This Happening When You Drink Alcohol, It’s A Sign Your Body Is Aging

Addiction specialists and psychiatrists interviewed by HuffPost say alcohol's sedating effects increase with age because of declining lean muscle mass and body water, concentrating the drug's impact starting as early as your 30s. Experts say this also degrades sleep quality by suppressing REM and deep sleep, meaning older drinkers may sleep a full night yet wake exhausted.

Doctors added that medications, sleep apnea and other conditions common with age can compound the fatigue, and separately noted rising anxiety as another documented effect of drinking later in life.

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